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Durham Travel Services〔(Companies House extract company no 2208734 ) Durham Travel Services Limited〕 was a bus and coach operator in England. ==History== Durham Travel Services was founded in 1987 by Peter Lee and Eric Bowerbank, initially as a coach charter operator in Durham. In 1993, it expanded with the acquisition of York Pullman from Kingston-upon-Hull City Transport.〔(York bus firms in take over ) ''York Press'' 19 January 2000〕 In 1997, it gained a contract to operate disabled services under contract to Nexus.〔(Boss spent £1/2m on call girl ) ''Evening Standard'' 26 February 2004〕 In February 2000, the York Pullman business was sold to First York.〔 Durham Travel Services also operated express services under contract to National Express. On 20 January 2001, Durham Travel Services diversified into operating bus services under contract to Transport for London, when it commenced operating route 185 under the London Easylink banner.〔"London Easylink" ''Buses'' issue 552 March 2001〕 It was awarded the contract to operate route 42 from 20 April 2002, but actually began operating the route on 19 January 2002 under sub-contract to Connex. On 21 August 2002, Durham Travel Services was placed in administration after it was discovered company director Peter Lee had embezzled £590k, rendering the business insolvent.〔(Buses recalled as firm goes into bankruptcy ) ''BBC News'' 21 August 2002〕〔(Boss cost 170 their jobs ) ''Evening Chronicle'' 26 February 2004〕〔(Call girl boss is jailed ) ''BBC News'' 5 March 2004〕 The routes were initially taken over initially by Blue Triangle using a combination of its own buses and those of other operators.〔"No blinds needed, it's a 185" ''Buses'' issue 572 November 2002〕 Both later passed to East Thames Buses with the new operator taking over the leases of the former London Easylink buses. 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「Durham Travel Services」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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