H.C. Chambers & Son or just Chambers is an independent bus and coach operator based in Bures

Bures, England

Bures is a village in eastern England. Because of its location straddling the Essex/Suffolk border, it is divided into two civil parishes: Bures Hamlet in Essex and Bures St. Mary in Suffolk. The village is thus served by two county councils, three district councils , two Members of Parliament and...

 in Suffolk

Suffolk

Suffolk is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in East Anglia, England. It has borders with Norfolk to the north, Cambridgeshire to the west and Essex to the south. The North Sea lies to the east...

, England

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

. The company operates services over a wide area of Suffolk

Suffolk

Suffolk is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in East Anglia, England. It has borders with Norfolk to the north, Cambridgeshire to the west and Essex to the south. The North Sea lies to the east...

 and Essex

Essex

Essex is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East region of England, and one of the home counties. It is located to the northeast of Greater London. It borders with Cambridgeshire and Suffolk to the north, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent to the South and London to the south west...

, running a fleet of around 30 buses.

History

H.C. Chambers & Son Ltd. was set up as a family business in 1877, from the base in Bures, Suffolk.

They operated horse drawn buses and carts, and at the end of World War I

World War I

World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...

 the first motor bus was operated. They operated a twice weekly service between Sudbury and Colchester. By World War II

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

 they had routes to Halstead

Halstead

Halstead is a town and civil parish located in Braintree District of Essex, England, near Colchester and Sudbury. It has a population of 11,053. The town is situated in the Colne Valley, and originally developed on the hill to the north of the river...

 and Haverhill

Haverhill, Suffolk

Haverhill is an industrial market town and civil parish in the county of Suffolk, England, next to the borders of Essex and Cambridgeshire. It lies southeast of Cambridge and north of central London...

.

Services

The company operates a number of services. Both urban and rural areas are served, many of the company's routes running into Sudbury

Sudbury, Suffolk

Sudbury is a small, ancient market town in the county of Suffolk, England, on the River Stour, from Colchester and from London.-Early history:...

, and serving the bus station, near Sudbury railway station

Sudbury railway station

Sudbury railway station is a railway station serving the town of Sudbury in Suffolk, England. It is the single-platform northern terminus of the Gainsborough Line, and is managed by National Express East Anglia, who provide all train services. The station is located on the edge of the town...

.

Bus routes

All routes operate Monday to Saturday, unless stated otherwise.

• 84: Sudbury
  Sudbury, Suffolk
  Sudbury is a small, ancient market town in the county of Suffolk, England, on the River Stour, from Colchester and from London.-Early history:...
  
   - Leavenheath
  Leavenheath
  Leavenheath is a village and civil parish located on the Essex - Suffolk border. Located on the A134 between Sudbury and Colchester, it is part of Babergh district. The parish also contains the hamlets of Cock Street and Honey Tye, and in 2001 had a population of 1,373.The village was named after...
  
   - Stoke-by-Nayland
  Stoke-by-Nayland
  Stoke by Nayland in the English county of Suffolk, lies close to the border with Essex in what is sometimes referred to as Constable Country. It contains a church, St Mary, part of the Deanery of in the Diocese of Chelmsford...
  
   - Great Horkesley
  Great Horkesley
  Great Horkesley is a small village approximately 3 miles north of Colchester in the county of Essex, UK, and is part of the borough of Colchester....
  
   - Colchester
  Colchester
  Colchester is an historic town and the largest settlement within the borough of Colchester in Essex, England.At the time of the census in 2001, it had a population of 104,390. However, the population is rapidly increasing, and has been named as one of Britain's fastest growing towns. As the...
  
  
• 372: Hartest
  Hartest
  Hartest is a small village in the Babergh district of the English county of Suffolk. It is located halfway between Bury St. Edmunds and Sudbury on the B1066 road in the Glem valley...
  
   - Rede
  Rede, Suffolk
  Rede is a village and civil parish in the St Edmundsbury district of Suffolk in eastern England. Located around five miles south-west of Bury St Edmunds, in 2005 its population was 160....
  
   - Whepstead - Horringer
  Horringer
  Horringer is a village and civil parish in the St Edmundsbury district of Suffolk in eastern England. Located on the A143 around two miles south-west of Bury St Edmunds, in 2005 its population was 890.-Demography:...
  
   - Bury St Edmunds (schooldays only)
• 374: Clare
  Clare, Suffolk
  Clare is a small town on the north bank of the River Stour in Suffolk, England.Clare is from Bury St Edmunds and from Sudbury. It lies in the 'South and Heart of Suffolk' . As a cloth town, it is one of Suffolk's 'threads'. Clare is the current holder of Village of the Year and has won the...
  
   - Cavendish
  Cavendish, Suffolk
  Cavendish is a village and civil parish in the Stour Valley in Suffolk, England. It is from Bury St Edmunds and from Newmarket.It is believed that Cavendish is called so because a man called Cafa used to own a pasture or 'edisc' there, and it therefore became known as Cafa's Edisc and eventually...
  
   - Glemsford
  Glemsford
  Glemsford is a village in the Babergh district in Suffolk, England, near the town of Sudbury. Glemsford is located near the River Glem and the River Stour also flows nearby...
  
   - Hartest - Whepstead - Horringer - Bury St Edmunds
• 752: Bury St Edmunds - Lavenham
  Lavenham
  Lavenham is a village and civil parish in Suffolk, England. It is noted for its 15th century church, half-timbered medieval cottages and circular walk. In the medieval period it was among the 20 wealthiest settlements in England...
  
   - Sudbury - Great Cornard
  Great Cornard
  Great Cornard is a large village located just outside Sudbury, in Suffolk, England.-History:The area now called Great Cornard has been occupied since pre-history, with evidence of Palaeolithic, Bronze Age and Roman settlements in the parish. The village is accounted for in the Domesday Book as the...
  
   - Bures
  Bures, England
  Bures is a village in eastern England. Because of its location straddling the Essex/Suffolk border, it is divided into two civil parishes: Bures Hamlet in Essex and Bures St. Mary in Suffolk. The village is thus served by two county councils, three district councils , two Members of Parliament and...
  
   (schooldays only)
• 753: Bury St Edmunds - Lavenham - Sudbury - Bures - West Bergholt
  West Bergholt
  West Bergholt, formerly known as Bergholt Sackville, is a large rural village and civil parish in Essex, England, lying on the border with Suffolk, near to the ancient town of Colchester. With a history going back to medieval times the village is now part of the Colchester Borough Council seat of...
  
   - Colchester. This is no longer a through route, passengers have to change bus at Sudbury and no through tickets
  Ticket (admission)
  A ticket is a voucher that indicates that one has paid for admission to an event or establishment such as a theatre, movie theater, amusement park, zoo, museum, concert, or other attraction, or permission to travel on a vehicle such as an airliner, train, bus, or boat, typically because one has...
  
   are available.

Fleet

Chambers run a fleet of modern types. Livery is Maroon.

Registration	Chassis	Bodywork	Seating	Built	Current livery	Previous operator	Year Acquired
M655 KVU	Volvo B10M Volvo B10M The Volvo B10M is a popular mid-engined bus and coach chassis built by Volvo between 1978 and 2001. It was built as the successor of the B58 and was equipped with a 9.6-litre horizontally-mounted Volvo THD100/THD101/THD102/THD103/THD104/DH10A diesel engine mounted under the floor, near the middle...	Van Hool Van Hool Van Hool NV is a Belgian coachbuilder and manufacturer of buses, coaches, trolleybuses, and trailers.The company was founded in 1947 by Bernard van Hool in Koningshooikt, nearby Lier, Belgium. In the early years, the company introduced serial production and exported their products all over Europe...  Alizee T8	C46FT	1994	Maroon	Shearings	2003
N465 PAP	Dennis Dart Dennis Dart The Dennis Dart is a rear-engined midibus built by Dennis in the United Kingdom. More than 11,000 were built during 18 years of production....	Alexander Dash Alexander Dash The Alexander Dash is a midibus body built by Walter Alexander Coachbuilders of Scotland during the 1990s. It was one of the variants of Alexander's AM-type body and was usually combined with the Dennis Dart and Volvo B6 step-entrance bus chassis....  2	DP40F	1996	Maroon	Excel Passenger Logistics/Stagecoach South Stagecoach South Stagecoach South is an operating division of the Stagecoach UK Bus. The headquarters of the division are situated in Chichester, England.It is branded as three sub-divisions; namely, Stagecoach in Hampshire, Stagecoach Hants & Surrey, and Stagecoach in the South Downs. The legal titles are;...	2010
N529 LHG	Volvo Olympian Volvo Olympian The Volvo Olympian was a rear-engine double decker bus built by Volvo at Irvine, North Ayrshire, Scotland. It was first built in 1992 and entered production in March 1993, replacing the Leyland Olympian....	Northern Counties Palatine Northern Counties Palatine The Northern Counties Palatine is a step-entrance double-decker bus body built by Northern Counties of Wigan, UK. It was built mainly on Leyland Olympian and Volvo Olympian chassis, although some were also built on DAF, Volvo B10M Citybus and Scania chassis...  1	H48/27F	1996	Maroon	London Central London Central London Central is one of many operators of London Buses. It was established in late 1988 as one of 12 operating subsidiaries of London Buses Limited , and was privatised to the Go-Ahead Group in September 1994...	2006
N531 LHG	Volvo Olympian	Northern Counties Palatine 1	H48/27F	1996	Maroon	London Central	2006
N532 LHG	Volvo Olympian	Northern Counties Palatine 1	H48/27F	1996	Maroon	London Central	2006
P785 WCN	Dennis Dart Dennis Dart The Dennis Dart is a rear-engined midibus built by Dennis in the United Kingdom. More than 11,000 were built during 18 years of production....	Alexander Dash Alexander Dash The Alexander Dash is a midibus body built by Walter Alexander Coachbuilders of Scotland during the 1990s. It was one of the variants of Alexander's AM-type body and was usually combined with the Dennis Dart and Volvo B6 step-entrance bus chassis....  2	B40F	1996	Maroon	Stagecoach North East Stagecoach North East Stagecoach North East is a major operator of bus services in North East England. It is a subsidiary of the Stagecoach Group. The company is made up of two formerly municipal operations; Busways and Transit...	2010
P475 MBY	Volvo Olympian	Alexander Walter Alexander Coachbuilders Walter Alexander Coachbuilders was a Scottish bus coachbuilder and operater based in Falkirk.-History:Walter Alexander, notice a lack expasion by the Falkirk and District Tramways Company's especially in to Grangemouth which never hdd a tram line. In 1913 Alexander's Motor Service was created to...  RH	H43/29F	1996	Maroon	London Central	2006
P484 MBY	Volvo Olympian	Alexander RH	H43/29F	1996	Maroon	London Central	2006
P488 MBY	Volvo Olympian	Alexander RH	H43/29F	1996	Maroon	London Central	2006
P515 UUG	Volvo B10B Volvo B10B The Volvo B10B was a rear-engined high-floor bus chassis manufactured by Volvo Buses from 1990 to 2002. It superseded the Volvo B10R and its successor was the Volvo B12B.... -58	Wright Endurance Wright Endurance The Wright Endurance is a step-entrance, single-deck bus body built by Wrightbus between 1993 and 1997.-History:The large majority of Endurances were built on Volvo B10B chassis, including quite large fleets for the privatised former PTE companies - in particular Merseyside based MTL North who took...	DP47F	1997	Maroon	Stagecoach in Yorkshire	2008
P549 WGT	Volvo Olympian	Northern Counties Palatine 1	H47/30F	1997	Maroon	London Central	2004
P901 RYO	Volvo Olympian	Northern Counties Palatine 1	H47/27F	1997	Maroon	London General London General London General is a bus company operating in Surrey ang Greater London. It is owned by the Go-Ahead Group and operates most buses under contract to London Buses...	2005
P902 RYO	Volvo Olympian	Northern Counties Palatine 1	H47/27F	1997	Maroon	London General	2005
P910 RYO	Volvo Olympian	Northern Counties Palatine 1	H47/27F	1997	Maroon	Blue Triangle Blue Triangle Blue Triangle is one of many operators of London Buses, it is based in Rainham and is part of Go-Ahead London. It is the operator of the East London Transit service.-History:...  (via Beeston's)	2009
R43 LHK	Volvo Olympian	Alexander Belfast	H47/31F	1998	Maroon	Dublin Bus Dublin Bus Dublin Bus is a public transport operator in Ireland. It operates an extensive bus network of 172 radial, cross-city and peripheral routes and 18 night routes in the city of Dublin and the Greater Dublin Area. The company, established in 1987, is a subsidiary of Córas Iompair Éireann which is...  (ex 98-D-20398)	2009
R49 LHK	Volvo Olympian	Alexander Belfast	H47/31F	1998	Maroon	Dublin Bus (ex 98-D-20401)	2009
R552 LGH	Volvo Olympian	Northern Counties Palatine 1	H47/31F	1998	Maroon	Blue Triangle (via Beeston's)	2009
R112 NTA	Mercedes-Benz Vario Mercedes-Benz Vario The Mercedes-Benz Vario is a heavy van manufactured by Mercedes-Benz. Originally launched as the T2 in 1986, the Vario gained its current name when it was facelifted in 1996. The T2 van itself succeeded the Mercedes-Benz L van series.The bodyshell remained relatively unchanged since production...	Alexander ALX100 Alexander ALX100 The Alexander ALX100 was a minibus body built by Alexander of the United Kingdom. Over 150 bodies were built between 1997 and 1999, exclusively on the Mercedes-Benz O814D Vario and O810D van chassis, and was fitted with seating capacities between 25 and 31 passengers.The ALX100 was a replacement...	B25F	1998	Maroon	Stagecoach in Devon	2008
R941 YOV	Volvo Olympian	Alexander RH	H47/29F	1998	Maroon	UK North/GM Buses (originally London United London United London United is basketball team from London, England, currently competing in English Basketball League Division 2. In 2006 they were elected into the professional British Basketball League to replace the London Towers as the sole representatives for the capital city... )	2007
R978 KAR	Volvo Olympian	Alexander Belfast	H47/31F	1998	Maroon	Dublin Bus (ex 98-D-20393)	2009
R987 KAR	Volvo Olympian	Alexander Belfast	H47/31F	1997	Maroon	Dublin Bus (ex 97-D-363)	2009
R989 KAR	Volvo Olympian	Alexander Belfast	H47/31F	1998	Maroon	Dublin Bus (ex 98-D-20395)	2009
S131 RLE	Volvo Olympian	Alexander RH	H47/29F	1998	Maroon	Metroline Metroline Metroline, owned by ComfortDelGro Corporation of Singapore, is one of many companies operating bus services in London under the management of London Buses.-Company history:...	2008
S218 YOO	Volvo Olympian	Alexander Belfast	H47/31F	1998	Maroon	Dublin Bus (ex 98-D-20417)	2009
S233 RLH	Volvo Olympian	Alexander RH	H47/29F	1998	Maroon	Metroline	2007
BX55 FYH	Mercedes-Benz	Mercedes-Benz Touro	C49FT	2005	Maroon	Original Owner	2005
BX55 FYJ	Mercedes-Benz Mercedes-Benz Mercedes-Benz is a German manufacturer of automobiles, buses, coaches, and trucks. Mercedes-Benz is a division of its parent company, Daimler AG...	Mercedes-Benz Touro	C49FT	2005	Maroon	Original Owner	2005

External links

• Suffolk Passenger Transport - suffolkonboard.com
• Suffolk Passenger Transport Map 2008
• Fleetlist