Jolly bus
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The Jolly Bus was the colloquial term for bus
es that ran on the scheduled service operated by the W.H. Jolly Company, an independent bus company based in Sunderland, Tyne & Wear, England
. The Jolly Bus would run from Sunderland town centre (map) to Evesham (map) and Claxheugh Road (map) in South Hylton
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The Jolly Bus "trademark" features were both the colour, cream with a brown stripe, and the rear seat, made of varnished wooden slats. W. H. Jolly also ran a small number of coaches.
Pressure from other services after dereugulation, coupled with the announcement of the Tyne & Wear Metro extension to Sunderland and South Hylton caused the company to close in 1995.
After the company closed the buses were sold to other companies. It is believed that KTY 23X was sold to Emsworth & District Motor Services before being donated to Asia Bus Response, as a response to the Tsunami Disaster
of 26 December 2004. BGR 683W and BGR 684W were sold to Minsterley Motors
and BGR 864W operated until at least 2006 as a school bus, when it was cited with safety issues operating as a School Bus for Mary Webb School in Pontesbury
. Mr Darren Parker Dix now owns the last remaining Jolly bus in England and is restoring it to original condition in the Sunderland area.
Bus
A bus is a road vehicle designed to carry passengers. Buses can have a capacity as high as 300 passengers. The most common type of bus is the single-decker bus, with larger loads carried by double-decker buses and articulated buses, and smaller loads carried by midibuses and minibuses; coaches are...
es that ran on the scheduled service operated by the W.H. Jolly Company, an independent bus company based in Sunderland, Tyne & Wear, 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 Jolly Bus would run from Sunderland town centre (map) to Evesham (map) and Claxheugh Road (map) in South Hylton
South Hylton
South Hylton is a suburb of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England. Lying west of Sunderland city centre on the south bank of the River Wear, South Hylton has a population of 10,317...
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The Jolly Bus "trademark" features were both the colour, cream with a brown stripe, and the rear seat, made of varnished wooden slats. W. H. Jolly also ran a small number of coaches.
Pressure from other services after dereugulation, coupled with the announcement of the Tyne & Wear Metro extension to Sunderland and South Hylton caused the company to close in 1995.
After the company closed the buses were sold to other companies. It is believed that KTY 23X was sold to Emsworth & District Motor Services before being donated to Asia Bus Response, as a response to the Tsunami Disaster
Tsunami Disaster
Tsunami Disaster can refer to:* 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami* 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami...
of 26 December 2004. BGR 683W and BGR 684W were sold to Minsterley Motors
Minsterley Motors
Minsterley Motors is a bus operator and limited company based in Minsterley, Shropshire, England.The company's main operations concentrate on stage service and schools contract work for Shropshire County Council...
and BGR 864W operated until at least 2006 as a school bus, when it was cited with safety issues operating as a School Bus for Mary Webb School in Pontesbury
Pontesbury
Pontesbury is a large village and civil parish in Shropshire and is approximately eight miles southwest of the county town of Shrewsbury. The village of Minsterley is just over a mile further southwest. The A488 road runs through the village, on its way from Shrewsbury to Bishop's Castle...
. Mr Darren Parker Dix now owns the last remaining Jolly bus in England and is restoring it to original condition in the Sunderland area.