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Stansted Transit

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Stansted Transit
File:Stansted Transit logo.png
Founded2000
HeadquartersSkyline Business Park, Braintree, Essex
Service areaEssex, Hertfordshire, Suffolk
Service typeBus
Routes22
WebsiteStansted Transit - Web Archive

Stansted Transit Buses Ltd was a bus operating company based in Braintree, Essex, with an outstation at Saffron Walden.

History[edit]

The company was established in October 2000, initially with the name London Transit. Other names used included Stevenage Link and Transit Group.

Its original depot was at Hare Street, near Buntingford, Hertfordshire. In 2004, another base was established at Stansted Business Park, and Hare Street closed in 2006. The Braintree depot was opened in December 2007, and the Stansted site was vacated during 2008. There were two sites used at Stansted; initially an enclosed yard on Second Avenue, but after Braintree opened, an open parking area on First Avenue was used instead. The outstation at Saffron Walden (Viceroy Coaches, Bridge Street) ultimately replaced Stansted.

Although mainly associated with contracted bus routes in north west Essex and east Hertfordshire, Stansted Transit also briefly ran commercial routes in Milton Keynes (2001–02) and Stevenage (2003–06).

A coach division, called Stansted International Travel, was started in 2006.

On 4 June 2009, Stansted Transit entered administration. By 5 June, Essex County Council took control of all of their services which continued to operate as normal until a formal tender process took place later in the summer.

Stansted Transit operated 22 bus routes, in Essex and on the Hertfordshire, Suffolk, and Cambridgeshire borders, as well as many school bus contracts tendered by Essex County Council.

By September 2009, the 22 bus routes were reallocated to other bus companies, most to Hedingham Omnibuses.

Routes[edit]

Route number Route
Villagelink 1 Takeley to Saffron Walden
Villagelink 5 Bishop's Stortford to Saffron Walden
Villagelink 7 Bishop's Stortford to Bentfield Green
7A Bishop's Stortford to Stansted Mountfitchet
Villagelink 9 Braintree to Great Bardfield
Villagelink 10 Braintree to Great Bardfield
11 Chrishall to Saffron Walden
14 Staple Tye, Harlow to Templefields, Harlow
17 Saffron Walden to Great Bardfield
18 Haverhill to Newport
21 Bocking to Black Notley
71C Chelmsford to Colchester
73A Chelmsford to Maldon
118 Great Yeldham to Newport
133 Braintree to Stansted Airport
301 Bishop's Stortford to Saffron Walden via Audley End railway station
302 Bishop's Stortford, St Michaels Mead to Saffron Walden via Audley End railway station
306 Wicken Bonhunt to Bishop's Stortford
317 Elsenham to Bishop's Stortford
318 Bishop's Stortford to Thaxted
319 Bishop's Stortford to Great Dunmow
347 Harlow to Hatfield Broad Oak
392 Harlow to Rye Park
KM0213/1 Saffron Walden to Mountfitchet Mathematics & Computing College
KM0213/2 Takeley to Mountfitchet Mathematics & Computing College
KM0213/3 Hatfield Broad Oak to Mountfitchet Mathematics & Computing College
KM0213/4 Watch House Green, Felsted to Mountfitchet Mathematics & Computing College
KM0213/5 Wicken Bonhunt to Mountfitchet Mathematics & Computing College
KM0213/6 Harlow to Mountfitchet Mathematics & Computing College
KM0213/7 Witham to Mountfitchet Mathematics & Computing College
JM0104 Ashdon to Saffron Walden County High School
LM0127 Causeway End, Felsted to Helena Romanes School and Sixth Form Centre

Fleet[edit]

Stansted Transit used mainly Dennis Darts and Alexander Dennis Enviro200 Darts for service work. There were also some Leyland Olympians for its school contracts and rail work. Bus types operated in the past included step entrance Dennis Darts, MCW Metrobuses (MKI and MK IIs), MCW Metroriders, and Leyland Nationals (MKI and MK IIs). Stansted Transit also used a former Heathrow Pink Elephant transfer bus, an Optare Solo.

Stansted International Travel used Plaxton bodied Dennis Javelin and Volvo B10M coaches.

There were also a few other various types of bus which were in preserved state by the owner, including AEC Routemaster RML2616.

Area of operation[edit]

See also[edit]

External links[edit]


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