Nu-Venture
_1991_Leyland_Olympian_Alexander_RL,_Showbus_2009.jpg) Alexander RL bodied Leyland Olympian in September 2009 | |
| Founded | 1980 c. |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | Aylesford |
| Service area | Kent |
| Service type | Bus services |
| Routes | 42 |
| Fleet | 30 (November 2013) |
| Website | www.nu-venture.co.uk |
Nu-Venture[1] is a bus company in Aylesford, Kent, England.
History[edit]
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Nu-Venture was founded in the 1960s as a coach company,[2][3][4] They operated coach tour holidays all over Europe, and in the 1980s they operated a London commuter service,[5][6][7][8] but coach hire stopped in 2010 and the London commuter service stopped around 2004.
Nu-Venture now have bus services in Maidstone, Tonbridge, Tunbridge Wells and the Medway Towns.
Nu-Venture used to use step entrance double and single decker buses but in 2014 these were replaced with low floor double and single deckers.
Services[edit]
As at August 2018, Nu-Venture operated 42 routes[9]
Incidents[edit]
In November 2012 a Plaxton Prestige bodied DAF SB220 caught fire in Blue Bell Hill village, there were no one on the bus except the driver.[10][11]
In November 2012 a bus driver had to be rescued after his double decker bus blown over into a ditch trapping him in the bus in Cliffe, there were no one on board except the driver.[12]
Gallery[edit]
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Marshall Capital bodied Dennis Dart in March 2008 in Nu-Venture's previous livery
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Leyland Lynx in Chatham in October 2009
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![Former London Transport Leyland Titan T857 (A857 SUL), pictured wearing Maidstone Corporation Transport centenary livery applied in 2004 by Nu-Venture.[13]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Nu_Venture_fiesta_blue_Maidstone_Centenary_bus.jpg/173px-Nu_Venture_fiesta_blue_Maidstone_Centenary_bus.jpg)
Former London Transport Leyland Titan T857 (A857 SUL), pictured wearing Maidstone Corporation Transport centenary livery applied in 2004 by Nu-Venture.[13]
![Former London Transport Leyland Titan T857 (A857 SUL), pictured wearing Maidstone Corporation Transport centenary livery applied in 2004 by Nu-Venture.[13]](/File:Nu_Venture_fiesta_blue_Maidstone_Centenary_bus.jpg)
References[edit]
- ↑ Companies House extract company no 1239389 Nu-Venture Coaches Limited
- ↑ "Nu-Venture Coach - Flickr". Retrieved 25 August 2014.
- ↑ "Nu-Venture Coach - Flickr". Retrieved 25 August 2014.
- ↑ "Nu-Venture coach". Retrieved 25 August 2014.
- ↑ "Nu-Venture London bus". Retrieved 25 August 2014.
- ↑ "Nu-Venture London bus - Flickr".
- ↑ "Nu-Venture Coach - Flickr". Retrieved 25 August 2014.
- ↑ "Nu-Venture Coach - Flickr". Retrieved 25 August 2014.
- ↑ "Timetables". Timetables. Archived from the original on 5 September 2018. Retrieved 25 August 2018. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Nu-Venture R988FNW". Retrieved 11 October 2013.
- ↑ "Bus goes up in flames at Blue Bell Hill". Kent Online. Retrieved 11 October 2013.
- ↑ "Driver rescued after bus blown off Cliffe road by wind". Kent Online. Retrieved 11 October 2013.
- ↑ Baldock, Eric (2012). Maidstone Corporation transport. Stroud: Amberley. p. 36. ISBN 978-1445608204. Retrieved 25 August 2014. Search this book on
- "Kent signs for improved punctuality". Bus&Coach.com. 6 March 2013. Archived from the original on 20 August 2014. Retrieved 19 August 2014. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - Baldock, Eric (2010). Maidstone brough buses : 1974-1992 (1. publ. ed.). Stroud, Gloucesterhire: Amberley Publ. ISBN 9781445601403. Search this book on
Other websites[edit]
Media related to Nu-Venture at Wikimedia Commons- Company website
- Showbus gallery
- Flickr gallery
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