Stansted Transit
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Stansted Transit Buses Ltd was a bus
operating company based in Braintree
, with an outstation at Saffron Walden
, United Kingdom
.
It was established in October 2000, initially with the name London Transit. Other names used
included Stevenage Link (see below) and Transit Group.
Its original depot was at Hare Street, near Buntingford, Hertfordshire. In 2004, another base was established at Stansted Business Park, and Hare Street closed in 2006. The Braintree depot was opened in December 2007, and the Stansted site was vacated during 2008. There were two sites used at Stansted; initially an enclosed yard on Second Avenue, but after Braintree opened,
an open parking area on First Avenue was used instead. The outstation at Saffron Walden, (Viceroy Coaches, Bridge Street) ultimately replaced Stansted.
Although mainly associated with contracted bus routes in north west Essex/east Herts, Stansted Transit also briefly ran commercial routes in Milton Keynes (2001–02), and Stevenage (2003–06).
A coach division, called Stansted International Travel, was started in 2006.
On 4 June 2009 Stansted Transit entered administration. By 5 June Essex County Council had taken control of all of their services which continue to operate as normal until a formal tender process takes place later in the summer.
It operated 22 bus routes, in Essex
and on the Hertfordshire
, Suffolk
and Cambridgeshire
borders, as well as many school bus contracts tendered by Essex County Council.
By September 2009 the 22 bus routes have been reallocated to other bus companies, most to Hedingham Omnibuses
.
|Route number
|Route
|-
|Villagelink 1
|Takeley
to Saffron Walden
|-
|Villagelink 5
|Bishop's Stortford
to Saffron Walden
|-
|Villagelink 7
|Bishop's Stortford
to Bentfield Green
|-
|7A
|Bishop's Stortford
to Stansted Mountfitchet
|-
|Villagelink 9
|Braintree
to Great Bardfield
|-
|Villagelink 10
|Braintree
to Great Bardfield
|-
|11
|Chrishall
to Saffron Walden
|-
|14
|Staple Tye, Harlow to Templefields, Harlow
|-
|17
|Saffron Walden
to Great Bardfield
|-
|18
|Haverhill
to Newport,Essex Newport
|-
|21
|Bocking
to Black Notley
|-
|71C
|Chelmsford
to Colchester
|-
|73A
|Chelmsford
to Maldon
|-
|118
|Great Yeldham
to Newport
|-
|133
|Braintree
to Stansted Airport
|-
|301
|Bishop's Stortford
to Saffron Walden
via Audley End railway station
|-
|302
|Bishop's Stortford, St Michaels Mead to Saffron Walden
via Audley End railway station
|-
|306
|Wicken Bonhunt
to Bishop's Stortford
|-
|317
|Elsenham
to Bishop's Stortford
|-
|318
|Bishop's Stortford
to Thaxted
|-
|319
|Bishop's Stortford
to Great Dunmow
|-
|347
|Harlow
to Hatfield Broad Oak
|-
|392
|Harlow
to Rye Park
|-
|KM0213/1
|Saffron Walden
to Mountfitchet Mathematics & Computing College
|-
|KM0213/2
|Takeley
to Mountfitchet Mathematics & Computing College
|-
|KM0213/3
|Hatfield Broad Oak
to Mountfitchet Mathematics & Computing College
|-
|KM0213/4
|Watch House Green, Felsted to Mountfitchet Mathematics & Computing College
|-
|KM0213/5
|Wicken Bonhunt
to Mountfitchet Mathematics & Computing College
|-
|KM0213/6
|Harlow
to Mountfitchet Mathematics & Computing College
|-
|KM0213/7
|Witham
to Mountfitchet Mathematics & Computing College
|-
|JM0104
|Ashdon
to Saffron Walden County High School
|-
|LM0127
|Causeway End, Felsted to Helena Romanes School and Sixth Form Centre
|-
s and Alexander Dennis Enviro200 Darts for service work. There were also some Leyland Olympian
s for its school contracts, and rail work. Bus types operated in the past included step entrance Dennis Darts, MCW Metrobuses (MKI and MK IIs), MCW Metroriders, Leyland Nationals (MKI and MK IIs)
Stansted International Travel used Plaxton bodied Dennis Javelin and Volvo B10M coaches.
There were also a few other various types of bus which were in preserved state by the owner, including Routemaster
RML2616.
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 Braintree
Braintree, Essex
Braintree is a town of about 42,000 people and the principal settlement of the Braintree district of Essex in the East of England. It is northeast of Chelmsford and west of Colchester on the River Blackwater, A120 road and a branch of the Great Eastern Main Line.Braintree has grown contiguous...
, with an outstation at Saffron Walden
Saffron Walden
Saffron Walden is a medium-sized market town in the Uttlesford district of Essex, England. It is located north of Bishop's Stortford, south of Cambridge and approx north of London...
, United Kingdom
United Kingdom
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.
It was established in October 2000, initially with the name London Transit. Other names used
included Stevenage Link (see below) and Transit Group.
Its original depot was at Hare Street, near Buntingford, Hertfordshire. In 2004, another base was established at Stansted Business Park, and Hare Street closed in 2006. The Braintree depot was opened in December 2007, and the Stansted site was vacated during 2008. There were two sites used at Stansted; initially an enclosed yard on Second Avenue, but after Braintree opened,
an open parking area on First Avenue was used instead. The outstation at Saffron Walden, (Viceroy Coaches, Bridge Street) ultimately replaced Stansted.
Although mainly associated with contracted bus routes in north west Essex/east Herts, Stansted Transit also briefly ran commercial routes in Milton Keynes (2001–02), and Stevenage (2003–06).
A coach division, called Stansted International Travel, was started in 2006.
On 4 June 2009 Stansted Transit entered administration. By 5 June Essex County Council had taken control of all of their services which continue to operate as normal until a formal tender process takes place later in the summer.
It operated 22 bus routes, in Essex
Essex
Essex is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East region of England, and one of the home counties. It is located to the northeast of Greater London. It borders with Cambridgeshire and Suffolk to the north, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent to the South and London to the south west...
and on the Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East region of England. The county town is Hertford.The county is one of the Home Counties and lies inland, bordered by Greater London , Buckinghamshire , Bedfordshire , Cambridgeshire and...
, Suffolk
Suffolk
Suffolk is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in East Anglia, England. It has borders with Norfolk to the north, Cambridgeshire to the west and Essex to the south. The North Sea lies to the east...
and Cambridgeshire
Cambridgeshire
Cambridgeshire is a county in England, bordering Lincolnshire to the north, Norfolk to the northeast, Suffolk to the east, Essex and Hertfordshire to the south, and Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire to the west...
borders, as well as many school bus contracts tendered by Essex County Council.
By September 2009 the 22 bus routes have been reallocated to other bus companies, most to Hedingham Omnibuses
Hedingham Omnibuses
Hedingham Omnibuses is an Essex bus company founded by Aubrey Ernest Letch shortly after serving in World War I, with his parents' help and trading under his own name. It started as a coach hire company, but gradually expanded as Letch started running bus services to Braintree and Sudbury on...
.
Routes
{| class="wikitable" border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=4|Route number
|Route
|-
|Villagelink 1
|Takeley
Takeley
Takeley is a small village in Essex near Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, England.When Takeley was first registered by the Normans in 1086-87 its boundaries were approximately 8 miles in length, with a total area of 3,000 acres . However, since the development of Stansted Airport, it has lost...
to Saffron Walden
Saffron Walden
Saffron Walden is a medium-sized market town in the Uttlesford district of Essex, England. It is located north of Bishop's Stortford, south of Cambridge and approx north of London...
|-
|Villagelink 5
|Bishop's Stortford
Bishop's Stortford
Bishop's Stortford is a historic market town and civil parish in the district of East Hertfordshire in the county of Hertfordshire in England. It is situated just west of the M11 motorway, on the county boundary with Essex and is the closest large town to London Stansted Airport and part of the...
to Saffron Walden
Saffron Walden
Saffron Walden is a medium-sized market town in the Uttlesford district of Essex, England. It is located north of Bishop's Stortford, south of Cambridge and approx north of London...
|-
|Villagelink 7
|Bishop's Stortford
Bishop's Stortford
Bishop's Stortford is a historic market town and civil parish in the district of East Hertfordshire in the county of Hertfordshire in England. It is situated just west of the M11 motorway, on the county boundary with Essex and is the closest large town to London Stansted Airport and part of the...
to Bentfield Green
Bentfield Green
Bentfield Green is a village in Essex, England....
|-
|7A
|Bishop's Stortford
Bishop's Stortford
Bishop's Stortford is a historic market town and civil parish in the district of East Hertfordshire in the county of Hertfordshire in England. It is situated just west of the M11 motorway, on the county boundary with Essex and is the closest large town to London Stansted Airport and part of the...
to Stansted Mountfitchet
Stansted Mountfitchet
Stansted Mountfitchet is a village and civil parish in the county of Essex, England, near the Hertfordshire border, north of London. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 5,533. The village is served by Stansted Mountfitchet railway station....
|-
|Villagelink 9
|Braintree
Braintree, Essex
Braintree is a town of about 42,000 people and the principal settlement of the Braintree district of Essex in the East of England. It is northeast of Chelmsford and west of Colchester on the River Blackwater, A120 road and a branch of the Great Eastern Main Line.Braintree has grown contiguous...
to Great Bardfield
Great Bardfield
Great Bardfield is a large village in Essex, England.The Great Lodge at Bardfield is a Grade II listed building, which built in the 16th century and was given to Anne of Cleves by Henry VIII as one of several properties as part of a generous settlement for an amicable divorce. The grounds include...
|-
|Villagelink 10
|Braintree
Braintree, Essex
Braintree is a town of about 42,000 people and the principal settlement of the Braintree district of Essex in the East of England. It is northeast of Chelmsford and west of Colchester on the River Blackwater, A120 road and a branch of the Great Eastern Main Line.Braintree has grown contiguous...
to Great Bardfield
Great Bardfield
Great Bardfield is a large village in Essex, England.The Great Lodge at Bardfield is a Grade II listed building, which built in the 16th century and was given to Anne of Cleves by Henry VIII as one of several properties as part of a generous settlement for an amicable divorce. The grounds include...
|-
|11
|Chrishall
Chrishall
Chrishall is a small village in the English county of Essex. It is located south of Cambridge and lies equidistant [] between the two medieval market towns of Saffron Walden and Royston...
to Saffron Walden
Saffron Walden
Saffron Walden is a medium-sized market town in the Uttlesford district of Essex, England. It is located north of Bishop's Stortford, south of Cambridge and approx north of London...
|-
|14
|Staple Tye, Harlow to Templefields, Harlow
|-
|17
|Saffron Walden
Saffron Walden
Saffron Walden is a medium-sized market town in the Uttlesford district of Essex, England. It is located north of Bishop's Stortford, south of Cambridge and approx north of London...
to Great Bardfield
Great Bardfield
Great Bardfield is a large village in Essex, England.The Great Lodge at Bardfield is a Grade II listed building, which built in the 16th century and was given to Anne of Cleves by Henry VIII as one of several properties as part of a generous settlement for an amicable divorce. The grounds include...
|-
|18
|Haverhill
Haverhill, Suffolk
Haverhill is an industrial market town and civil parish in the county of Suffolk, England, next to the borders of Essex and Cambridgeshire. It lies southeast of Cambridge and north of central London...
to Newport,Essex Newport
|-
|21
|Bocking
Bocking
Bocking can refer to:*Bocking, a village near Braintree, Essex*Bocking 14, a cultivated strain of the plant Comfrey*Powerbocking, the use of powered stilts patented by Alexander Böck...
to Black Notley
Black Notley
Black Notley is a village and civil parish in Essex, England. It is located approximately south of Braintree and is north-northeast from the county town of Chelmsford. The village is in the district and parliamentary constituency of Braintree...
|-
|71C
|Chelmsford
Chelmsford
Chelmsford is the county town of Essex, England and the principal settlement of the borough of Chelmsford. It is located in the London commuter belt, approximately northeast of Charing Cross, London, and approximately the same distance from the once provincial Roman capital at Colchester...
to Colchester
|-
|73A
|Chelmsford
Chelmsford
Chelmsford is the county town of Essex, England and the principal settlement of the borough of Chelmsford. It is located in the London commuter belt, approximately northeast of Charing Cross, London, and approximately the same distance from the once provincial Roman capital at Colchester...
to Maldon
Maldon, Essex
Maldon is a town on the Blackwater estuary in Essex, England. It is the seat of the Maldon district and starting point of the Chelmer and Blackwater Navigation.Maldon is twinned with the Dutch town of Cuijk...
|-
|118
|Great Yeldham
Great Yeldham
Great Yeldham is a village in north Essex, England, about from the Suffolk border. Surrounding villages and towns include Little Yeldham, Tilbury Juxta Clare, Toppesfield, Stambourne, Ridgewell, Sible Hedingham, Castle Hedingham, Halstead and Sudbury...
to Newport
Newport, Essex
Newport is a large village in Essex near Saffron Walden, in which Newport Free Grammar School is located. The village has a population of just over 2,000....
|-
|133
|Braintree
Braintree, Essex
Braintree is a town of about 42,000 people and the principal settlement of the Braintree district of Essex in the East of England. It is northeast of Chelmsford and west of Colchester on the River Blackwater, A120 road and a branch of the Great Eastern Main Line.Braintree has grown contiguous...
to Stansted Airport
London Stansted Airport
-Cargo:-Statistics:-Infrastructure:-Terminal and satellite buildings:Stansted is the newest passenger airport of all the main London airports. The terminal is an oblong glass building, and is separated in to three areas: Check-in concourse, arrivals and departures...
|-
|301
|Bishop's Stortford
Bishop's Stortford
Bishop's Stortford is a historic market town and civil parish in the district of East Hertfordshire in the county of Hertfordshire in England. It is situated just west of the M11 motorway, on the county boundary with Essex and is the closest large town to London Stansted Airport and part of the...
to Saffron Walden
Saffron Walden
Saffron Walden is a medium-sized market town in the Uttlesford district of Essex, England. It is located north of Bishop's Stortford, south of Cambridge and approx north of London...
via Audley End railway station
Audley End railway station
Audley End railway station serves the small village of Wendens Ambo and the nearby town of Saffron Walden. The station is named after the manor of Audley End in Essex. There was formerly a platform at the east end of the station for a branch line to Saffron Walden, though this was closed in 1964...
|-
|302
|Bishop's Stortford, St Michaels Mead to Saffron Walden
Saffron Walden
Saffron Walden is a medium-sized market town in the Uttlesford district of Essex, England. It is located north of Bishop's Stortford, south of Cambridge and approx north of London...
via Audley End railway station
Audley End railway station
Audley End railway station serves the small village of Wendens Ambo and the nearby town of Saffron Walden. The station is named after the manor of Audley End in Essex. There was formerly a platform at the east end of the station for a branch line to Saffron Walden, though this was closed in 1964...
|-
|306
|Wicken Bonhunt
Wicken Bonhunt
Wicken Bonhunt is a small village in Essex population of about 200.-External links:...
to Bishop's Stortford
Bishop's Stortford
Bishop's Stortford is a historic market town and civil parish in the district of East Hertfordshire in the county of Hertfordshire in England. It is situated just west of the M11 motorway, on the county boundary with Essex and is the closest large town to London Stansted Airport and part of the...
|-
|317
|Elsenham
Elsenham
Elsenham is a small village in north west Essex in southern England. Its neighbouring towns include Bishop's Stortford, Saffron Walden, and Stansted Mountfitchet.-History:...
to Bishop's Stortford
Bishop's Stortford
Bishop's Stortford is a historic market town and civil parish in the district of East Hertfordshire in the county of Hertfordshire in England. It is situated just west of the M11 motorway, on the county boundary with Essex and is the closest large town to London Stansted Airport and part of the...
|-
|318
|Bishop's Stortford
Bishop's Stortford
Bishop's Stortford is a historic market town and civil parish in the district of East Hertfordshire in the county of Hertfordshire in England. It is situated just west of the M11 motorway, on the county boundary with Essex and is the closest large town to London Stansted Airport and part of the...
to Thaxted
Thaxted
Thaxted is a town in the Uttlesford district of Essex, England, with about 2,500 inhabitants.-History:Thaxted appears in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Tachesteda, Old English for "place where thatch was got." Once a centre of cutlery manufacture, Thaxted went into decline with the rise of Sheffield...
|-
|319
|Bishop's Stortford
Bishop's Stortford
Bishop's Stortford is a historic market town and civil parish in the district of East Hertfordshire in the county of Hertfordshire in England. It is situated just west of the M11 motorway, on the county boundary with Essex and is the closest large town to London Stansted Airport and part of the...
to Great Dunmow
Great Dunmow
Great Dunmow is an ancient market town in the Uttlesford district of Essex, England in which the great Shannon Gray, also known as Hazzah Potter, lives...
|-
|347
|Harlow
Harlow
Harlow is a new town and local government district in Essex, England. It is located in the west of the county and on the border with Hertfordshire, on the Stort Valley, The town is near the M11 motorway and forms part of the London commuter belt.The district has a current population of 78,889...
to Hatfield Broad Oak
Hatfield Broad Oak
Hatfield Broad Oak is a village and civil parish in the Uttlesford district of Essex, England, about five and a half miles south-east of Bishop's Stortford...
|-
|392
|Harlow
Harlow
Harlow is a new town and local government district in Essex, England. It is located in the west of the county and on the border with Hertfordshire, on the Stort Valley, The town is near the M11 motorway and forms part of the London commuter belt.The district has a current population of 78,889...
to Rye Park
|-
|KM0213/1
|Saffron Walden
Saffron Walden
Saffron Walden is a medium-sized market town in the Uttlesford district of Essex, England. It is located north of Bishop's Stortford, south of Cambridge and approx north of London...
to Mountfitchet Mathematics & Computing College
|-
|KM0213/2
|Takeley
Takeley
Takeley is a small village in Essex near Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, England.When Takeley was first registered by the Normans in 1086-87 its boundaries were approximately 8 miles in length, with a total area of 3,000 acres . However, since the development of Stansted Airport, it has lost...
to Mountfitchet Mathematics & Computing College
|-
|KM0213/3
|Hatfield Broad Oak
Hatfield Broad Oak
Hatfield Broad Oak is a village and civil parish in the Uttlesford district of Essex, England, about five and a half miles south-east of Bishop's Stortford...
to Mountfitchet Mathematics & Computing College
|-
|KM0213/4
|Watch House Green, Felsted to Mountfitchet Mathematics & Computing College
|-
|KM0213/5
|Wicken Bonhunt
Wicken Bonhunt
Wicken Bonhunt is a small village in Essex population of about 200.-External links:...
to Mountfitchet Mathematics & Computing College
|-
|KM0213/6
|Harlow
Harlow
Harlow is a new town and local government district in Essex, England. It is located in the west of the county and on the border with Hertfordshire, on the Stort Valley, The town is near the M11 motorway and forms part of the London commuter belt.The district has a current population of 78,889...
to Mountfitchet Mathematics & Computing College
|-
|KM0213/7
|Witham
Witham
Witham is a town in the county of Essex, in the south east of England with a population of 22,500. It is part of the District of Braintree and is twinned with the town of Waldbröl, Germany. Witham stands between the larger towns of Chelmsford and Colchester...
to Mountfitchet Mathematics & Computing College
|-
|JM0104
|Ashdon
Ashdon
Ashdon is a village and civil parish in Essex, England. It is located about northeast of Saffron Walden and is northwest from the county town of Chelmsford. The village is in the district of Uttlesford and the parliamentary constituency of Saffron Walden...
to Saffron Walden County High School
Saffron Walden County High School
Saffron Walden County High School is a coeducational comprehensive school for ages 11–18 in Saffron Walden, Essex, England. The headmaster is John Hartley....
|-
|LM0127
|Causeway End, Felsted to Helena Romanes School and Sixth Form Centre
Helena Romanes School and Sixth Form Centre
The Helena Romanes School and Sixth Form Centre in Essex, England, is a mixed-sex comprehensive school for ages 11-18. It is situated in the rural Essex countryside, occupying approximately just to the north of Great Dunmow. A Sports and Leisure Centre, shared with the local community, is...
|-
Fleet
Stansted Transit used mainly Dennis DartDennis 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 and Alexander Dennis Enviro200 Darts for service work. There were also some Leyland Olympian
Leyland Olympian
The Leyland Olympian was a double-decker bus built by British Leyland/Leyland Bus in the United Kingdom from 1980 to 1993. It was the last Leyland bus model in production before the demise of Leyland Bus.-Construction:...
s for its school contracts, and rail work. Bus types operated in the past included step entrance Dennis Darts, MCW Metrobuses (MKI and MK IIs), MCW Metroriders, Leyland Nationals (MKI and MK IIs)
Stansted International Travel used Plaxton bodied Dennis Javelin and Volvo B10M coaches.
There were also a few other various types of bus which were in preserved state by the owner, including Routemaster
Routemaster
The AEC Routemaster is a model of double-decker bus that was built by Associated Equipment Company in 1954 and produced until 1968. Primarily front-engined, rear open-platform buses, a small number of variants were produced with doors and/or front entrances...
RML2616.