Renown Coaches

Marshall Capital bodied Dennis Dart SLF in Lewes in November 2010
Founded 1962
Headquarters Bexhill-on-Sea
Service area East Sussex
Kent
Service type Bus services
Routes 18 (October 2013)
Website www.renowncoaches.co.uk

Renown Coaches[1] are a bus and coach operator based in Bexhill-on-Sea, United Kingdom.

History

East Sussex Easy Rider liveried Alexander Dennis Enviro 200 in Lewes in November 2010

Renown Coaches was established in 1962. In the 1980s it diversified into local bus services.[2]

In March 2006 Renown Group set up Cavendish Motor Services[3] to operate commercial services in Eastbourne. This was sold in January 2009 to Stagecoach in Eastbourne.[4] However because of a Competition Commission inquiry, the transfer was not effected until October 2009.[5]

Operations and routes

Renown Coaches operates both commercial and subsidised services in East Sussex and Kent.[2] It also operates a coach charter fleet.

Routes include:

Renown also operate school services, and free bus services to ASDA stores in Eastbourne and Hollingbury.[6]

Fleet

The bus livery was green and cream as carried by the former Southdown Motor Services, but now changed to a two toned green and cream. The coach livery is black and gold.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Companies House extract company no 3877771 Renown Coach Tours Limited
  2. 1 2 Renown Bus Services Renown Group
  3. ↑ Companies House extract company no 4169806 Cavendish Motor Services Limited
  4. ↑ Stagecoach buys Cavendish Eastbourne Herald 9 January 2009
  5. ↑ Stagecoach Welcomes Competition Commission Clearance of Eastbourne Bus Merger Stagecoach 22 October 2009
  6. ↑ Renown - Bus Routes https://www.renowngroup.co.uk/_buses/routes.php
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