Trent Barton steps in to help Derbyshire customers of troubled Premiere Travel
BUS firm Trent Barton has stepped in to help customers affected by news that coach company Premiere Travel, which operates in Derbyshire, has stopped running.
It is understood Premiere Travel, which runs 19 bus routes across Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire and Leicestershire and Derbyshire, filed a notice of intention to appoint an administrator on Monday
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Trent Barton is offering to help Premiere Travel customers
And it has now stopped operating as of 5pm today following an unsuccessful sale of the business by an appointed administrator.
But Jeff Counsell, managing director of Trent Barton and Kinchbus, said: "Trent Barton and Kinchbus will be taking steps to ensure that bus users who hold Premiere travel tickets will be able to use them free of charge on our services.
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"We will exchange their period tickets for a Trent Barton or Kinchbus equivalent.
"We have extra staff and buses in place to help from tomorrow, including a replacement Kinchbus 9 service between Loughborough and Nottingham.
He said more details can be found at www.trentbarton.co.uk.
2 Comments
by Centurion040
Friday, January 25 2013, 9:46PM
“It is obviously a pity for the employees, but there are simply too many buses on most of the corridors they choose to compete on. When you are up against a quality operator like Trent, just charging bargain fares isn't enough. You need a lot of bums on seats to get the same revenue. It will be very interesting to see how the new Yourbus venture which starts next month competing head on with the Red Arrow fairs. I don't give it longer than 6 months.”
by asctty
Friday, January 25 2013, 6:44PM
“This a shame for all at the company. It is hardly surprising though. I see so many buses following each others heels up and down the A6005 between Nottingham and Long Eaton that I would be surprised if Trent Barton are making any money. The Indigo, Skylink and Premier's 5 services just seem to chase each other around most of the day empty except at peak times due to ridiculous route allocation and subsidy processes imposed by the respective councils.
Trent Barton may seem kind to accept tickets, but their flooding of the routes may have been a contributing factor to Red's demise??”