Kinchbus

Kinchbus[2] is a bus operator in Loughborough, England. It is a subsidiary of the Wellglade Group.

Kinchbus
A Kinchbus branded Wright Solar in Leicester in 2015
Slogan"Loughborough's finest"
ParentWellglade Group
Founded1987
HeadquartersLoughborough
Service areaDerbyshire
Leicestershire
Nottinghamshire
Service typeBus services
Routes7 (June 2017)
HubsLoughborough
Depots1
Fleet37 (June 2017)
Chief executiveSue Blount [1]
Websitewww.kinchbus.co.uk

History
Park Royal bodied Leyland Atlantean in Loughborough in 1987
Optare Tempo in Loughborough in 2011

Kinchbus was founded in 1987 by former Leicester City Football Club director Gilbert Kinch trading as GK Kinch and based in Barrow Upon Soar. Before moving into local bus services, Kinch had operated coaches from nearby Mountsorrel since at least 1972. In the early 1990s Kinchbus began to expand with services around Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire. In 1998 Kinchbus was sold to the Wellglade Group.

Since 2008 Kinchbus has operated the Skylink service between Derby and Loughborough. In April 2009 after the withdrawal of the Arriva Fox County service it extended the service to Leicester.[3]

After the collapse of Nottingham based Premiere Travel on 25 January 2013, Kinchbus announced that it would reintroduce its route 9 service between Loughborough and Nottingham to replace Premiere's Red9 service.[4]

Services

Kinchbus are the main operator within Loughborough operating services 5 and 11/12 around the local housing estates and sprint buses between the railway station, town centre and Loughborough University campus along with service 2 into Leicester and service 9 into Nottingham.[5]

Kinchbus also operates the Skylink Leicester-Derby services to East Midlands Airport from Leicester and Derby[6]

Fleet

As of January 2019 the fleet has 35 buses.[7]

See also

References
  2. "Kinchbus Limited 02116469". Companies House.
  3. "New operator for Leicester Skylink Bus service". UK airports information blog. 17 March 2009.
  4. "Kinchbus steps in to help Premiere customers". Kinchbus. 30 January 2013. Archived from the original on 19 October 2013.
  5. https://kinchbus.co.uk/bus-information/route-list
  6. "Skylink Derby Airport – Loughborough – Leicester". Kinchbus. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
  7. "The Wellglade Group Fleet List". Derby Bus Depot. January 2019. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
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