Minsterley Motors
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Minsterley Motors is a bus operator and limited company based in Minsterley
, Shropshire
, England
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The company's main operations concentrate on stage service and schools contract work for Shropshire County Council. They also support the Shropshire Schools & Colleges Football Association.
The stage service work was concentrated on the routes 552/553 between Bishop's Castle
and Shrewsbury
, which was significantly improved in 2003.. This was supplemented in 2007 when the company was awarded the tender to operate the 435 between Shrewsbury and Ludlow
, via Church Stretton
. Two low-floor Volvo B7RLE
single-deckers with then-rare Plaxton Centro
bodywork joined the fleet to operate this route, and were followed by three more for the 552/553 in May 2008.
Minsterley
Minsterley is a village and civil parish in Shropshire, England. It is home to a large dairy operated by Uniq foods.The dairy currently employs nearly 500 people...
, Shropshire
Shropshire
Shropshire is a county in the West Midlands region of England. For Eurostat purposes, the county is a NUTS 3 region and is one of four counties or unitary districts that comprise the "Shropshire and Staffordshire" NUTS 2 region. It borders Wales to the west...
, 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...
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The company's main operations concentrate on stage service and schools contract work for Shropshire County Council. They also support the Shropshire Schools & Colleges Football Association.
The stage service work was concentrated on the routes 552/553 between Bishop's Castle
Bishop's Castle
Bishop's Castle is a small market town in Shropshire, England, and formerly its smallest borough. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 1,630. Bishop's Castle is east of the Wales-England border, about north-west of Ludlow and about south-west of Shrewsbury. To the south is Clun...
and Shrewsbury
Shrewsbury
Shrewsbury is the county town of Shropshire, in the West Midlands region of England. Lying on the River Severn, it is a civil parish home to some 70,000 inhabitants, and is the primary settlement and headquarters of Shropshire Council...
, which was significantly improved in 2003.. This was supplemented in 2007 when the company was awarded the tender to operate the 435 between Shrewsbury and Ludlow
Ludlow
Ludlow is a market town in Shropshire, England close to the Welsh border and in the Welsh Marches. It lies within a bend of the River Teme, on its eastern bank, forming an area of and centred on a small hill. Atop this hill is the site of Ludlow Castle and the market place...
, via Church Stretton
Church Stretton
Church Stretton is a small town and civil parish in Shropshire, England. The population of the town was recorded as 2,789 in 2001, whilst the population of the wider parish was recorded as 4,186...
. Two low-floor Volvo B7RLE
Volvo B7RLE
Volvo B7RLE is a low-floor single-deck citybus launched initially in Australia in 2001, and then in the United Kingdom in 2003 to supplement the B7L single-decker, which was unsuccessful in both countries. It is similar to the B7L's predecessor, the B10BLE...
single-deckers with then-rare Plaxton Centro
Plaxton Centro
The Plaxton Centro is a bus body designed by Bluebird Vehicles and manufactured by Plaxton. It was launched on the VDL SB120 in February 2006. The Centro was also made available on the VDL SB200 chassis in 2006. In 2007 the Centro was made available on the MAN 12.240 and the Volvo B7RLE chassis....
bodywork joined the fleet to operate this route, and were followed by three more for the 552/553 in May 2008.