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Xelabus Limited〔(Companies House extract company no 7338043 ) Xelabus Limited〕 is a small independent bus operator, based in Eastleigh, Hampshire. It operates within the Southampton and Eastleigh area, running many supermarket routes. ==History== Xelabus was founded in November 2010 by bus enthusiast Gareth Blair, son of well-known bus enthusiast Philip Blair. It originally operated seven bus routes which were mainly supermarket routes for Asda and Tesco. Since then nine more routes have commenced including an Open Top Tour "Sea the city" and some more supermarket services.〔(More Xelabus Routes ) Xelabus Website 6 June 2011〕 Vehicles are painted in a green livery similar to that of the former Hants & Dorset company. A free service in Eastleigh was the first route to be introduced.〔(Free bus service launched for Eastleigh ) ''Daily Echo'' 17 November 2010〕 Some services have been more successful than others, with one service to Southampton competing with Bluestar being withdrawn in less than 12 months. One service currently operating with the company is notably unusual in that although it provides a free shopping service to an Asda store, it additionally carries fare paying passengers between other points on its journey; the customer simply stating to the driver that they are travelling to the supermarket in order to get free travel. In September 2012 Xelabus began a two-year contract to operate services to Totton College.〔(Xelabus & Totton College Partnership ) Xelabus 28 April 2012〕 On 12 May 2014, Xelabus took over route 67 Winchester to Petersfield via West Meon from Velvet under contract to Hampshire County Council.〔(Bus service 67 - Frequently Asked Questions ) Velvet〕 On 22 June 2014, it took over the Barton Peveril College routes from Velvet.〔(Barton Peveril College buses: Upcoming changes ) Velvet 13 May 2014〕 In August 2015, Xelabus acquired the route and school services of Brijan Tours.〔http://www.busandcoachbuyer.com/xelabus-acquires-brijan-tours-services/〕 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「Xelabus」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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