The Green Bus

The Green Bus[1] is a bus company based in Birmingham operating services in the West Midlands.

Alexander ALX400 bodied Dennis Trident 2 on route 50 in Birmingham in February 2013

The Green Bus
Northern Counties Palatine 2 bodied Volvo Olympian in November 2008
ParentIan Mack
Founded2005
HeadquartersBirmingham
Service areaWest Midlands
Warwickshire
Worcestershire
Service typeBus services
Fleet25 (January 2016)
Websitewww.thegreenbus.co.uk

The origins of Green Bus can be traced to 2001 when King Edward VI Five Ways School, Birmingham commenced operating a bus service to transport its students. In September 2005, it became a separate company.[2] It soon began operating services serving other schools within the Foundation of the Schools of King Edward VI. By 2013 it was operating 55 school bus services in Berkshire, Merseyside, Surrey, the West Midlands and Worcestershire.[3]

In August 2010 it began operating services during Aston Villa and Birmingham football clubs' home matches. In September 2011 The Green Bus commenced operating commercial passenger services.

The Green Bus won the "Innovation of the Year" prize at the 2010 Route One Operator Excellence Awards in recognition of its iPhone application which allows users to track the real time location of their bus.[4]

Services

The Green Bus operated routes 50 and 50A from Birmingham to Maypole and Redditch until December 2014.[5] It operates services to Birmingham and West Bromwich Albion football clubs during home matches.[6]

The Green Bus commenced operation of route 22 on 3 March 2014, which served Birmingham Town Hall, Harborne, Bartley Green, Halesowen, Colley Gate and Merry Hill, which ended in the summer of the same year.

As of the 2020-21 academic year, The Green Bus operates 33 school services to 10 schools in the West Midlands, with one return journey on each route per day.[7]

Fleet

As of May 2020, the fleet consisted of 33 buses.[8]

gollark: Wireless struts or something?
gollark: Wait, pointed them at the same vessel? How does that work?!
gollark: No fiddling with retracting and deploying them, less friction, it's great.
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References
  1. Companies House extract company no 5456298 The Green Transport Company Limited
  2. Company History The Green Bus
  3. Schools & Services The Green Bus
  4. "Birmingham based Green Bus Company wins innovation award". Birmingham Mail. 22 March 2011.
  5. Local Bus Services The Green Bus
  6. Football Bus Services The Green Bus
  7. "Bus services". The Green Bus. The Green Bus. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
  8. "Quack77 - The Green Bus fleet list". quack77.uk. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
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