HTL Buses
Encyclopedia
HTL Buses is the trading name of Huyton Travel Ltd, a bus
operating company based in Huyton
in Merseyside
, England
. The company originated as Huyton Taxis Ltd, assuming its present title in 1990. Having previously operated minibuses, it has expanded into local bus service work since the mid 2000s. HTL made significant increases to their fleet and routes operated during 2011 due to gaining many contracts from other operators.
s and Renault Master
s, and also including some non-PCV minibuses. The fleet of larger vehicles has been gradually built up since 2003, and now comprises around 35 mainly midi-sized single-deckers, the greater proportion being low-floor Dennis Dart
s with a variety of bodywork, Plaxton Pointer
being the most common. Overall the entire fleet consists of
Mercedes Sprinters
Dennis Darts
Fiat Ducatos
Renault Masters
Iveco 45/10
Wheelchair accessible minibuses
, the Integrated Passenger Transport Executive and Executive (ITA) for Merseyside.
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...
operating company based in Huyton
Huyton
Huyton is a suburb of Liverpool within the Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley, with some parts belonging to the borough of Liverpool in Merseyside, England. It is part of the Liverpool Urban Area and has close associations with its neighbour, Roby, having both formerly been part of the Huyton with...
in Merseyside
Merseyside
Merseyside is a metropolitan county in North West England, with a population of 1,365,900. It encompasses the metropolitan area centred on both banks of the lower reaches of the Mersey Estuary, and comprises five metropolitan boroughs: Knowsley, St Helens, Sefton, Wirral, and the city of Liverpool...
, 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 company originated as Huyton Taxis Ltd, assuming its present title in 1990. Having previously operated minibuses, it has expanded into local bus service work since the mid 2000s. HTL made significant increases to their fleet and routes operated during 2011 due to gaining many contracts from other operators.
Fleet
About half of the fleet still consists of minibuses with 16 or fewer seats, including Mercedes-Benz SprinterMercedes-Benz Sprinter
The Mercedes-Benz Sprinter is a light and heavy commercial vehicle, built by Daimler AG of Stuttgart, Germany as a van, chassis cab and minibus, and sold as a Mercedes model, except in the U.S. where it is built from complete knock down kits and was sold by Freightliner until 2010 when Mercedes...
s and Renault Master
Renault Master
Renault Master is the name used by French vehicle manufacturer Renault for its upper-medium size van — similar in size to the largest models of the more common Ford Transit....
s, and also including some non-PCV minibuses. The fleet of larger vehicles has been gradually built up since 2003, and now comprises around 35 mainly midi-sized single-deckers, the greater proportion being low-floor Dennis Dart
Dennis Dart
The Dennis Dart is a rear-engined midibus built by Dennis in the United Kingdom. More than 11,000 were built during 18 years of production....
s with a variety of bodywork, Plaxton Pointer
Plaxton Pointer
The Plaxton Pointer is a successful single-decker bus body manufactured during the 1990s by Plaxton and latterly built by Alexander Dennis.With the launch of the Dennis Dart in 1989, Plaxton's subsidiary Reeve Burgess made the Pointer body on the short 8.5 m...
being the most common. Overall the entire fleet consists of
Mercedes Sprinters
Dennis Darts
Fiat Ducatos
Renault Masters
Iveco 45/10
Wheelchair accessible minibuses
Livery
Larger vehicles, and some minibuses, are painted green with yellow lettering. Some minibuses are in Merseytravel's yellow and white "Joblink" colours; others are plain white.Operations
The company operates one commercial service in Knowsley, and in 2010 also began to operate commercially a group of four previously tendered circular services in south Liverpool and south Knowsley. However, the majority of its local service work consists of tendered services, under contract to MerseytravelMerseytravel
Merseytravel Merseytravel Merseytravel (MPTE, or Merseyside Passenger Transport Executive, is the Passenger Transport Executive responsible for the coordination of public transport in the metropolitan county of Merseyside, England...
, the Integrated Passenger Transport Executive and Executive (ITA) for Merseyside.