Nu-Venture
Alexander RL bodied Leyland Olympian in September 2009 | |
Founded | 1980 c. |
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Headquarters | Aylesford |
Service area | Kent |
Service type | Bus services |
Routes | 41 |
Fleet | 30 (November 2013) |
Website | www.nu-venture.co.uk |
Nu-Venture[1] is a bus operator in Aylesford, Kent, England.
History
Nu-Venture was founded in the 1960s as a coach company,[2][3][4] and once operated coach tour holidays all over Europe, and in the 1980s a London commuter service,[5][6][7][8] but coach hire activities ceased in 2010.
Under contract to Kent County Council, Nu-Venture now operate a number of bus services, including much of the Transweald 295 / 297 route from Tunbridge Wells and Tenterden to Ashford during the daytime on Mondays to Fridays.
Nu-Venture operate a small number of low-floor buses, but, amongst older buses, a quantity of new-to-London 1980s Leyland Titan double-deck buses, converted from dual- to single-door specification, remain,[9][10][11]
Services
As at July 2014, Nu-Venture operated 41 routes[12]
Incidents
In November 2012 a Plaxton Prestige bodied DAF SB220 caught fire in Blue Bell Hill village, there were no passengers on board.[13][14]
In November 2012 a bus driver had to be rescued after his double decker bus blown over into a ditch trapping him in the vehicle in Cliffe, there were no passengers were on board.[15]
Gallery
- Leyland Lynx in Chatham in October 2009
- Former London Transport Leyland Titan T857 (A857 SUL), pictured wearing Maidstone Corporation Transport centenary livery applied in 2004 by Nu-Venture.[16]
- Dennis Dart in Tunbridge Wells railway station in November 2013
References
- ↑ Companies House extract company no 1239389 Nu-Venture Coaches Limited
- ↑ "Nu-Venture Coach - Flickr". Retrieved 25 August 2014.
- ↑ "Nu-Venture Coach - Flickr". Retrieved 25 August 2014.
- ↑ "Nu-Venture coach". Retrieved 25 August 2014.
- ↑ "Nu-Venture London bus". Retrieved 25 August 2014.
- ↑ "Nu-Venture London bus - Flickr".
- ↑ "Nu-Venture Coach - Flickr". Retrieved 25 August 2014.
- ↑ "Nu-Venture Coach - Flickr". Retrieved 25 August 2014.
- ↑ "Nu-Venture Gallery".
- ↑ "Nu-Venture bus". Retrieved 25 August 2014.
- ↑ "Nu-Venture bus". Retrieved 25 August 2014.
- ↑ "Timetables". Timetables. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
- ↑ "Nu-Venture R988FNW". Retrieved 11 October 2013.
- ↑ "Bus goes up in flames at Blue Bell Hill". Kent Online. Retrieved 11 October 2013.
- ↑ "Driver rescued after bus blown off Cliffe road by wind". Kent Online. Retrieved 11 October 2013.
- ↑ Baldock, Eric (2012). Maidstone Corporation transport. Stroud: Amberley. p. 36. ISBN 1445608200. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
- "Kent signs for improved punctuality". Bus&Coach.com. 6 March 2013. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
- Baldock, Eric (2010). Maidstone brough buses : 1974-1992 (1. publ. ed.). Stroud, Gloucesterhire: Amberley Publ. ISBN 9781445601403.
External links
- Media related to Nu-Venture at Wikimedia Commons
- Company website
- Showbus gallery
- Flickr gallery