Strawberry (bus operator)

Strawberry

Slogan "The berry nice bus company"
Founded 2009
Service area Greater Manchester, Merseyside
Service type Bus service
Destinations St Helens, Ormskirk
Website Strawberry Bus - Web Archive
South Lancs Travel website
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Strawberry was a bus operator founded in 2009 and was initially based in St Helens, Merseyside.

History

The company attracted attention by offering free rides for passengers with red hair for a period.[1] [2] By March 2010 it operated two routes, with a third planned.[3] In February 2011 it was operating nine routes in addition to works and school services.[4] Three months later it acquired another route, linking St Helens to Ormskirk.[5]

In January 2012, Strawberry merged with South Lancs Travel and moved its operations to the larger operator's depot in Atherton. South Lancs Travel had itself been acquired by D&G Bus, which held shares in Strawberry, shortly before the merge. Strawberry's founder Oliver Howarth became joint operations director of the enlarged company.[6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Redheads ride for free on the berry good buses". St Helens Star. 7 December 2009. Retrieved 11 April 2011.
  2. ↑ "Strawberry Bus Company offers free travel to redheads". Coachbroker.co.uk. Retrieved 11 February 2011.
  3. ↑ "Sweet success for Strawberry buses". Busandcoach.com. 2 March 2010. Retrieved 11 February 2011.
  4. ↑ "Timetables". Strawberry. Retrieved 11 February 2011.
  5. ↑ "Strawberry grows its own bus services". St Helens Star. 27 May 2011.
  6. ↑ "Strawberry buses spreads its patch". The Reporter (St Helens). 17 January 2012.

Strawberry Bus - Web Archive

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