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BakerBus〔(Companies House extract company no 2833153 ) Guideissue Limited〕 is the trading name used by the bus fleet of Bakers Coaches, a bus and coach operator based in Biddulph, Staffordshire, England. They operate a fleet of around 50 vehicles on local bus services and coach hire work. ==History== Bakers Coaches was founded in 1936 by James Baker operating chauffeured car services, before purchasing a small fleet of coaches in 1967.〔(About Us ) Bakerbus〕 In 1990 it diversified into bus operation with the launch of the "China Link" service connecting major pottery factories in Stoke-on-Trent for visitors to the area. It was withdrawn after three years. The company then launched an off-peak service between Leek and Buxton which was later withdrawn. In 1998 Bakers' were awarded Cheshire County Council contracted route 27 between Macclesfield and Knutsford. The route was initially operated every two hours with one bus, but was doubled in frequency in 1999. Contracted journeys on route 99 (Biddulph - Congleton) were also taken over in 1998. The company joined Julian Peddle's newly formed Status Group in 1999, and the trading name BakerBus was adopted for local services. The company left Status Group in 2002.〔 In 2001, two new routes were started, both to the AstraZeneca factory near Alderley Edge. Both were withdrawn in 2007 as passenger numbers had fallen and AstraZeneca withdrew funding.〔 However the company's route 99 was made fully commercial in 2006 and extended to operate to Macclesfield and continues to serve the AstraZeneca site at nearby Hurdsfield.〔(Interim Review of the Bus Services Working Group )〕 In September 2004, First Potteries had its operator license cut, and abandoned several routes with BakerBus taking over three routes in the Newcastle-under-Lyme area, losing one after three years but retaining the other two routes, 33 and 33A Newcastle-under-Lyme - Westlands on a long-term basis. They have since been registered commercially. It also gained route 77 between Hanley and Congleton, which it has also now registered commercially. In February 2005 a new limited stop route, X1, was launched between Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent railway station and Stafford. It was funded by Staffordshire University, whose campus it served.〔 From 2006, route X1 covered for the suspended train service between Stafford and Stone, Barlaston and Wedgwood, with funding from Central Trains; Stone had its services restored in 2008, but the others are still served only by the bus. At the same time the X1 service ceased to operate into Stafford Town Centre, and now terminates at the Staffordshire University campus at Beaconside. This brought an increase of 60% in revenue.〔(Minutes of Evidence ) House of Commons June 2006]〕 The section between Stafford town centre and Stafford station was withdrawn in 2009 when funding from Central Trains' successor London Midland ceased.〔(Bill Cash MP asks London Midland to investigate funding of re-extension of X1 Bakerbus service ) Bill Cash MP 1 December 2009〕 In autumn 2007 Bakers took over the operations of Niddrie Coaches of Middlewich.〔(The right time to sell? ) ''Bus & Coach Professional'' 4 January 2008〕 In 2007 the contract to operate route 27 on Monday to Saturday was lost, but Sunday operations on the route were retained, and extended to serve Tatton Park. Bakers also gained tendered route 108, between Leek and Stockport, on a Sunday.〔 A new network of town services in Congleton, branded as Beartown Bus with a new green livery, was awarded by the council to BakerBus from August 2007.〔〔(New BakerBus "Beartown" Service Starts On Monday 20 August ) Bakerbus 20 August 2007〕 Three new Plaxton Primo single-deckers were acquired for the routes, and all were later named after bears to highlight charity work to end bile farming.〔(Animals Asia - All aboard the moon bear bus! )〕 In January 2009, the company won a council contract to operate routes 392 and 393, which were rebranded as "The Shuttle" in recognition of the area's silk mills, a shuttle being used in the manufacturing process.〔(New Bus Services For Macclesfield, Poynton And Knutsford, Wilmslow ) ''maccweb.org.uk''〕〔(BakerBus to operate The Silk Road 'Shuttle' ) Bakerbus 8 January 2009〕 This was followed in April 2009 by the takeover of former Stagecoach in Manchester service 191, which was renumbered 391 and became part of "The Shuttle" family of services, although the direct service between Poynton and Manchester provided by route 191 was withdrawn.〔(Uproar over bus services ) ''Macclesfield Express'' 18 February 2009〕 Further expansion followed in July 2009 with the award of the 372 Bramhall Circular contract by Transport for Greater Manchester, this passed to Stagecoach Manchester in March 2011.〔(Service 372 ) BakerBus 24 January 2013〕 In March 2011 Bakerbus commenced operating route 11 between Macclesfield and Kerridge, applying "The Shuttle" branding to this route.〔(Public Bus Service Timetables ) BakerBus〕 In October 2009. the company took over "The Harrier" route between Crewe and Sandbach from Harrier Travel, and purchased another Plaxton Primo to operate it with. At the same time it launched its commercial service X38 between Biddulph and Crewe, and gained contracted route 32 in Crewe.〔(BakerBus Takes Over The Crewe Harrier Services ) Bakerbus 12 October 2009〕 In August 2013, eight of the company's services ceased operating.〔(Bus services axed after funding cuts ) ''The Sentinel'' 7 August 2013〕 In the same month Bakers was bought by Barbados-based company Island Fortitude Incorporated. In December 2014, the route operation was sold with nine buses to D&G Bus.〔(D&G buys BakerBus ) ''Route One'' 2 January 2015〕〔(25 jobs saved after BakerBus is bought by Crewe based D&G Bus ) ''The Sentinel'' 6 January 2015〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「BakerBus」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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