Chambers (bus company)

Chambers[1] is a bus and coach operator based in Sudbury in Suffolk, England. It is a subsidiary of the Go-Ahead Group and forms part of Go East Anglia.

Chambers
Plaxton President bodied Volvo B7TL at Colchester Bus Station, in the new livery introduced following Go-Ahead's takeover.
ParentGo-Ahead Group
Founded1877
HeadquartersSudbury
Service areaEssex
Suffolk
Service typeBus & coach services
AllianceHedingham, Konectbus
Routes14 (April 2019)
Fleet34 (April 2019)
Chief executiveJeremy Cooper
Websitewww.chambersbus.co.uk/

History
3 Guy Arabs and a Bedford OB in July 1970
Northern Counties Palatine bodied Volvo Olympian in Sudbury
Marshall bodied Mercedes-Benz 811D in Bury St Edmunds in November 2008

In 1877 H Chambers commenced a horse-drawn bus business in Bures. In 1918 the first bus was purchased to operate a twice weekly service between Sudbury and Colchester. By the late 1930s routes were operated to Halstead and Haverhill. It also diversified into the haulage business, Chambers exited from this business in the 1960s.[2]

In June 2012 Chambers was sold to the Go-Ahead Group with 27 buses.[3] The depot was not included in the sale with operations moving to fellow Go-Ahead company Hedingham in Sudbury although it still trades under the Chambers name.

Services

As of April 2019, Chambers operate 14 services (under review as of Jan 2020). Both urban and rural areas are served, many of the company's routes running into Sudbury, and serving the bus station near Sudbury railway station.

Fleet

As at April 2019 the fleet consisted of 30 buses and 2 coaches.[3] Since the Go-Ahead purchase a new red and maroon fleet livery has been introduced.

References
  1. Companies House extract company no 327497 HC Chambers & Sons Limited
  2. HC Chambers & Son Ltd Bures Online
  3. Go-Ahead Group Acquires HC Chambers & Son Limited Archived 18 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine Go-Ahead Group 6 June 2012
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.