Tates Travel

Tates Travel

Alexander Dennis Enviro 200 in Holmfirth in September 2011
Parent	Graham Mallinson
Founded	2003
Ceased operation	8 February 2016
Headquarters	Barugh Green
Service area	South Yorkshire West Yorkshire
Service type	Bus services
Routes	55 (October 2013)
Hubs	Barnsley Interchange Rotherham Interchange Wakefield bus station
Fleet	74 (February 2016)
Website	www.tates-travel.com

Tates Travel^[1] was a local bus operator based in Barnsley operating services in South Yorkshire and West Yorkshire.

History

Plaxton Pointer 2 bodied Dennis Dart SLF in Barnsley in October 2013

Tates Travel was founded in 2003 by Graham Mallinson in Stocksbridge, when he purchased a minibus to run private hire journeys before running a school minibus service for pupils at Millhouse Green Primary school.^[2][3] Over the next two years, the company expanded its fleet to run school services before starting its first public bus service, route 18 between Barnsley and Mapplewell and relocating the depot to Dodworth in 2005.

In 2007 the depot again moved to Darton when the business of Stanley Gath Coaches,^[4] Dewsbury was purchased. Between 2007 and 2010, the company increased the number of services in the Barnsley area, with services also running to Wakefield, following Arriva Yorkshire withdrawing services between Wakefield and Barnsley in January 2010.^[5] Due to the expansion of services, the company moved once again in 2010 to a larger depot in Barugh Green.

In 2011, the company won several South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive contracts, including several services in the Penistone area from Stagecoach Yorkshire.^[6]

In 2012, the company won further contract but this time from the West Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive. These were services operating from Wakefield to Hall Green, Hemsworth, Pontefract and South Elmsall which were all previously operated by Arriva Yorkshire.^[7]

In January 2013 Tates commenced operating further West Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive services radiating from both Wakefield and Dewsbury, again were all previously operated by Arriva Yorkshire.^[8]

In April 2013 Tates commenced operating the Dewsbury Free Town Bus.^[9] In August 2013 Tates took delivery of its first coach.^[10]

On 8 February 2016, Tates Travel ceased trading after being placed in administration.^[3][11]

Services

As at October 2013 Tates Travel operated 55 routes.^[12]

They stopped operating in 2016.

Fleet

As the time of its February 2016 cessation, the fleet comprised 74 buses.^[13]

References

External links

• Media related to Tates Travel (bus company) at Wikimedia Commons
• Company website
• Flickr gallery

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