High Peak Buses

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High Peak Buses
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High Peak Bus - Spring Gardens - Buxton (15414233775).jpg
A High Peak branded Optare Solo SR.
Parent Centrebus Group (50%)
Trent Barton (50%)
Founded1 April 2012
Headquarters Dove Holes
Service area Derbyshire
Greater Manchester
High Peak
Service typeBus services
Destinations Ashbourne, Buxton, Derby, Glossop, Hyde, Macclesfield, Manchester, Manchester Airport, Marple, Stockport
Depots1
Fleet48
Operator Centrebus Group
Website www.highpeakbuses.com

High Peak Buses Limited is a bus company based in Dove Holes, Derbyshire, formed in 2012. [1] It operates a mixture of local and long-distance commercial and subsidised public bus services in and around the Borough of High Peak, after which it is named.

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History

In April 2012 Centrebus and Wellglade Group entered a 50/50 joint venture. This saw Bowers Coaches and Trentbarton's Buxton operations combined based at the latter's Dove Holes depot. [2] [3]

Services

High Peak operates all services previously run by Bowers Coaches and the Buxton depot of Trent Barton, [2] including:

Fleet

Most of the fleet wears the Centrebus corporate livery although the vehicles used on Skyline199 and Transpeak which have dedicated branded vehicles. Skyline199 has a dedicated fleet of 7 Mercedes-Benz Citaros while Transpeak uses 4 Enviro200s. [7]

High Peak has recently added two ADL Enviro200MMCs as part of an upgrade to its fleet which all have space saving features. [8]

TransPeak Optare Excel in Buxton in May 2012 Green bus, Buxton - geograph.org.uk - 2974884.jpg
TransPeak Optare Excel in Buxton in May 2012

Depot

High Peak has a fleet of around 50 vehicles all based at the former Trent Barton depot in Dove Holes and employs over 100 people. [9]

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References

  1. Companies House extract company no 7623806 High Peak Buses Limited
  2. 1 2 Wellglade/Centrebus join up in Buxton Archived 2013-10-22 at the Wayback Machine busandcoach.com 24 May 2011
  3. New bus operator hits the road Trentbarton
  4. "Service Changes | High Peak".
  5. "Matlock bus service gets six-month lifeline after councils get on board". www.derbyshiretimes.co.uk. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
  6. "Timetables". Highpeakbuses.com. Archived from the original on 15 February 2014. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
  7. "Bowers Coaches".
  8. "Centrebus takes three ADL Enviro200s for High Peak fleet". 24 May 2022.
  9. "New High Peak bus company following merger". Buxton Advertiser. Archived from the original on 28 May 2011. Retrieved 21 May 2011.