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{{Infobox Bus transit
{{Infobox Bus transit
| name = Maytree Travel
| name = Maytree Travel
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| image = Maytree Travel - MX09 AOD.JPG
| image = Maytree Travel - MX09 AOD.JPG
| image_size = 250
| image_size = 250
| image_caption = An Optare Solo in Bolton
| image_caption = [[Optare Solo]] in [[Bolton]] in 2009
| company_slogan =
| parent = [[Manchester Community Transport]]
| parent = [[Manchester Community Transport]]
| founded = 2008
| founded = 2008
| defunct = 4 April 2013
| headquarters = Smethurst Lane, [[Bolton]], BL4 0DB
| headquarters = Smethurst Lane, [[Bolton]], BL4 0DB
| locale =
| locale =
| service_area = [[Greater Manchester]]
| service_area = [[Greater Manchester]]
| service_type = [[bus service]]
| service_type = [[bus service]]
| alliance =
| routes =
| routes =
| destinations = [[Bolton]], [[Leigh, Greater Manchester|Leigh]], [[Wigan]], [[City of Salford|Salford]]
| destinations = [[Bolton]], [[Leigh, Greater Manchester|Leigh]], [[Wigan]], [[City of Salford|Salford]]
| stops =
| hubs = Bolton
| hubs = Bolton
| stations =
| stations =
| lounge =
| fleet = Optare Solo<br>Optare Solo SR Hybrid (1)<br>Optare Versa Hybrid Green School Bus(5)<br>Optare Versa Hybrid (7) <br> ADL Enviro200 Dart (9)<br>Wright StreetLite (5)<br> Plaxton Pointer Dart (4)<br> irisbus Scholabus (2)
| ridership =
| fuel_type =
| operator =
| ceo =
| ceo =
| website = [http://www.maytreetravel.co.uk/ maytreetravel.co.uk]
| website = [http://www.maytreetravel.co.uk/ maytreetravel.co.uk]
}}
}}
[[File:Maytree Travel YJ61JGO (8590363794).jpg|thumb|[[Optare Versa]] Hybrid in March 2013.]]
'''Maytree Travel''' was a [[bus]] operator based in [[Bolton]] in [[Greater Manchester]].


==History==
'''Maytree Travel''' was a [[bus]] operator based in [[Bolton]] in [[Greater Manchester]]. The company was formed in 2008 by owner Gary Hawthorne, who took over the Bolton operations of Tyrer Bus, who first starting operating in Bolton in 2007.<ref>
The company was formed in 2008 by owner Gary Hawthorne, who took over the Bolton operations of Tyrer Bus, who first started operating in Bolton in 2007.<ref>
{{cite web
{{cite web
|url=http://www.maytreetravel.co.uk/
|url = http://www.maytreetravel.co.uk/
|title=Maytree Travel - Home
|title = Maytree Travel - Home
|publisher=Maytree Travel
|publisher = Maytree Travel
|access-date = 1 January 2011
|accessdate=1 January 2011}}</ref> The company had over 35 routes and ran in the Bolton and [[Wigan]] areas. Several of its services were run on behalf of [[Transport for Greater Manchester]],<ref>
|url-status = dead
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120115021911/http://www.maytreetravel.co.uk/
|archive-date = 15 January 2012
}}</ref> The company had over 35 routes and ran in the Bolton and [[Wigan]] areas. Several of its services were run on behalf of [[Transport for Greater Manchester]],<ref>
{{cite web
{{cite web
|url=http://www.tfgm.com/journey_planning/bus_times_leaflet_library.cfm
|url = http://www.tfgm.com/journey_planning/bus_times_leaflet_library.cfm
|title=Transport for Greater Manchester - Journey Planning- Bus Times Leaflet Library
|title = Transport for Greater Manchester - Journey Planning- Bus Times Leaflet Library
|publisher=Transport for Greater Manchester
|publisher = Transport for Greater Manchester
|access-date = 9 April 2011
|accessdate=9 April 2011}}</ref> including Bolton's [[Metroshuttle]] service, which Maytree started running in January 2010<ref>
|url-status = dead
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110716213228/http://www.tfgm.com/journey_planning/bus_times_leaflet_library.cfm
|archive-date = 16 July 2011
}}</ref> including Bolton's [[Metroshuttle]] service, which Maytree ran from January 2010<ref>
{{cite web
{{cite web
|url=http://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/4871368.Take_shuttle_bus_around_town_for_another_year/
|url=http://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/4871368.Take_shuttle_bus_around_town_for_another_year/
|title=Take shuttle bus around to town for another year
|title=Take shuttle bus around to town for another year
|publisher=Bolton News
|publisher=Bolton News
|accessdate=26 January 2010}}</ref> until December 2012. On 1 March 2013, [[Manchester Community Transport]] acquired Maytree for an undisclosed figure, with Maytree becoming a trading subsidy of MCT.<ref>{{cite web|title=Maytree Travel Joins the MCT Family|url=http://www.manct.org/maytree-travel-joins-the-mct-family/|publisher=Manchester Community Transport|accessdate=6 March 2013}}</ref>
|access-date=26 January 2010}}</ref> until December 2012.
On 1 March 2013, [[Manchester Community Transport]] acquired Maytree for an undisclosed figure, with Maytree becoming a trading subsidy of MCT.<ref>{{cite web|title=Maytree Travel Joins the MCT Family|url=http://www.manct.org/maytree-travel-joins-the-mct-family/|publisher=Manchester Community Transport|access-date=6 March 2013}}{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
Maytree Travel went into administration on the 4th of April 2013.{{Citation needed}}
==Routes==
This is a summary of the services that were operated by Maytree Travel.<ref>
{{cite web
|url=http://www.maytreetravel.co.uk/Our-Routes/47/
|title=Maytree Travel - Our Routes
|publisher=Maytree Travel
|accessdate=1 January 2011}}</ref>


Despite the takeover, Maytree Travel services were suspended on 4 April 2013 with replacements for tendered services obtained by [[Transport for Greater Manchester]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Maytree Travel bus services |url=http://www.tfgm.com/Corporate/media_centre/Pages/News.aspx?articleId=199 |publisher=Transport for Greater Manchester |access-date=5 April 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130508191032/http://www.tfgm.com/Corporate/media_centre/Pages/News.aspx?articleId=199 |archive-date=8 May 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title='Insurmountable' problems stop Maytree Travel services in Bolton and Wigan|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-22033026|access-date=5 April 2013|newspaper=BBC News|date=4 April 2013}}</ref>
{|class="wikitable"
!No.
!From
!To
!Via
!Notes
|-
! 31
| [[Farnworth]]
| [[Manchester]] ''[[Shudehill Interchange]]''
| [[Little Hulton]], [[Walkden]], [[Irlams o' th' Height]], [[Pendleton, Greater Manchester|Pendleton]], [[Salford University]]
| Monday-Saturday daytime only. Sunday daytime service operated by [[First Greater Manchester]]
|-
! 95
| [[Bury]]
| Pendleton
| [[Radcliffe, Greater Manchester|Radcliffe]], [[Whitefield, Greater Manchester|Whitefield]], [[Prestwich]], [[Kersal]]
| Monday-Saturday daytime only. Sunday daytime service (Whitefield-Pendleton) operated by First.
|-
! 96
| [[Simister]]
| Manchester ''Shudehill Interchange''
| Prestwich <small>(Sundays)</small>, [[Broughton, Greater Manchester|Broughton]]
| Daytime only
|-
! 273
| [[Rawtenstall]]
| Bolton
| [[Edenfield]], [[Ramsbottom]], [[Holcombe, Greater Manchester|Holcombe Brook]], [[Hawkshaw, Greater Manchester|Hawkshaw]], [[Bradshaw, Greater Manchester|Bradshaw]], Tonge Moor
| Sunday daytime. Monday-Saturday daytime service operated by [[Rossendale Transport|Rossendalebus]]
|-
! 495
| Simister
| Prestwich
|
|
|-
! 507
| Bolton
| [[Harwood, Greater Manchester|Harwood]]
| Tonge Moor
| Evenings only. Daytime service operated by First
|-
! 510
| Bolton
| Bury
| Withins, Ainsworth, Walshaw
| Monday-Saturday evenings. Other journeys provided by First and Arriva
|-
! 512<br>513
| Bury
| Bolton
| Radcliffe, Whitefield <small>'''(513)'''</small>, Outwood, Kearsley, Farnworth, Great Lever <small>'''(512)'''</small>, Burnden <small>'''(513)'''</small>
|
|-
! 516
| [[Horwich]]
| [[Leigh, Greater Manchester|Leigh]]
| [[Middlebrook, Greater Manchester|Middlebrook]], Wingates, [[Westhoughton]], Daisy Hill, [[Atherton, Greater Manchester|Atherton]]
| Monday-Saturday evenings and Sunday daytime. Other journeys provided by [[South Lancs Travel]]
|-
! 519
| Bolton
| Johson Fold
| Chorley Old Road
| Monday-Saturday evenings. Other journeys provided by First and Arriva
|-
! 525<br>527
| Bolton
| Bolton
| [[Halliwell, Greater Manchester|Halliwell]], Smithills, Astley Bridge, Hall i'th' Wood
| Circulars. Service 527 runs in opposite direction
|-
! 526
| Bolton
| Barrow Bridge
| Halliwell, Smithills
|
|-
! 534
| Bolton
| Oldhams Estate
| Astley Bridge
| Evenings/Sundays only. Monday-Saturday daytime service operated by Arriva
|-
! 536
| Bolton
| Breightmet (Somerton Road)
| Darcy Lever
| Evenings/Sunday daytimes only
|-
! 538<br>539
| Bolton
| Bolton
| Astley Bridge, Egerton, Bromley Cross
| Monday-Saturday evenings and Sunday daytime circulars
|-
! 544
| Bolton
| [[Little Lever]]
| [[Darcy Lever]]
|
|-
! 551<br>553
| Bolton
| [[Leigh, Greater Manchester|Leigh]]
| [[Over Hulton]], Little Hulton, Walkden, [[Boothstown]], Higher Green (551), Astley
| 551 runs evenings/Sundays only.
|-
! 559
| Bolton
| Aspull
| Over Hulton, [[Westhoughton]], [[Hindley, Greater Manchester|Hindley]], Pennington Green
|
|-
! 561<br>562
| Bolton
| Withins
| [[Breightmet]]
| Evenings only. Daytime service operated by First
|-
! 570
| Bolton
| Sutton Estate
|
|
|-
! 571<br>572
| Bolton
| Bolton
| Great Lever
| Circulars. Service 572 runs in opposite direction. Evenings/Sundays only
|-
! 575
| Horwich ''Old Lords Estate''
| Bolton Interchange
| Lostock, Heaton
| Monday-Saturday evenings only. Other journeys operated by Arriva and First
|-
! 576
| Wigan
| Bolton Interchange
| [[Aspull]], Blackrod, Horwich, Middlebrook
| Evenings only
|-
! 583
| Hag Fold
| Leigh
| Atherton, Westleigh
| Monday-Saturday evenings and Sunday daytime only
|-
! 584
| Leigh
| Crankwood
|
| Monday-Saturday evenings and Sunday daytime. Other journeys operated by [[Jim Stones Coaches]] and South Lancs Travel
|-
! 597
| Boothstown <small>(Evenings/Sundays)</small>
| [[Leigh Sports Village]]
| Mosley Common <small>(Evenings/Sundays)</small>, Leigh Infirmary, Leigh
| Boothstown and Mosley Common only served weekday evenings and Sunday daytime only
|-
! 612
| Wigan
| Wigan
| Shevington, Shevington Vale, Wrightington Hospital, Appley Bridge, Shevington
| Evenings only. Sunday daytime service operated by Wigan Buses
|-
! 622
| Wigan
| Wigan
| Robin Park, Worsley Hall, Norley Hall, Orrell Post, Kitt Green, Norley Hall, Worsley Hall, Robin Park
| Evenings/Sundays only
|-
! 680
| Leigh
| [[Shakerley]]
| Parsonage Retail Park, Atherton
|
|-
! 714
| Bolton
| Aspull
| Deane, Ladybridge, Lostock, Westhoughton, Wingates, Middlebrook, Horwich, Blackrod
|
|-
! 715
| Bolton
| Wigan
| Deane, Chew Moor, Westhoughton, [[Wingates]], Aspull, Haigh, Whelley
| Evenings/Sundays. Monday-Saturday daytime service operated by Arriva
|}


==See also==
==See also==
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==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.maytreetravel.co.uk/ Official Website]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20120115021911/http://www.maytreetravel.co.uk/ Official Website]
*[http://www.facebook.com/pages/Maytree-Travel/360174820730901 Official Facebook page]
*[http://www.facebook.com/pages/Maytree-Travel/360174820730901 Official Facebook page]
*[https://twitter.com/MaytreeTravel?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=fb&utm_campaign=MaytreeTravel&utm_content=290918572899856385 Official Twitter page]
*[https://twitter.com/MaytreeTravel Official Twitter page]


{{Defunct British Bus Companies}}
{{Bus companies in North West England}}
{{Transport in Greater Manchester}}


[[Category:Companies based in Manchester]]
[[Category:Companies based in Bolton]]
[[Category:Bus operators in England]]
[[Category:Former bus operators in Greater Manchester]]
[[Category:Transport in Greater Manchester]]

Latest revision as of 21:29, 22 September 2023

Maytree Travel
Optare Solo in Bolton in 2009
ParentManchester Community Transport
Gegründet2008
Defunct4 April 2013
HauptsitzSmethurst Lane, Bolton, BL4 0DB
Service areaGreater Manchester
Service typebus service
DestinationsBolton, Leigh, Wigan, Salford
HubsBolton
Websitemaytreetravel.co.uk
Optare Versa Hybrid in March 2013.

Maytree Travel was a bus operator based in Bolton in Greater Manchester.

History

[edit]

The company was formed in 2008 by owner Gary Hawthorne, who took over the Bolton operations of Tyrer Bus, who first started operating in Bolton in 2007.[1] The company had over 35 routes and ran in the Bolton and Wigan areas. Several of its services were run on behalf of Transport for Greater Manchester,[2] including Bolton's Metroshuttle service, which Maytree ran from January 2010[3] until December 2012.

On 1 March 2013, Manchester Community Transport acquired Maytree for an undisclosed figure, with Maytree becoming a trading subsidy of MCT.[4]

Despite the takeover, Maytree Travel services were suspended on 4 April 2013 with replacements for tendered services obtained by Transport for Greater Manchester.[5][6]

See also

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "Maytree Travel - Home". Maytree Travel. Archived from the original on 15 January 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2011.
  2. ^ "Transport for Greater Manchester - Journey Planning- Bus Times Leaflet Library". Transport for Greater Manchester. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 9 April 2011.
  3. ^ "Take shuttle bus around to town for another year". Bolton News. Retrieved 26 January 2010.
  4. ^ "Maytree Travel Joins the MCT Family". Manchester Community Transport. Retrieved 6 March 2013.[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ "Maytree Travel bus services". Transport for Greater Manchester. Archived from the original on 8 May 2013. Retrieved 5 April 2013.
  6. ^ "'Insurmountable' problems stop Maytree Travel services in Bolton and Wigan". BBC News. 4 April 2013. Retrieved 5 April 2013.
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