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| {{short description|English bus operator}} | |||
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| {{Distinguish|Wightbus|Wrightbus}} | |||
| {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2024}} | |||
| {{Infobox Bus transit | {{Infobox Bus transit | ||
| |name = White Bus Services | |name = White Bus Services | ||
| |logo = | |logo = File:White_Bus_Services_Logo.png | ||
| |image =File:YX68ULW.jpg |
|image = File:YX68ULW.jpg | ||
| |image_caption = |
|image_caption = ] at ] in January 2019 | ||
| |parent =Rowgate Group |
|parent = Rowgate Group | ||
| |founded = |
|founded = {{plainlist| | ||
| * 1922 (as Republic Bus Company) | |||
| ⚫ | |headquarters = Winkfield | ||
| * 1930 (as White Bus Services) | |||
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| }} | |||
| ⚫ | |headquarters = ] | ||
| ⚫ | |locale = | ||
| |service_area = ] | |service_area = ] | ||
| |service_type = Bus service | |service_type = Bus service | ||
| |destinations = ], ], ], Ascot, |
|destinations = ], ], ], Ascot, ], ] | ||
| |ceo = Simon Rowland | |ceo = Simon Rowland | ||
| |fleet = 55 (Jan 2020) | |fleet = 55 (Jan 2020) | ||
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| '''C.E. |
'''C.E. Jeatt & Sons Limited''',<ref> C.E. Jeatt & Sons Limited</ref> trading as '''White Bus Services''' (sometimes shortened to White Bus), is a bus operator based in ] and runs ] and ] hire services within ] and ].<ref>{{Cite web|title=White Bus {{!}} Bushub|url=https://www.bushub.co.uk/case-studies/white-bus/|access-date=29 January 2021|website=www.bushub.co.uk}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=White Bus takes delivery of new Enviro200 models {{!}} Alexander Dennis|url=https://www.alexander-dennis.com/media/news/2020/january/white-bus-takes-delivery-of-new-enviro200-models/|access-date=29 January 2021|website=www.alexander-dennis.com}}</ref> It is part of the Rowgate Group. | ||
| == History == | == History == | ||
| ]/] at Showbus in 2004]] | |||
| The company first started in the 1920s in Winkfield<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Author pens the remarkable story|url=https://www.windsorexpress.co.uk/news/windsor/78180/Author-pens-the--remarkable-story.html|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2021-01-29|website=Windsor Express}}</ref>, then in 1930 as a family run bus company, being run from generation to generation.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|title=Bus Zone - White Bus Services|url=http://www.buszone.co.uk/WhiteBus.html|access-date=2021-01-29|website=www.buszone.co.uk}}</ref> The company was established by William Rule Jeatt, after purchasing the bus depot from Republic Bus Company in 1930 and naming it White Bus Services.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Lacey, Paul.|first=|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/910969032|title=White Bus Services : Berkshire's Oldest Independent|date=2015|publisher=Paul Lacey|year=|isbn=978-0-9567832-2-6|location=Wokingham|pages=|oclc=910969032}}</ref> It was subsequently passed down the family to Cecil Jeatt, then in 1972 to his son Doug Jeatt. The amount of public buses in the fleet were between 15 and 20 at the time.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /> | |||
| ] at ] in 2009]] | |||
| White Bus Services was founded by George Ackroyd in July 1922 in Winkfield as the Republic Bus Company, introducing a service linking Windsor and Ascot.<ref name=":1">{{cite magazine |last=Lyons |first=Mark |date=February 2021 |title=White Bus Services |magazine=BUSES |publisher=Key Publishing}}</ref> Ackroyd ran the business until selling it to William Rule Jeatt in 1930, renaming it as White Bus Services. The company would continue to be run by the Jeatt family for over 80 years, passing down to Cecil Jeatt, then in 1972 to his son Doug Jeatt.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|title=Author pens the remarkable story|url=https://www.windsorexpress.co.uk/news/windsor/78180/Author-pens-the--remarkable-story.html |archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=29 January 2021|website=Windsor Express}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web|title=Bus Zone - White Bus Services|url=http://www.buszone.co.uk/WhiteBus.html|access-date=29 January 2021|website=buszone.co.uk}}</ref> | |||
| In 1932, a new service was introduced that skirted the edge of ]. By 1936 buses were running through the park itself and White Bus remains as the only operator to provide a public transport link into the park.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web|title=How To Find Us|url=https://www.windsorgreatpark.co.uk/en/visit/how-to-find-us|access-date=29 January 2023|website=Windsor Great Park}}</ref> | |||
| The private hire side of the business became a separate company in 1955, despite continuing to share the same site, operating as Winkfield Coaches. The two companies were re-amalgamated in 1990.<ref name=":3" /> | |||
| White Bus further expanded in 1987 when it acquired vehicles and contracted school services from A. Moore & Sons (trading as Imperial) in Windsor upon the company's closure.<ref name=":3" /> This, alongside the introduction of free school transport for eligible pupils, has led to White Bus developing a network of school services in Windsor, Ascot, ] and ].<ref name=":1" /> | |||
| In 2014, White Bus was awarded contracts to operate routes P1 and W1.<ref name=":1" /> | |||
| === Acquisition by Rowgate Group === | === Acquisition by Rowgate Group === | ||
| White Bus Services was sold to Fernhill Travel of Bracknell in November 2016, which is managed by Rowgate Group's chairman, Simon Rowland.<ref name=":0" /> | White Bus Services was sold to Fernhill Travel of Bracknell in November 2016, which is managed by Rowgate Group's chairman, Simon Rowland.<ref name=":0" /> | ||
| In 2017, following ]'s departure from Surrey bus operations, White Bus were awarded contracts in the Staines area for routes 438, 566/567 and Sunday operations of routes 446 and 456. It also registered the Monday to Saturday service of the 446 commercially.<ref name=":1" /> Later, it commercially took over route 441 from Abellio in March 2018.<ref>{{Cite web |title=New Operator for Route 441 from 17th March 2018 |url=http://www.abellio.co.uk/news/new-operator-for-route-441-from-17th-march-2018/ |access-date=29 January 2023 |archive-date=29 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180829200039/http://www.abellio.co.uk/news/new-operator-for-route-441-from-17th-march-2018/ |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref><ref>"Abellio Surrey maintain a commercial toehold in Surrey" ''Buses'' issue 749 August 2017 page 7</ref> | |||
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| ⚫ | In September 2018, White Bus won more contracts from ], mainly in the Woking area, taking over routes 437, 462/463 and two morning journeys on route 81 from ]. It also took over routes 48 and 500 from Dickson Travel of Frimley Green. Five more ]s joined the fleet, these being the 8.9m examples to ] specification.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web|last=Team|first=routeone|date=12 December 2018|title=White Bus Services' five Mistral-supplied E200s|url=https://www.route-one.net/deliveries/white_bus_services__five_mistral_supplied_e200s/|access-date=29 January 2021|website=routeone|language=en-US}}</ref> To celebrate their centenary anniversary, White Bus bought two 10.8 m variants of the same model which arrived in January 2020.<ref name=":0" /> | ||
| ⚫ | == Services == | ||
| ⚫ | As of January |
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| In December 2022, White Bus announced they would not be participating in the government's £2 fixed price bus fare scheme.<ref>{{Cite web|date=29 December 2022|title=£2 Single Fare Cap Scheme|url=https://www.whitebus.co.uk/news/2-single-fare-cap-scheme-statement/|access-date=30 November 2023}}</ref> | |||
| == Fleet == | |||
| White Bus Services has a range of different buses throughout the years, only recently in the turn of the millennium using the products of merger companies of ADL, along with Optare buses. Between 2006 and 2012, the company had bought Optare Deltas and Plaxton Premieres.<ref>{{Cite web|title=White Bus Services - The SHOWBUS Bus Image Gallery|url=https://www.showbus.com/gallery/homeco/white.htm|access-date=2021-01-29|website=www.showbus.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=White Bus Services - The SHOWBUS Bus Image Gallery|url=https://www.showbus.com/gallery/homeco/white2.htm|access-date=2021-01-29|website=www.showbus.com}}</ref> | |||
| In June 2023, the company was taken to an Employment Tribunal over the unlawful and unfair dismissal of a former employee. The former employee won the case in January 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |author=Lettice Bromovsky |date=12 January 2024 |title=Bus company manager wrongly sacked after filming colleague's Morecambe and Wise striptease |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/01/12/bus-manager-sacked-colleague-morecambe-and-wise-strip-dance/ |access-date=2 February 2024 |website=The Telegraph}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=31 August 2023 |title=Mr G Lovejoy v Rowgate Group Ltd and CE Jeatt & Sons Ltd: 3323008/2021 |url=https://www.gov.uk/employment-tribunal-decisions/mr-g-lovejoy-v-rowgate-group-ltd-and-ce-jeatt-and-sons-ltd-3323008-slash-2021 |access-date=2 February 2024 |website=GOV.UK}}</ref> | |||
| Since August 2023, there were a number of route changes and additions to White Bus such as route 458 (running between Staines and ]) from ],<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Lyons |first=Mark |date=September 2023 |title=Operator changes for cross-border services |magazine=BUSES |publisher=Key Publishing}}</ref> December 2023 with route 446 extended from Staines to ], ] and ], alongside an increased frequency to half-hourly throughout the core Woking-Staines section,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.whitebus.co.uk/news/changes-to-446/|date=5 November 2023|title=Changes to 446 from 4 December|website=White Bus|access-date=20 December 2023}}</ref> and September 2024 with another service from ], route 555 (running between ] to ]).<ref>{{Cite web |title=555 takes off with White Bus {{!}} White Bus |url=https://www.whitebus.co.uk/news/555-august-2024/ |access-date=1 September 2024 |website=www.whitebus.co.uk}}</ref> | |||
| == Incidents == | |||
| On 24 January 2019, the company reduced its 441 service from ] to ] following minor damage to the inside of the bus where youths were throwing snowballs with stones at the bus on service. Police were notified of the incident, however no arrests were made.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Lodge|first=Matthew|date=2019-01-24|title=Service cancellations after bus driver 'bombarded' with snowballs|url=https://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/surrey-news/service-cancellations-after-youths-bombard-15719350|access-date=2021-01-29|website=SurreyLive|language=en}}</ref> | |||
| ⚫ | == Services == | ||
| ⚫ | As of January 2023, White Bus Services runs 19 public services. The majority of the routes would start at Staines, Windsor or Woking and would terminate elsewhere within Berkshire or Surrey.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Bus Services {{!}} White bus|url=https://www.whitebus.co.uk/bus-services/|access-date=29 January 2023|website=www.whitebus.co.uk|archive-date=29 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230129152959/https://www.whitebus.co.uk/bus-services/|url-status=bot: unknown}}</ref> | ||
| == References == | == References == | ||
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| ⚫ | == External links == | ||
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| {{Bus companies in South East England|state=expanded}} | |||
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| {{Commons category|White Bus Services}}{{Bus companies in South East England|state=expanded}} | |||
Latest revision as of 16:56, 23 December 2024
English bus operator Not to be confused with Wightbus or Wrightbus.
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 Alexander Dennis Enviro200 MMC at Guildford bus station in January 2019 | |
| Parent | Rowgate Group |
|---|---|
| Founded |
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| Headquarters | Winkfield |
| Service area | Berkshire |
| Service type | Bus service |
| Destinations | Windsor, Woking, Guildford, Ascot, Staines, Frimley |
| Fleet | 55 (Jan 2020) |
| Chief executive | Simon Rowland |
| Website | www.whitebus.co.uk |
C.E. Jeatt & Sons Limited, trading as White Bus Services (sometimes shortened to White Bus), is a bus operator based in Berkshire and runs bus and coach hire services within Windsor and Ascot. It is part of the Rowgate Group.
History
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White Bus Services was founded by George Ackroyd in July 1922 in Winkfield as the Republic Bus Company, introducing a service linking Windsor and Ascot. Ackroyd ran the business until selling it to William Rule Jeatt in 1930, renaming it as White Bus Services. The company would continue to be run by the Jeatt family for over 80 years, passing down to Cecil Jeatt, then in 1972 to his son Doug Jeatt.
In 1932, a new service was introduced that skirted the edge of Windsor Great Park. By 1936 buses were running through the park itself and White Bus remains as the only operator to provide a public transport link into the park.
The private hire side of the business became a separate company in 1955, despite continuing to share the same site, operating as Winkfield Coaches. The two companies were re-amalgamated in 1990.
White Bus further expanded in 1987 when it acquired vehicles and contracted school services from A. Moore & Sons (trading as Imperial) in Windsor upon the company's closure. This, alongside the introduction of free school transport for eligible pupils, has led to White Bus developing a network of school services in Windsor, Ascot, Maidenhead and Wokingham.
In 2014, White Bus was awarded contracts to operate routes P1 and W1.
Acquisition by Rowgate Group
White Bus Services was sold to Fernhill Travel of Bracknell in November 2016, which is managed by Rowgate Group's chairman, Simon Rowland.
In 2017, following Abellio's departure from Surrey bus operations, White Bus were awarded contracts in the Staines area for routes 438, 566/567 and Sunday operations of routes 446 and 456. It also registered the Monday to Saturday service of the 446 commercially. Later, it commercially took over route 441 from Abellio in March 2018.
In September 2018, White Bus won more contracts from Surrey County Council, mainly in the Woking area, taking over routes 437, 462/463 and two morning journeys on route 81 from Arriva Guildford & West Surrey. It also took over routes 48 and 500 from Dickson Travel of Frimley Green. Five more Alexander Dennis Enviro200 MMCs joined the fleet, these being the 8.9m examples to Euro VI specification. To celebrate their centenary anniversary, White Bus bought two 10.8 m variants of the same model which arrived in January 2020.
In December 2022, White Bus announced they would not be participating in the government's £2 fixed price bus fare scheme.
In June 2023, the company was taken to an Employment Tribunal over the unlawful and unfair dismissal of a former employee. The former employee won the case in January 2024.
Since August 2023, there were a number of route changes and additions to White Bus such as route 458 (running between Staines and Kingston upon Thames) from Diamond South East, December 2023 with route 446 extended from Staines to Ashford Hospital, Heathrow Airport and Hatton Cross tube station, alongside an increased frequency to half-hourly throughout the core Woking-Staines section, and September 2024 with another service from Diamond South East, route 555 (running between Heathrow Airport to Whiteley Village).
Services
As of January 2023, White Bus Services runs 19 public services. The majority of the routes would start at Staines, Windsor or Woking and would terminate elsewhere within Berkshire or Surrey.
References
- Companies House extract company no 1184445 C.E. Jeatt & Sons Limited
- "White Bus | Bushub". www.bushub.co.uk. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
- ^ "White Bus takes delivery of new Enviro200 models | Alexander Dennis". www.alexander-dennis.com. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
- ^ Lyons, Mark (February 2021). "White Bus Services". BUSES. Key Publishing.
- "Author pens the remarkable story". Windsor Express. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
- ^ "Bus Zone - White Bus Services". buszone.co.uk. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
- "How To Find Us". Windsor Great Park. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
- "New Operator for Route 441 from 17th March 2018". Archived from the original on 29 August 2018. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - "Abellio Surrey maintain a commercial toehold in Surrey" Buses issue 749 August 2017 page 7
- Team, routeone (12 December 2018). "White Bus Services' five Mistral-supplied E200s". routeone. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
- "£2 Single Fare Cap Scheme". 29 December 2022. Retrieved 30 November 2023.
- Lettice Bromovsky (12 January 2024). "Bus company manager wrongly sacked after filming colleague's Morecambe and Wise striptease". The Telegraph. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
- "Mr G Lovejoy v Rowgate Group Ltd and CE Jeatt & Sons Ltd: 3323008/2021". GOV.UK. 31 August 2023. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
- Lyons, Mark (September 2023). "Operator changes for cross-border services". BUSES. Key Publishing.
- "Changes to 446 from 4 December". White Bus. 5 November 2023. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
- "555 takes off with White Bus | White Bus". www.whitebus.co.uk. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
- "Bus Services | White bus". www.whitebus.co.uk. Archived from the original on 29 January 2023. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
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