Fleet Buzz

Fleet Buzz

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Mercedes-Benz Vario in Reading in June 2008
Parent	Stagecoach
Founded	1995
Headquarters	Crondall
Service area	Berkshire Hampshire Surrey
Service type	Bus services
Routes	11 (October 2013)
Fleet	33 (September 2013)
Website	www.fleetbuzz.co.uk

Optare Versa in Reading in April 2011

Countrywide Plaxton Panther bodied Volvo B12B in Surrey in October 2009

Fleet Buzz was a bus company based in Crondall, Hampshire, England. It was a subsidiary of Stagecoach.

History

Countywide Travel was formed in 1995 as a coach and bus company, based on vehicles from Marchwood Motorways and established a depot in Basingstoke. In 1998 the depot relocated to the site formerly used by Oakley Coaches in Oakley, Hampshire. Countywide took over many of the routes from Tillingbourne Bus Company when it ceased trading in 2001. On 1 October 2007 the coach business was sold to Weavaway Travel and the bus operation moved to Crondall.

In 2008/09 the company upgraded its fleet with the purchase of four new Optare Solos and four Optare Versas. The buses were painted in a livery of yellow (lower body) and black (upper body).

In December 2011 the business was sold to Stagecoach with 22 buses and 29 staff. It is run as a division of Stagecoach South.

On 31 December 2014, three years after the Stagecoach takeover, the website was updated to announce the end of the Fleet Buzz name with operations being fully integrated into Stagecoach South from the date of some major network changes (Monday 5 January 2015).

Fleet

As at September 2013 the fleet consisted of 33 buses.

See also

• List of bus operators of the United Kingdom

External links

• Fleetbuzz website
• Bother in Basingstoke - competition between Countywide and Stagecoach in Hampshire

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