Delaine Buses
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Delaine Buses is a bus operator based in Bourne, Lincolnshire
Bourne, Lincolnshire
Bourne is a market town and civil parish on the western edge of the Fens, in the District of South Kesteven in southern Lincolnshire, England.-The town:...
, England
England
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. They operate many East Lancashire Coachbuilders
East Lancashire Coachbuilders
East Lancashire Coachbuilders Limited was a manufacturer of bus bodies and carriages founded in 1934 in Blackburn, Lancashire, England.In 1994 the company expanded in to new premises and commenced a programme of development that resulted in a range of single and double deck buses which was the...
buses including the first ever Olympus
Optare Olympus
The Optare Olympus is a double-decker bus built by Optare...
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Current Bus Services
See company timetable- 101: Morton - Dyke Lane End - Bourne - Northorpe - Thurlby - Kate's Bridge - Baston - Langtoft - Towngate - Market Deeping - Northborough - Glinton - Werrington - Walton - Peterborough
- 102: Bourne - Northorpe - Thurlby - Kate's Bridge - Baston - Langtoft - Towngate - Deeping St. James - Market Deeping - Northborough - Glinton - Werrington - Walton - Peterborough
- 201: Stamford - Burghley House - Pilsgate - Barnack - Bainton - Helpston - Glinton - Werrington - Walton - Peterborough
- 202: (Morton -) Bourne - Toft (- Manthorpe - Wilsthorpe) - Carlby - Essendine - Ryhall - Stamford
- 203: (Bourne - Northorpe - Thurlby - Kate's Bridge - Baston - Langtoft -) Towngate - Deeping St. James - Market Deeping - West Deeping - Tallington - Uffington - Stamford
- 301: Rippingale - Billingborough - Pointon - Dowsby - Morton - Bourne
- 302: Bourne - Twenty - Guthram Gowt - Pinchbeck/West Pinchbeck - Pode Hole - Spalding
- 303: Bourne - Toft - Witham-on-the-Hill - Little Bytham - Creeton - Swinstead - Corby Glen - Grimsthorpe - Edenham - Bourne
Fleet
From the 1930s to the 1990s, the majority of vehicles in the Delaine fleet were of Bedford or Leyland manufacture. A full historical fleet list can be found on the company's website.Volvos have been the majority type since the early 2000s and the current fleet consists mainly of East Lancs
East Lancashire Coachbuilders
East Lancashire Coachbuilders Limited was a manufacturer of bus bodies and carriages founded in 1934 in Blackburn, Lancashire, England.In 1994 the company expanded in to new premises and commenced a programme of development that resulted in a range of single and double deck buses which was the...
bodied Volvo double-deckers. As at October 2011 the fleet comprises:
Double-deck:
- 4 Volvo Olympian / East Lancs E Type
- 5 Volvo B7TL / East Lancs Vyking
- 6 Volvo B9TL / East Lancs Olympus
Single-deck:
- 5 Volvo B7RLE / Wrightbus Eclipse Urban
A heritage fleet is also maintained for use on special duties only. All remain licensed as PCVs.
Heritage fleet:
- 1956 Leyland Titan PD2 / Willowbrook
- 1960 Leyland Titan PD3 / Yeates
- 1972 Leyland Atlantean / Northern Counties