Huddersfield Bus Company
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| Parent | Arriva |
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| Founded | May 2008 (Elland, Halifax, Huddersfield) September 2013 (Leeds, York and Rest of Yorkshire) |
| Headquarters | Elland |
| Service area | Yorkshire |
| Service type | Bus services |
| Routes | 51 |
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Halifax Bradford Dewsbury Huddersfield Leeds Wakefield Elland Barnsley |
| Depots | 5 |
| Fleet | 144 (October 2014) |
| Fuel type | Diesel |
| Operator | Yorkshire Tiger |
| Chief executive | Peter Harvey |
| Website | www.yorkshiretiger.co.uk |
Yorkshire Tiger is a bus company based in Elland, West Yorkshire. Formed in May 2008 as Centrebus Holdings, in September 2013 it became a subsidiary of Arriva and was rebranded Yorkshire Tiger.
In December 2005 Stagecoach Yorkshire purchased the Huddersfield operations and depot of Yorkshire Traction.
In March 2008 it was reported that Arriva were in discussions with Stagecoach to purchase their bus operations in Huddersfield. Arriva Yorkshire already operated services in the town, so purchasing Stagecoach's operations would enlarge their presence. At the time Arriva registered a trading name of The Huddersfield Bus Company, registered on the Arriva Southern Counties licence.
In May 2008 Centrebus Holdings purchased the business. Centrebus Holdings was owned by three directors of Centrebus who together owned 56% and Arriva the remaining 44%. Despite the common name and livery, Centrebus Holdings has never been owned by the Centrebus company.
In August 2008 Arriva Midlands' Hinckley depot was sold to Centrebus Holdings. In September 2008 Centrebus purchased the Leicester bus operations of Woods Coaches and services 58 and 140 were transferred to Centrebus Holdings.
Centrebus were given an emergency contract for route 148 in September which was previously operated by Thurmaston Bus, during December 2012. Wide Horizon Coaches of Hinckley ceased trading and Centrebus were awarded an emergency contract for their H1 service by Leicestershire County Council, for four months until a review of tendered bus services around the Hinckley area was carried out. Centrebus were originally awarded a new contract for a revised service 148 which would have covered services 5, 8 and H1. However, Centrebus Holdings took the commercial decision to merge services 8 and H1 into the current 148 which was expanded into Hinckley. Service 5 was kept on as a tendered service.
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