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Dunn-Line 
L214 TWM of Veolia Dunn-Line. Seen at Showbus 2007.Founded Various Service area Nottingham, England Service type Bus Routes 31 Dunn-Line is a bus operator based in Nottingham, England, with services throughout Nottinghamshire worked from its home base in Nottingham and a secondary base at Tuxford. The company also has a presence in the Lincoln area, largely through County Council contracted operations.
The company was also a large operator of National Express services and its coaches could be seen throughout the UK on scheduled express routes.
It was part of the Veolia Transport group for a number of years. Prior to this, it was owned by the Dunn family, who went on to run various aspects of Rotala and Yourbus.
Veolia sold its Nottingham bus and private hire coach operations to Premiere Travel from January 2011, along with between thirty and forty vehicles. The following month, its National Express coach work from the city passed to Yourbus, which has sixteen new Caetano Levante-bodied Volvo B9Rs.[1]
Contents
Routes
These main routes are operated by Dunn-Line around Nottingham:
- 17/18: Mansfield - Crown Farm Industrail Estate.
- 26A/26C: Mansfield - Berry Hill - Mansfield.
- 54: (until 28 May 2010) Mapperley - Gedling - Netherfield - Victoria Park.
- 154: (poss until 29 May 2010) City Hospital - Arnold - Mapperley - Carlton - Netherfield - Victoria Park.
- 155: Victoria Park - Netherfield - Gedling - Carlton - Netherfield - Victoria Park.
- 156: Victoria Park - Netherfield - Sneinton - Netherfield - Victoria Park.
- 331: Nottingham Victoria - Selston - Pinxton - South Normanton (Weekday nights and Sunday Only)
Around Lincoln, the company operates mainly local school services but also operates the following routes under contract to Lincolnshire County Council available to the general public:
- 10/10A: Lincoln - Washingborough - Heighington - Bardney - Horncastle
- X23: Caistor - Binbrook - Market Rasen - Sudbrooke - Lincoln
In North Nottinghamshire, these run from the Rotherham depot:
- 1/2/3/67: Newark Evening & Sunday Services
- 24/26: Retford Town Services
- 34: Tuxford - Elkesley - Worksop
- 35: Ollerton - Elkesley - Retford
- 36: Ollerton - Tuxford - Retford
- 37: Newark - Tuxford - Retford
- 38: Tuxford - Elkesley - Retford
- 83/84: Worksop - Gainsborough
- 89: Tuxford - Dunham - Retford
- 91/92: Woodbeck & Rampton Circular
- 93: Dunham - Retford
- 94/95: Retford - Gainsborough
Other services run from the Rotherham depot: A1 Rotherham - Sheffield 13 Rotherham - Maltby 44/45 Rotherham - Lea Brook/ East Dene X12 Rotherham - Barnsley 227 Rotherham - Hoyland
On some evenings and Sunday, these routes operate as well: 41/42 Rotherham - Kimberworth Park 7/8 Rotherham - Blackburn 11 Rotherham - East Dene
See also
References
- ^ "Take Over Times". Omnibuses. 2011-01-07. http://omnibuses.blogspot.com/2011/01/take-over-times.html. Retrieved 2011-02-15.
External links
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Northamptonshire First in Northampton (as part of First Midlands) · Stagecoach in Northants (as part of Stagecoach Midlands) · Centrebus
Nottinghamshire Nottingham City Transport · Stagecoach in Lincolnshire · Stagecoach in Mansfield · Trent Barton · Premiere Travel · yourbus
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- Bus operators in England
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