Dunn-Line was a bus operator based in
Nottingham
Nottingham ( , East Midlands English, locally ) is a City status in the United Kingdom, city and Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority area in Nottinghamshire, East Midlands, England. It is located south-east of Sheffield and nor ...
, England, with services throughout
Nottinghamshire
Nottinghamshire (; abbreviated ''Notts.'') is a ceremonial county in the East Midlands of England. The county is bordered by South Yorkshire to the north-west, Lincolnshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south, and Derbyshire to the west. Th ...
operated from depots in Nottingham and
Tuxford
Tuxford is a historic market town and a civil parish in the Bassetlaw District, Bassetlaw district of Nottinghamshire, England. It had a population of 2,809 in the 2021 United Kingdom census, 2021 census.
Geography
Its nearby towns are Oll ...
. The company also had a presence in the
Lincoln area, largely through County Council contracted operations.
The company was also a large operator of
National Express
Mobico Group, formerly National Express Group, is a British multinational public transport company with headquarters in Birmingham, England. Domestically it currently operates bus and coach services under brands including National Express. Th ...
services and its coaches could be seen throughout the UK on scheduled express routes.
In March 2006, Dunn-Line was sold to
Veolia Transport
Veolia Transport (formerly Connex and CGEA Transport) was the international transport services division of the French-based multinational company Veolia until the 2011 merger that gave rise to Veolia Transdev, later renamed Transdev. Veolia Tr ...
. The Dunn family went on to run various aspects of
Rotala and
Yourbus
Yourbus (stylised ‘yourbus’) was a bus operator in Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire. It ran commercial and tendered local bus services from its base in Heanor.
United Kingdom History
Yourbus was founded by former Dunn-Line managing directo ...
.
Veolia sold its Nottingham bus and private hire coach operations to
Premiere Travel in January 2011, along with between 30 and 40 vehicles. The following month, its National Express coach work from the city passed to
Yourbus
Yourbus (stylised ‘yourbus’) was a bus operator in Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire. It ran commercial and tendered local bus services from its base in Heanor.
United Kingdom History
Yourbus was founded by former Dunn-Line managing directo ...
.
See also
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List of Veolia UK bus companies
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List of bus operators of the United Kingdom
:''This list is an alphabetically ordered index of current and past operators. For a structured list of current operators, see List of current bus operators of the United Kingdom''
This is a list of bus and coach operators of the United Kin ...
References
External links
Veolia Transport UK
{{Bus companies in the East Midlands
Former bus operators in Nottinghamshire