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| Founded | 1998 |
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| Headquarters | North Mymms |
| Service area | Hertfordshire Surrey |
| Service type | Bus services |
| Routes | 18 (February 2025) |
| Depots | North Mymms Thorpe Park |
| Fleet | 111 (November 2020) |
| Chief executive | Dean Sullivan |
| Website | www.sullivanbuses.com |
Sullivan Bus & Coach Limited,[1]trading asSullivan Buses, is a bus company based inNorth Mymms,Hertfordshire, England. Founded in 1998, it operates local bus services in and around Hertfordshire including school services, rail replacement bus services near London, bus links inSurrey to and fromThorpe Park and vehicle hire for television programmes.
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Sullivan Buses was founded in 1998 by formerLondon Underground manager Dean Sullivan.[2][3]
Sullivan Buses operates public and school bus routes predominantly inHertfordshire and previously operated routes inNorth London. Rail replacement work, particularly on theLondon Underground, is also operated. In 2004, this work contributed to two-thirds of the company's turnover of £3 million.[2] Sullivan Buses vehicles frequently appear in film and television broadcasts and advertisements, partially because of the company location's proximity to theElstree Studios. By August 2007, 20 different buses had been used in over 30 productions.[4][5]
In January 2005, Sullivan Buses purchased Southlands Travel, located atPollhill inKent, but this operation ceased in February 2007, with some of the routes passing to Griffin Bus, who operated initially from Pollhill before moving toLongfield. In May 2011 Griffin Bus ceased operations and their routes were transferred over to other operators.[citation needed]
Due to increased traffic congestion,Hertfordshire County Council-controlled route B3 was revised with additional running time and made significant changes to timings to meet train arrivals and departures from July 2012.[6] Starting from September 2012, Sullivan Buses won TfL tenders forschool routes 628, 653, 683 and 688 fromArriva London. This came after the company also won the tender forroute 298.[7]
Sullivan Buses won the TfL tender onroute W9 and retained route 298 in 2016, both acquiring brand-newAlexander Dennis Enviro200 MMC buses as a result.[8]
From 1 September 2018, Sullivan Buses axed a section of commercial route 398 betweenWatford andBorehamwood. To minimise inconvenience, route 306 improved its evening frequencies to every 15 minutes.[9]
In May 2021, it was announced Sullivan Buses would take over the TfL tender for route 549 from 12 March 2022.[10]
In February 2022, Sullivan Buses announced the takeover ofroute 84 betweenPotters Bar andSt Albans, followingMetroline's decision to withdraw from the route. The effects took place on 2 April 2022.[11][12]
In August 2024, Sullivan Buses announced that they would be ceasing operation of their 12 London routes, citing financial issues and penalties imposed by TfL as reasons.[13]South Mimms depot will also be closed with all non-TfL routes being transferred.[citation needed]
This garage closed in August 2024 due to the cessation of Sullivan Buses' operations in London.[13]
Sullivan Buses operate a maintenance facility based atNorth Mymms providing services to all of Sullivan's fleet.[14]
As of August 2024, it operates 17 routes either operated under contract toHertfordshire County Council or commercially.[14]
Sullivan operate a small garage based in Thorpe Park /Staines to maintain theirThorpe Park fleet.[14]
The fleet initially was built up with exTransport for LondonLeyland Olympians,Leyland Titans,MCW Metrobuses andVolvo Olympians. As at November 2020, the fleet consisted of 111 buses, including anAEC Routemaster heritage vehicle and a driver training vehicle.[15] The fleet dedicated to Transport for London operations consisted of 74 buses as at March 2023.[16]
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