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How many different operators' buses have you travelled on?

Started by Matt, April 20, 2015, 08:00:36 PM

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Stu

National Express West Midlands / Travel West Midlands / West Midlands Travel
Birmingham Coach Company
Pete's Travel
Diamond Bus
Johnson's Bus
Sunny Travel
Arriva London
Abellio London
Tower Transit (London)
Stagecoach South West (Torquay)
De Lijn (Hasselt, Belgium)

There may be others, but I can't remember details (I did once catch a bus in Leeds)
My locals:
2 - Birmingham to Maypole | 3 - Birmingham to Yardley Wood
11A/C - Birmingham Outer Circle | 27 - Yardley Wood to Frankley
76 - Solihull to Northfield | 169 - Solihull to Kings Heath

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Liberator9

#16
National Express West Midlands (and Travel West Mids)
National Express Hotel Hoppa (Heathrow)
Diamond Buses (Central Connect)
Johnsons
Banga Buses
Arriva
Stagecoach South West (Devon)
First Eastern Counties
Oxford Citybus
Bluestar
Go Ahead London
Claribels
Silverline
AMPM
Joe's Travel
Greenbus
Nottingham City Transport
Norfolk Green
Sunny Travel
Bowens
Majors Coaches
Travel deCourcey
Transdev York
Citysightseeing Dublin/Cardiff/Stratford
Ulsterbus Metro (Belfast)



Ian Hardy

Here is my list:

ABELLIO LONDON
ABUS
ANGLIAN BUS
ARRIVA Cymru
ARRIVA London
ARRIVA Midlands
ARRIVA North
ARRIVA North West
ARRIVA South East
ARRIVA Yorkshire
BLACKPOOL TRANSPORT
BLUESTAR
BOURNEMOUTH TRANSPORT
BRIGHTON & HOVE
BUSES EXCETERA
CARDIFF BUS
CAROUSEL BUSES
CENTREBUS
(H C) CHAMBERS & SON Ltd
CLARIBELS
CT PLUS
D & G BUS
DELAINE
DIAMOND BUS
EAST YORKSHIRE MOTOR
ENSIGNBUS
EPSOM COACHES
FIRST Aberdeen
FIRST Berkshire & the Thames Valley
FIRST Bradford
FIRST Bristol, Bath and the West
FIRST Calderdale & Huddersfield
FIRST Devon, Cornwall & Mid Somerset
FIRST Dorset & South Somerset
FIRST Essex
FIRST Greater Glasgow
FIRST Greater Manchester
FIRST Hampshire
FIRST Leeds
FIRST Leicester
FIRST Norfolk & Suffolk
FIRST (the) Potteries
FIRST Scottish Borders
FIRST South & West Wales
FIRST South East & Central Scotland
FIRST South Yorkshire
FIRST Worcestershire & Herefordshire
FIRST York
(JOHN) FISHWICK & SONS
GLASGOW CITYBUS
GO-AHEAD LONDON
GO NORTH EAST
HALTON BOROUGH TRANSPORT
HEDINGHAM & District Omnibuses Ltd
HEYFORDIAN TRAVEL
HIGH PEAK
HUDDERSFIELD BUS COMPANY
HUYTON TRAVEL
IPSWICH BUSES Ltd
KONECTBUS
LONDON SOVEREIGN
LONDON UNITED
LOTHIAN BUSES plc
McGILLS Bus Services
METROBUS Ltd
METROLINE Travel Ltd
MIKE DE COURCEY TRAVEL
MULLANY'S BUSES
NATIONAL EXPRESS Ltd
NATIONAL EXPRESS DUNDEE
NATIONAL EXPRESS WEST MIDLANDS
NETWORK COLCHESTER
NEWPORT TRANSPORT
NOTTINGHAM CITY TRANSPORT
NOTTS & DERBY
OXFORD BUS Company
PLYMOUTH CITYBUS Ltd
PRESTON BUS
READING BUSES
ROSSENDALE TRANSPORT
SAFEGUARD
SCARBOROUGH & DISTRICT
(The) SOUTHERN VECTIS Omnibus Co Ltd
STAGECOACH BLUEBIRD
STAGECOACH CUMBRIA & NORTH LANCASHIRE
STAGECOACH EAST
STAGECOACH EAST MIDLANDS
STAGECOACH EAST SCOTLAND
STAGECOACH HIGHLAND
STAGECOACH LONDON
STAGECOACH MANCHESTER
STAGECOACH MERSEYSIDE & SOUTH LANCASHIRE
STAGECOACH MIDLANDS
STAGECOACH NORTH EAST
STAGECOACH OXFORDSHIRE
STAGECOACH SOUTH
STAGECOACH SOUTH EAST
STAGECOACH SOUTH WALES
STAGECOACH SOUTH WEST
STAGECOACH WEST
STAGECOACH WEST SCOTLAND
STAGECOACH YORKSHIRE
STEPHENSONS OF ESSEX Ltd
SULLIVAN BUSES Ltd
THAMES TRAVEL Ltd
THAMESDOWN TRANSPORT Ltd
TOWER TRANSIT
TRANSDEV HARROGATE & DISTRICT
TRANSDEV KEIGHLEY & DISTRICT
TRANSDEV LANCASHIRE
TRANSDEV YORK & EAST COAST
TRENT BUSES Ltd
UNO
WARRINGTON BOROUGH TRANSPORT Ltd
WESSEX CONNECT
WHIPPET COACHES Ltd
WILTS & DORSET Bus Co Ltd
YORKSHIRE TIGER
YOURBUS
Z & S INTERNATIONAL

I am sure that I have missed some

Ian Hardy

the trainbasher

Updated list of 2013-2015 operators caught

A&M Group
Abellio London
Able Coaches
Airparks
Arriva London
Arriva Manchester
Arriva Merseyside
Arriva Midlands North
Arriva North East
Arriva Southern Counties
Arriva The Shires
Arriva Yorkshire
Aston Manor Coaches
Astons Coaches
Bakerbus
Banga Travel
Bennetts Travel
Bruces Coaches
Bullocks Coaches
Cardiff Bus
Cardinal Coaches
Carol Peters Travel
Central Buses
Claribels
Clearways of Catshill
Coastal Liner
Community Transport (Coventry)
Compass Bus
CT Plus
Cumfybus
D&G Bus
Diamond Bus
Diamond Bus North West
Discount Travel Solutions
Dudleys Coaches
Ensignbus
Euroliners
Finglands
First Beeline
First Bradford
First Bristol
First Calderdale
First Edinburgh
First Glasgow
First Lanarkshire
First Leeds
First London
First Manchester
First Midland Red
First Potteries
First Somerset and Avon
First South Yorkshire
GHH Coach Hire
Go-Ahead Brighton and Hove
Go-Ahead London Central
Go-Ahead London General
Go-Ahead Metrobus
Go-Ahead North East
Go-Ahead Oxford Bus Company
GPD Travel
GRS Travel
Halton Transport
Hamilton Grey
Hansons
Hendersons Coaches
HI-Ride Travel
igo/WMSNT
Invincible Coaches
J P Coaches
Joes Travel
Johnsons
JP Travel
K Line
Kingsley Coaches
LMS Travel
Lothian Buses
Manchester CT
Maytree Travel
McGills
Metroline
Midland Classic
National Express Dundee
Nottingham City Transport
Nottingham Community Transport
Nottingham University Hospital
NX Owned Ops
NXWM
Preston Bus
Prospect Coaches
RAPT London United
RAPT Quality Line
Reading Buses
Red Rose
Redditch Dial A Ride
Redline
Regents Coaches
Sandwell Travel
Scraggs
Select Bus Services
Silverline
Social Travel
Southern Transit
Stagecoach Bedford
Stagecoach Chester and the Wirral
Stagecoach Chesterfield
Stagecoach East Kent
Stagecoach East London
Stagecoach Fleet Buzz
Stagecoach in Cumbria
Stagecoach in Hastings
Stagecoach In Kendal and the Lakes
Stagecoach in Newcastle
Stagecoach in the South Downs
Stagecoach Inverness
Stagecoach Lancashire
Stagecoach Manchester
Stagecoach Merseyside
Stagecoach Midland Red
Stagecoach Northampton
Stagecoach Oxford
Stagecoach Selkent
Stagecoach South Yorkshire
Stagecoach Strathtay
Stagecoach Wales
Stagecoach West England
Stagecoach Western
Stotts
Sunny Travel
Thames Travel
Thandi Transport
The Green Bus
TM Travel
Tom Tappins Travel
Tower Transit
Transdev Burnley & Pendle
Transdev Keighley & District
Transdev Lancashire United
Travel DeCourcey
Travel Express
Travelmasters
Travelstar European
Trent Barton
Uno
VIP Contracts
Walsall Community Transport
Wardle Transport
Whitelaws
Whittles
Wicksons Coaches
Wigan Buses LTD
Wolverhampton City Council
Woosh (Worcs CC Fleet Ops)
Yardley Travel
Yorkshire Tiger
Yourbus


All opinions and onions mentioned on here are mine and not those of any employer, current, past, present or future, or presented as fact, unless I prove it otherwise.

2206

Quote from: 2206 on August 06, 2015, 12:09:10 PM
GRS Travel
Social travel
National Express West Midlands
National Express Coventry
AMPM Travel
Joes Travel
Whittles
Johnsons 
Diamond  ( Rotala )
Stagecoach in Wawrikshire
The Green Bus
Claribels
Birmingham International Coaches
Arriva Midlands
Attain Travel ( 6 years ago now though )
Two years later.
- GRS Travel.
- Social Travel.
- Discount Travel Solutions.
- National Express West Midlands.
- National Express Coventry.
- AMPM Travel.
- Joes Travel.
- Whittles.
- Johnsons. 
- Diamond  (Rotala).
- Stagecoach in Wawrikshire
- Arriva Midlands.
- The Green Bus.
- Claribels.
- Birmingham International Coaches.
- Endeavour Coaches.
- Arriva Midlands.
- Attain Travel.
- Igo.
- Oxford Bus Company.

So far in 2017.
- National Express West Midlands.
- The Green Bus.
- Discount Travel Solutions.
- Social Travel.
- Igo.
- Diamond.
- Johnsons.
- The Green Bus.

Should get a ride on First Kernow in a few weeks as well.
Local Routes
94/95, 11A/11C, 28.

markcf83

Quote from: Tony on April 20, 2015, 08:02:41 PM
Too many to list, or remember, probably the same as you will have done when you get to my age Matt!

Strangely enough that was what I was going to say. I'd be here all day......
Don't judge me until you've walked in my size ten shoes.

BusFan94

2015
NXWM
Arriva
Sandwell Travel
NXC
London and others
Metroline
Go Ahead
Abeiloo
First (Yorkshire)
First (Manchester)
Stagecoach
2016
NXWM and NXC
Diamond
Sandwell Travel
Arriva
Banga buses
Midland Classic

So far this year
NXWM
Thandi
Sandwell Travel now defunct
Diamond
The Green Bus
NXC
Busfan94🚏
Local routes NXWM (WA) 34, 37, 39
NXWM (WN) 79
Thandi 334,37
Diamond 310,65
Further away
NXWM (WA) 11,13
Thandi 311/313
NXWM (WB) 40

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