- City Clipper
-
City Clipper was a short-lived bus company in Southampton. It was an independent company which started operations on 23 April 2007, but ended six months later on 13 October 2007.
Contents
History
City Clipper started operations on 23 April 2007 from its operations base at Basepoint Business centre in the Chapel area of the city. They operated two circular routes that almost approximately outlined the city centre. Service C1 operated clockwise, with C2 operating the same route in reverse. The service was operated solely by five Plaxton Primos and employed 10 drivers.
Throughout the operation, the service was well publicised in the local papers, at first with an offer.[1]
It came under a lot of criticism from Southampton residents, as first by people who thought that the service was unnecessary and would only add to the congestion. [2]. When the service started, many people claimed that the buses usually ran empty, and some people were glad when the service was withdrawn. [3].
The City Clipper route competed in some areas with the City Loop service, currently operated by A2B Express Travel, which began in 2001 and also the Uni-link City-Link service, both of which operate as a free service[4]. City Clipper was an expansion of the City Loop service and linked Southampton Central station, West Quay, Ocean Village, Town Quay and St Mary's Stadium. Unlike the City Loop or City-Link passengers were required to pay a fixed fare.
City Clipper announced on 8 October 2007 that the service would end on 13 October 2007, the last bus being the 19:00 from Town Quay. The company blamed lack of financial support from a number of unnamed parties for the closure of the service [5] though (as above) it had been noted that it was common for City Clipper services to run empty or with few passengers even at peak times since the service began [6].
Gallery
See also
References
- ^ Daily Echo - "City centre bus service launched with free Echo ticket offer" Accessed 13th Feb 2008
- ^ Daily Echo - "Get your ticket to ride as new city bus hits the road" Accessed 13th Feb 2008
- ^ Daily Echo - "Bus service axed in six months" Accessed 13th Feb 2008
- ^ Southampton Local Transport Plan 2001/2 to 2005/6 Accessed 10th May 2007
- ^ City Clipper 8 October 2007 Press Release Accessed 10th October 2007
- ^ Southern Daily Echo - Bus service axed after six months Accessed 10th October 2007
External links
Scotland Scottish Bus Group Other operators A1 Service · Dart Buses · First Stop Travel · Gibson's of Moffat · McKindless · Oban and District · Scottish Motor Traction · Strathclyde Buses · Western SMT
Wales Companies Crosville Motor Services · Islwyn Borough Transport · National Welsh Omnibus Services · Red & White Services · Rhondda Transport Company · Silver Star Holidays · Western Welsh
England North West England Birkenhead Buses · Blackburn Transport · Blue Bus and Coach Services · Bu-Val Buses · Citibus Tours · Crosville Motor Services · Glenvale Transport · GM Buses · GM Buses (2005) · Lancashire United Transport · Maynes Bus · MTL · North Western Road Car Company (1923) · North Western Road Car Company (1986) · Northern Blue · Pennine Blue · Red & White Services · Ribble Motor Services · Yelloway Motor Services
North East England Black Prince Buses · Busways Travel Services · Godfrey Burley Group · Jolly Bus · Leon Motors · Mexborough and Swinton Traction Company · North Eastern Bus Services · OK Motor Services · Samuel Ledgard · South Yorkshire Transport · United Automobile Services · Venture Transport · West Riding Automobile Company · West Yorkshire Road Car · Yorkshire Rider · Yorkshire Traction · Yorkshire Terrier
Midlands A2Z Travel · Barton Transport · Birmingham City Transport · Birmingham Motor Traction · Chase Coaches · Glossopdale Bus Company · Go West Midlands · Lionspeed · Mid Warwickshire Motors Limited · North Birmingham Busways · People's Express · Probus Management · South Notts Bus Company · Travel Merry Hill · Travel Your Bus · Wesley Coaches · Zak's Buses
Eastern England Eastern National Omnibus Company · MK Metro
South West England South East England Alder Valley · Aldershot & District Traction · Badger Vectis · Boro'line Maidstone · Bygone Buses · Cavendish Motor Services · Centra · City Clipper · East Kent Road Car Company · Invictaway · Maidstone & District · Maidstone Corporation Transport · Moss Motor Tours · Portsmouth Corporation Transport · Shamrock Buses · Southampton Citybus · Southdown Motor Services · Thames Transit · Thames Valley Traction · Tillingbourne Bus Company · Yellow Bus Services
Greater London Birch Brothers · Boro'line (London) · Capital Citybus · Capital Logistics · Connex bus · East Thames Buses · Grey-Green · Harris Bus · London Country Bus Services · London Country North East · London Country North West · London Country South East · London Country South West · London Easylink · London Electrobus Company · London Forest · London Pride Sightseeing · London Traveller · MTL · NSL Buses
Categories:- Former bus operators in England
- Transport in Hampshire
- Companies established in 2007
- Companies disestablished in 2007
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.