Keighley Bus Company


The Keighley Bus Company is a bus operator based in Keighley, West Yorkshire. It is a subsidiary of Transdev Blazefield. Commencing in July 2016, the business is progressively being rebranded from Transdev in Keighley.

History

Keighley & District was part of West Yorkshire Road Car Company owned by Tilling & British Automobile Traction.
In 1948, along with other companies that were then part of the Tilling Group, West Yorkshire Road Car Company was nationalised. In 1968 West Yorkshire Road Car Company became part of the National Bus Company.
In 1987 West Yorkshire Road Car Company was sold in a management buyout to former East Yorkshire Motor Services managing director Alan Stephenson's AJS Group and in December 1988 split into smaller companies, one of which was Keighley & District Travel Limited.
In 1991 Keighley & District Travel was one of a number of AJS Group subsidiaries sold to Blazefield Travel.
In January 2006 Keighley & District Travel was included in the sale of Blazefield Travel to Transdev. Keighley & District was rebranded as Transdev in Keighley. Starting from July 2016, the company is again being rebranded, this time as the Keighley Bus Company.
As of 20 September 2017, The Keighley Bus Company is also operating route 8 between Selby and Drax after the fall of Utopia Coaches.

Services

As of October 2016, the Keighley Bus Company operates 35 routes.
The key marketed service is The Shuttle 662 , which operates between Keighley and Bradford City Centre via Bingley and Shipley. The Keighley Bus Company also operates the marketed 'Dalesway' 66 service between Keighley and Skipton and the 60 between Keighley and Leeds.
The Keighley Bus Company operates services from Keighley bus station around town and interurban routes to Leeds, Bradford, Ilkley, Hebden Bridge and Skipton as well as various school services.
In 2016, the Keighley Bus Company gained the contract for routes 963 and 967. It uses the brand "Wharfedale Links" for these services. The Keighley Bus Company then gained the route 965 from First Leeds.

Fleet

As at October 2013 the fleet consisted of 113 buses.
The various types include:
and others.