Nu-Venture

Nu-Venture
Alexander RL bodied Leyland Olympian in September 2009
Founded 1980 c.
Headquarters Aylesford
Service area Kent
Service type Bus services
Routes 42 (August 2018)
Fleet 25[1] (October 2016)
Chief executive Norman Kemp
Website www.nu-venture.co.uk

Nu-Venture[2] is a bus operator in Aylesford, Kent, England.

History

Plaxton Pointer II bodied Dennis Dart in May 2018

Nu-Venture was founded in the 1960s as a coach company,[3][4][5] and once operated coach tour holidays all over Europe, and in the 1980s a London commuter service,[6][7][8][9] but coach hire activities ceased in 2010.

Under contract to Kent County Council, Nu-Venture now operate a number of bus services.

Nu-Venture operate a small number of low-floor buses, a quantity of new-to-London 1980s Leyland Titan double-deck buses, converted from dual- to single-door specification, remained up until 2017,[10][11][12]

Services

As at August 2018, Nu-Venture operated 42 routes[13]

Incidents

In November 2012 a Plaxton Prestige bodied DAF SB220 caught fire in Blue Bell Hill village, there were no passengers on board.[14][15]
In November 2012 a bus driver had to be rescued after his double decker bus blown over into a ditch trapping him in the vehicle in Cliffe, there were no passengers were on board.[16]

References

  1. ↑ "Norman Kemp, Co-Owner of Nu-Venture bus company and Chair of the Kent & Medway branch of the Confederation of Passenger Transport". Kent County Council. 10 October 2016. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
  2. ↑ Companies House extract company no 1239389 Archived 12 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine. Nu-Venture Coaches Limited
  3. ↑ "Nu-Venture Coach - Flickr". Archived from the original on 8 November 2016. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
  4. ↑ "Nu-Venture Coach - Flickr". Archived from the original on 10 November 2016. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
  5. ↑ "Nu-Venture coach". Archived from the original on 26 August 2014. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
  6. ↑ "Nu-Venture London bus". Archived from the original on 26 August 2014. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
  7. ↑ "Nu-Venture London bus - Flickr". Archived from the original on 27 August 2014. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
  8. ↑ "Nu-Venture Coach - Flickr". Archived from the original on 26 August 2014. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
  9. ↑ "Nu-Venture Coach - Flickr". Archived from the original on 26 August 2014. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
  10. ↑ "Nu-Venture Gallery". Archived from the original on 26 August 2014. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
  11. ↑ "Nu-Venture bus". Archived from the original on 26 August 2014. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
  12. ↑ "Nu-Venture bus". Archived from the original on 26 August 2014. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
  13. ↑ "Timetables". Timetables. Archived from the original on 5 September 2018. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
  14. ↑ "Nu-Venture R988FNW". Archived from the original on 12 October 2013. Retrieved 11 October 2013.
  15. ↑ "Bus goes up in flames at Blue Bell Hill". Kent Online. Archived from the original on 12 October 2013. Retrieved 11 October 2013.
  16. ↑ "Driver rescued after bus blown off Cliffe road by wind". Kent Online. Archived from the original on 12 October 2013. Retrieved 11 October 2013.
  17. ↑ Baldock, Eric (2012). Maidstone Corporation transport. Stroud: Amberley. p. 36. ISBN 1445608200. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
  • "Kent signs for improved punctuality". Bus&Coach.com. 6 March 2013. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
  • Baldock, Eric (2010). Maidstone brough buses : 1974-1992 (1. publ. ed.). Stroud, Gloucesterhire: Amberley Publ. ISBN 9781445601403.
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