Simonds of Botesdale

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Simonds Coach & Travel
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Van Hool T915 in May 2011
Founded1927 [1]
Headquarters Diss
Service area Norfolk
Suffolk
Service typeBus & coach services
Routes11
Destinations Norwich, Diss, Long Stratton, Ipswich, Eye & Bury St Edmunds
Fleet52 (October 2013)
Chief executiveMartyn Simonds
Website www.simonds.co.uk

Simonds Coach & Travel [2] is a bus and coach operator based in Diss. [3] [4] They currently operate nine bus services in the Diss, Norwich, Long Stratton and Bury St Edmunds areas of East Anglia as well as coach charter services and school buses [5] using a fleet of 52 buses and coaches. [6] under the branding of Simonds CountryLink. [7] In 2012, they won a London 2012 Olympics contract to operate four coaches during a three-week period. [8]

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The company currently operates services between Diss and Ipswich under contract to Suffolk County Council (previously operated by Galloway between 2015 and 2019).

The company previously operated, under contract to Norfolk County Council all services between Diss and Norwich including its flagship route is the service 1 which called at Burston, Long Stratton, Tasburgh, Flordon, Newton Flotman and travelled into the city via Ipswich Road and Norwich City College. [9] This competes head to head with First's 38 route, which travels only as far as Long Stratton. [10] Currently Simonds operates all services on Saturday and some services Monday to Friday with the rest being operated by Konectbus.

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References

  1. http://www.whtimes.co.uk/sport/olympics_2_405/diss_bus_firm_secures_olympic_contract_1_1112126 Welwyn Hatfield Times
  2. Companies House extract company no 2299468 Simonds of Botesdale Limited
  3. "inorfolk.co.uk" . Retrieved 22 May 2012.
  4. "Home". Simonds.co.uk. Retrieved 8 August 2012.
  5. Local Bus Service Simonds of Botesdale
  6. Simonds fleet list Norwich Bus Page 1 October 2013
  7. http://www.simonds.co.uk/local-bus-services Local Bus Services
  8. http://www.royston-crow.co.uk/news/business_2_1572/diss_bus_drivers_head_to_london_to_fulfil_olympic_contract_1_1450773 London 2012 Contract
  9. "Simonds timetables" . Retrieved 15 October 2015.
  10. "First 35 timetable" . Retrieved 15 October 2015.

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