High Peak Buses Limited is a bus company based in Dove Holes, Derbyshire, formed in 2012.[1] It operates a mixture of local and long-distance commercial and subsidised public bus services in and around the Borough of High Peak, after which it is named.
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.jpg) A High Peak branded Optare Solo SR. | |
| Parent | Centrebus Group (50%) Trent Barton (50%) |
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| Founded | 1 April 2012 |
| Headquarters | Dove Holes |
| Service area | Derbyshire Greater Manchester High Peak |
| Service type | Bus services |
| Routes | 23 (June 2024) |
| Destinations | Ashbourne, Buxton, Derby, Glossop, Hyde, Macclesfield, Manchester, Manchester Airport, Marple, Stockport |
| Depots | 1 |
| Fleet | 40 (June 2024) |
| Fuel type | Diesel |
| Operator | Centrebus Group |
| Website | www |
History
In April 2012 Centrebus and Wellglade Group entered a 50/50 joint venture. This saw Bowers Coaches and Trentbarton's Buxton operations combined based at the latter's Dove Holes depot.[2][3]
Services
High Peak operates all services previously run by Bowers Coaches and the Buxton depot of Trent Barton,[2] including:
Fleet
Most of the fleet wears the Centrebus corporate livery although the vehicles used on Skyline199 and Transpeak which have dedicated branded vehicles.Skyline199 has a dedicated fleet of 7 Mercedes-Benz Citaros while Transpeak uses 4 Enviro200s.[7]
High Peak has recently added two ADL Enviro200MMCs as part of an upgrade to its fleet which all have space saving features.[8]
Depot
High Peak has a fleet of around 50 vehicles all based at the former Trent Barton depot in Dove Holes and employs over 100 people.[9]