Parent Jonathan Jones-Pratt Routes 6 Fleet circa 30 (2013) Founded 2005 | Service area Somerset Depots 1 Headquarters Weston-super-Mare | |
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Website www.crosvillemotorservices.co.uk Profiles | ||
Crosville Motor Services is a bus and coach operator based in Weston-super-Mare, North Somerset, England. It operates both contract hire and stage carriage services with a fleet of modern and heritage vehicles.
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History
The original Crosville Motor Services was a major bus operator, covering Mid and North Wales and North West England. The name fell out of use after that company was privatised but has been resurrected by this new operator. Some of the heritage fleet were once used by the original Crosville.
Although contract and private hire work had been undertaken previously, Crosville's first four commercial bus routes commenced operation in April 2012. These included routes from Weston-super-Mare to Sand Bay and Burnham-on-Sea, also a sea front tour to Uphill which was operated by heritage buses on summer Sundays and public holidays.
In April 2013 Crosville commenced operating a further two routes, 4 and 83.
In July 2015, Somerset Passenger Solutions a 50/50 joint venture with First Somerset & Avon was announced as the preferred bidder to operate services during the construction of EDF Energy's Hinkley Point C nuclear power station which at its peak will require 160 buses. These will be operated by Southern National which revived the name of another former National Bus Company subsidiary.
In April 2016, Crosville commenced operating services in Bristol and South Gloucestershire under contract to North Somerset Council.
Fleet
In January 2012 the fleet comprised 25 vehicles including modern coaches and the heritage fleet. To operate its first four commercial services it added two Dennis Dart single deck buses and a part-open top Leyland Olympian from Xelabus, Eastleigh, also two Optare Solos and a Mercedes-Benz 811D minibus from Blue Iris Coaches, Nailsea. Some examples are illustrated below.