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Arriva Colchester Limited formerly Burton's Coaches Limited (formerly Network Colchester) is a bus company operating services around

Colchester Colchester ( ) is a city in Essex, in the East of England. It had a population of 122,000 in 2011. The demonym is Colcestrian. Colchester occupies the site of Camulodunum, the first major city in Roman Britain and its first capital. Colc ...

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Arriva Arriva plc is a British multinational corporation, multinational public transport company headquartered in Sunderland, England.Tellings-Golden Miller company, which was owned by Arriva at the time, under the name of Network Colchester.

History

Network Colchester's origins can be traced to 1904 with the establishment of Colchester Corporation Tramways, operating at its peak, four routes and 18 trams. Bus operation commenced in 1928 as Colchester Corporation Transport to replace the trams. To comply with the Transport Act 1985 in 1986 the assets were transferred to a new legal entity, Colchester Borough Transport. In 1993, during a bus war with Eastern National, the company was sold to British Bus for £1, but the new owners took on considerable debts. After discussions the bus war ended in 1994 with a share out of routes between the two companies. In August 1996 British Bus was purchased by the Cowie Group, which in November 1997 was renamed

Arriva Arriva plc is a British multinational corporation, multinational public transport company headquartered in Sunderland, England.Tellings-Golden Miller, placed under the control of Burton's Coaches and rebranded as Network Colchester. In 2008 Tellings-Golden Miller was sold to Arriva resulting in it once again owning the Colchester services. It continues to trade as Network Colchester. In early 2010 the Burton's Coaches business was sold to Yellow Star Travel Services in a management buy out but ownership of Network Colchester remained with Tellings-Golden Miller.

Depots

The depot was at Magdalen Street, Colchester until March 2008 when relocated to expanded premises at Heath Business Park, Grange Way in the Old Heath district of Colchester. The depot was later used by First Essex, but in November 2018 sold for redevelopment.

References

External links

Company website
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