18 June 2013 - Trip to Bleinham Palace: Update
Further to the announcement of our trip to the Bleinham Palace Flower Show, we have a cheaper deal which does not include the price of admission to the Palace itself.
Download a flyer for the alternative deal

14 June 2013 - Trip to Bleinham Palace
Our next trip from Borehamwood, Barnet and Potters Bar visits England’s greatest Palace where its first ever Flower Show is being held. This large show will have 150 exhibits and stunning garden and floral displays. Lots more including food, refreshments and family activities.
Download a flyer.

8 June 2013 - Changes to buses in Summer 2013
Some of our bus services will be changing from 27 July as follows:
306 group - Route 306 will run between Watford and Borehamwood at the improved frequency of every 20 minutes during the day Mondays to Saturdays and hourly on Sundays. Buses will run to Leeming Road in North Borehamwood at all times, and will also run to Farriers Way in South Borehamwood during the evenings on Mondays to Saturdays. All buses starting from Watford will pick up from the High Street, and will no longer run to Watford Junction. Schoolday route 306C will have some extra journeys between Borehamwood and Watford starting from the Autumn term, but routes 306A and 306B will no longer run
Route 398 - Buses will no longer run between central Borehamwood and the Farriers Way area. Midday buses on Mondays to Fridays will not serve Clare Hall in South Mimms.
Route B2 - This local Borehamwood service will no longer run. The northern section is covered by changes to the revised 306. The southern section will be covered by changes to an existing route operated by Uno.

Several of our routes serving Hertfordshire schools will be changing in September. Full details will be announced when school opening times are confirmed, but the following changes are firm:
Route 306C - An additional early morning bus will run to Watford, returning in the evening.
Route 626 - Buses will continue to run accoring to the existing timetable.
Route 826 - We can no longer operate this service. Uno route 610 now caters for most passengers.
Route B76 - This route will run from Watford to JFS via Bushey. It will no longer serve the Carpenders Park area.
We also expect to make minor changes to routes 330, 823 and 833.

5 June 2013 - Days Out to Southend, Clacton and Walton
Our planned trip on Saturday 8th June to the Folkestone Air Show has been changed following cancellation of the Air Show. Instead we will be visiting Southend. Apologies for any disappointment but we do not consider that Folkestone without a special event justifies a day trip in its own right. We will be looking to see if we can visit the Folkestone area on a future occasion and we will also include at least one free Air Show in our future programme. Meanwhile our 2013 programe is now getting fully underway and more trips are being listed on a regular basis.
See the Days Out page for further information.

29 May 2013 - New timetable for route 298
Just a reminder that from 3 June there will be a new Monday to Friday timetable on route 298. This should counter delays caused by changing traffic congestion and allow us to provide the most reliable service possible. Ther are no changes to Saturday or Sunday times.
Download a leaflet or a simple timetable.

11 May 2013 - Tour of the Cotswolds and Bourton-on-the-Water
We will be touring the Cotswolds on 19th May, with a stop at Bourton-on-the-Water.
Download a flyer.

3 May 2013 - Trip to Felixtowe
We will be going to Felixtowe on 5th May for the Ipswich - Felixtowe Vehicle Run and Sunday Market.
Download a flyer or see our Days Out timetable.

20 April 2013 - More buses and a bigger depot
Five east Lancs-bodied Volvo B7TLs have arrived at our South Mimms Depot for Transport for London route 626 later this year. They were new to London United and have been used on central London route 9.
South Mimms depot has recently been expanded to be able to accommodate an additional 20 buses for our growing operations.
See the Fleetlist page for registration and fleet numbers of the new ELV class members.

3 April 2013 - Thorpe Park: Route 951 from southern Herts has resumed
The south's premier theme park has reopened and we are again running our popular route 951 from Borehamwood, Bushey, Watford, Rickmansworth and Denham to Thorpe Park running every Saturday and Public Holiday during the season.
The 951 picks up at all bus stops on the route from Borehamwood to Denham, then runs fast to Thore Park. Fares are cheap and buses return at convenient times.
Click here for a leaflet which includes times, a map, sample fares and further information.

3 April 2013 - New timetable for route 298
So as to continue to provide a reliable service on route 298, the weekday timetable will undergo some minor changes from 3 June. This should counter delays caused by changing traffic congestion and allow us to provide the most reliable service possible. No changes are planned for the weekend timetable.

7 February 2013 - Days Out: Newmarket and Anglesey Abbey
Our first trips of 2013 on 19 and 23 February visit the famous horse racing town of Newmarket and the snowdrop display at Anglesey Abbey and Lode Mill in Cambridgeshire.
See our Days Out page for flyers and timetables.

7 February 2013 - Lower fares on route 826
Child fares on route 826 to Dame Alice Owen's School have been reduced to just £1 single, £1.50 return. A weekly ticket is just £7.

20 January 2013 - Snow
Local bus services
We will endeavour to operate all local bus services where it is practical and safe to do so. The County Council are prioritising gritting on main roads and priority routes. As a result some rural roads and residential roads which are used by our buses may be unsafe to use. If this is the case then your service will need to be either part or fully suspended.

The following services use mainly residential roads and may be subject to withdrawal or curtailment at the locations stated:

· B3 Well End Estate & Tennison Avenue
· B2 Stanborough Avenue & Grove Road
· 306 Little Bushey, Stanborough Avenue & Grove Road
· 398 Clare Hall & South Mimms Village

During times of heavy snowfall, for safety reasons buses will operate at reduced speeds. In addition poorly parked cars and abandoned vehicles may prevent us operating services even though the road may be free from ice. We will do all we can to operate to the published timetable but circumstances may prevent us from doing so.

If you are in a residential area and your service is affected, please make your way to a bus stop on a busy main road where you stand an increased chance of catching a bus.

Certain bus stations which are on private land may also be closed. These include Borehamwood & Elstree Station, Tesco’s Borehamwood & Potters Bar Station.

School Services
If your school is open we will endeavour to operate the bus service. In certain locations pick up and set down arrangements may need to be revised. Your driver will advise you if we are unable to directly access the school premises due to the build-up of ice.
We are aware that potential issues exist at Chancellors School where access roads are ungritted and difficult to traverse. We are working with the school to resolve the issues. In the meantime pupils will be set down at a safe place near the school.

If you have a season ticket, and are unable to use the ticket when the school is closed. A further day will be added to your next renewal.

Please check your school website before setting out.

Sullivan Buses and other Hertfordshire operators are committed to providing Traveline with up to date information on the state of our services. Please check www.traveline.info before setting out.

20 December 2012 - New London contract for route 626
We have been successful in tendering for Transport for London's route 626 which runs from Finchley in North London via Whetstone and Barnet to Dame Alice Owen's School in Potters Bar, Hertfordshire. The contract requires four double deck buses.

23 November 2012 - Special service on Route 24 in London
To commemorate the fact that the 24 has operated between its current terminii for 100 years a number of older bus types that have operated the route during that time will be in service on Sunday 25 November. We are pleased to announce that at least one of our fleet will be among them.
The full timetable for all the special buses is here.

22 November 2012 - Preserved buses move on
Four of our older, "high floor" buses have now moved on following their recent sales. Metrobus M1069, now privately owned by a preservationist from south-west London, moved to secure under-cover storage on Tuesday 20 November. The bus now has its own website: www.b69wul.tk.
Titan T66 has been sold to one of our own drivers. Titans T747(1983) and T889 have passed to Talisman Logistics of Colchester, Essex.
We still have Metrobus M2, Titan T890 and Dart DT4 in our fleet, as well as several Routemasters.

8 November 2012 - Eurobus and GreenRoad
GreenRoad, a leader in driver performance and safety management, is currently exhibiting at EuroBus Expo 2012 at the NEC, Birmingham, and are using Sullivan Buses as an example of how insurance premiums can be reduced using their system. A live feed can be viewed at NEC.
Click here for GreenRoad's press release.

1 October 2012 - Trip to Banbury Canal Day
We have run this trip for four years from Borehamwood, Potters Bar and North London and last year we carried 120 people went on the trip. Now we are giving our passengers from St Albans Hatield and Welwyn Garden City the opportunity to enjoy what has deservedly been one of our most popular days out.
Click here for a flier.

27 September 2012 - Trip to Clacton
Come with us to Clacton-on-Sea or Walton-on-the-Naze on Sunday, 30th September!
Two great seaside locations with sandy beaches and amusements as well as shops.
Click here for a flier or here for pick up points and times.

17 September 2012 - Buses for sale
Three of our surplus ex-London transport Leyland Titans are available for sale:
T66 WYV66T - The former "Aldenham Diplomat"
T747/T1983 OHV747Y - in Gold LT Jubilee livery
T889 A889SYE.
We would like to see the first two continue in preservation, but T889 is not in good condition.

8 September 2012 - Days Out resume
We're off to Chatham Historic Dockyard for the 1940s Weekend next Sunday
See the Days Out page for further details.

26 August 2012 - Fleet changes
New into stock is ALX6 - another Alexander-bodied Trident which was new to Stagecoach. It is being refurbished and repainted before entry into service shortly.
Also refurbished are the WVLs 2 to 4 and ELVs 4 and 6 are due back in a day or two. All will enter service on our new TfL contract services at the start of the new school term.
Our last high-floor bus, Olympian NV26 has been sold to a local operator. With the exception of our "heritage" Routemasters which are available for wedding hire, our fleet is now completely low floor wheelchair-accessible.
Two of our new DP class Darts are ready for service on route 306. The third will join them shortly.

21 July 2012 - All change
Many of our local bus services will be changing over the next few days.
A brief summary of all our services and changes :
200 Essendon - London Colney
No change
201Welham Green - Welwyn Garden City
No change
203 Watton-at-Stone - Welwyn Garden City
No change
205 Hatfield local service
No change
206 Welwyn Garden City local service
No change
215 Codicote - Welwyn Garden City
No change
242 Waltham Cross - Potters Bar / Hammond Street
No change
298 South Mimms - Arnos Grove
No change
303 South Mimms - Nicholas Breakspear School
New route starts September
306 Borehamwood - Watford
7 days a week service introduced. Will serve more of Borehamwood and Watford Junction
306A Borehamwood - Watford
New peak hour service
306B Borehamwood - Watford
New Saturday service
306C Borehamwood - St Michael's School
New schoolday service
312 Hatfield - Potters Bar
No change
330 St Albans - Welwyn Garden City
New timetable. Will no longer run during school holidays
331 Welwyn - Nicholas Breakspear School
New route starts September
332 Welwyn Garden School - Nicholas Breakspear School
New route starts September
355 Borehamwood - Nicholas Breakspear School
New route starts September
358 Borehamwood - Nicholas Breakspear School
New route starts September
398 Potters Bar - Borehamwood
Will serve south Borehamwood. Will no longer run to Organ Hall Farm. Will no longer run via Clare Hall on Saturdays. Some buses will run to Chancellor’s School
551 Borehamwood - Watford
Will no longer run using this number. See 306
628 to JFS
New Transport for London route starts September
653 to JFS
New Transport for London route starts September
683 to JFS
New Transport for London route starts September
688 to JFS
New Transport for London route starts September
813 St Michael's School
Will no longer run. See route 306C
823 Borehamwood - St Michael's School
Revised service
826 Hatfield - Dame Alice Owen's School
Revised service starting from Welham Green
833 South Oxhey - St Michael's School
No change
841 Chancellor's School - Potters Bar
Revised service. See also route 398 and 841A
841A South mimms - Chancellor's School
Revised service. See also routes 398 and 841
950 Staines - Thorpe Park
No change
951 Borehamwood - Thorpe Park
No change
B1 Borehamwood local service
Will no longer run
B2 Borehamwood local service
Will only run on Mondays to Fridays. Will no longer serve Organ Hall Farm. See B3 and 306.
B3 Borehamwood local service
Will also run via Organ Hall Fram.
B76 Carpenders Park - JFS
Check timetables from Autumn term
B77 Radlett - JFS
Check timetables from Autumn term
B78 Borehamwood - JFS
Will no longer run
B80 Borehamwood school service
Will no longer run

12 July 2012 - All change at Borehamwood
From 23 July we will be making many changes to bus services in and around the town. Full details are in the leaflet below, but some highlights are :
Route 306 extended to the estates as 306, 306A and 306B replacing route B1 and providing through journeys for shopping at Watford.
Route 398 revised to run to Farriers Way.
Revisions to routes B2 and B3.
Click here for a leaflet. Or here for a map.

9 July 2012 - Revised services from Hertfordshire to Jewish Free School
New timetables for routes B76 and B77 are now available. Route B78 will no longer run after the end of the current term.
Click here for a leaflet.

7 July 2012 - New services for Nicholas Breakspear RC School
We will be running a new network of public bus services to replace the existing "E" series private services from the Autumn Term 2012. New routes 303, 331, 332, 355 and 358 will be available to all passengers, not just school pupils, but school season tickets will still be available.
Click here for a leaflet giving full details.

28 June 2012 - Trip to Stowe Landscape Gardens IMPORTANT!
We had locally advertised a proposed trip to Stowe Landscape Gardens on Saturday 30 June, earlier this year. Please be advised that this excursion has had to be postponed until 2013.

26 June 2012 - Revised services for St Michael's School
From the Autumn term routes 813, 823 and 833 will be replaced by revised services on the 823 and 833 and by new route 306C.
Click here for a leaflet giving full details.

25 June 2012 - New buses
We currently have two buses from Metroline, North West London, under inspection. They are Tridents with Alexander bodywork and, if taken into the fleet, will work on Hertfordshire school services to replace buses transferred to London contracts.
Registration numbers are X332/343HLL.

24 June 2012 - Services to Chancellors School
From the Autumn term Hertfordshire County Council will no longer be able to finance most home-to-school services in the county, but we hope to continue to operate buses to Chancellors School for as long as they are supported by fare-paying passengers. We will continue to run routes 841 and 841A to a revised timetable, with a special journey on route 398 from the school in the afternoon.
Click here for a leaflet giving full details.

30 May 2012 - Bus Services on Public Holidays 4 and 5 June
On Holiday Monday and Tuesday the following services will run:
Transport for London 298 will run to the Saturday timetable.
Hertfordshire contract route 551 will run to the Saturday timetable.
Thorpe Park route 950 will run normally and the 951 will run both days.
There will be no other Sullivan bus routes operating on either day.

29 May 2012 - Route 306 leaflet now available to download
Please click here.

10 May 2012 - New route between Borehamwood and Watford
From 11 June we will be running a regular service between Borehamwood and Watford via Elstree and Bushey seven days a week. Route 306 will run every 30 minutes during the daytime on Mondays to Saturdays and will compliment route 550 which will continue to run during the evenings and on Sundays.
Click here for a map or here for a timetable.

8 May 2012 - Deckers for our TfL Contracts
Will will need eleven double deck buses for our transport for London contracted services serving the Jewish Free School at Kingsbury in the summer. These will all need to meet TfL's exacting standards and will be fitted with equipment such as automatic vehicle location and "iBus" passenger display and announcement systems.
The buses will include five from our existing fleet (Tridents PDL26, TPL926 and TPL927; Volvo B7TLs ELV2 and ELV4). PDL26 has already returned from refurbishment and worked services at the recent Wisley bus event. Three further buses have been obtained. These are Volvo B9TLs which previously worked with Flights Hallmark on Park & Ride services in the Bristol area.
A decision is still to be made with the selection of the final three vehicles.

9 April 2012 - Days Out Spring 2012
Our next trip is to Bury St Edmunds on Wednesday 11 April.
Please note that there have been a couple of minor amendments to the trips to Ickworth House on 28 April and to Stowe Gardens on 30 June.
See out Days Out page for details.

1 April 2012 - School Season Tickets
Just a reminder that we now sell season tickets to St Michael's School for routes 813, 823 and 833 and to Chancellor's School on routes 841 and 841A.
See our School Tickets page for further details.

27 March 2012 - Days Out Spring 2012
We are pleased to announce our latest programme of Days Out which starts this Easter with trips to Westfield Stratford and the Medway Steam and Transport Festival.
We have again negotiated significant discounts at popular attractions. For example, Anglesey Abbey will be cheaper than last year's Snowdrops visit, but admission to the Abbey itself is included.
See out Days Out page for further details.

19 February 2012 - New bus for TfL school contracts
The first of the new buses to be used on Transport for London school services has arrived.
It is a Dennis Trident with Plaxton bodywork which was new to London General in south west London. It will be refurbished to current TfL specifications before entering service in the summer.
Click here for a photo.

1 February 2012 - Bus stops at Potters Bar Station
There will be changes to bus stopping arrangements at Potters Bar Station from Saturday 4 February. Our route 841A will stop at point B and our new 298 will pick up from point C in both directions.
Click here for full details.

15 January 2012 - Network St Albans
Starting Monday, 16 January we will be participating, with most other local, bus operators, in the new Network StAlbans scheme - an initiative to facilitate and promote better integrated and sustainable travel around St Albans and the surrounding areas, whether travelling by bus or train, walking or cycling.
Click here for further information.

13 January 2012 - First new bus for TfL route 298
AE11 (CJ61SUL) is the first of our new Transport for London-specification buses ordered for route 298 to arrive.
Click here for a photo.

1 January 2012 - Route 813 to St Michaels School: Watford stops
Our new services to St Michaels School in Garston begin on Tuesday 3 January. Just to clarify a change to previous arrangements : Route 813 will no longer serve Market Street in Watford Town Centre. Alternative stops are High Street Stop T (7.57); Exchange Road Stop U (7.59) and Clarendon Road Stop S (8.02).

23 December 2011 - TfL route 298 timetable finalised
The new timetable for Transport for London's route 298 has been finalised. The route will continue to run from Arnos Grove Station via Southgate and Cockfosters to Potters Bar Station and buses will run on to Cranborne Road Industrial Estate on Mondays to Fridays until early evening. Timings will change, but generally buses will continue to run about every 20 minutes during the daytime on Mondays to Saturdays and every half hour during the evenings and all day Sundays.
Traffic conditions change thoughout the day, and these have been reflected in slower journeys at certain times. We believe that the new timetable will provide a reliable service at all times.
Click here to view the timetable. An improved version will be available shortly.

13 December 2011 - St Michael's School, Garston
From January 2012 routes 813, 823 and 833 will be operated without subsidy from Hertfordshire County Council. This follows the difficult decision made by the Council to cease funding the majority of School Bus services in the County.
As all bus operators we are facing cost increases, but it is our intention to keep fares to a minimum. Fares will have to reflect usage of the buses  – you can help us keep them low by travelling to and from the school by bus. By doing so you will be helping the environment and the School, reducing traffic congestion and probably saving money. Many parents will gain valuable extra time each day!
Season tickets for half and full terms will now be purchased from us. Look out for our occasional special offers!  All valid HCC passes will be accepted as normal. Season ticket application forms are available on the bus, from the school, or from this website.
Click here for a season ticket application form in PDF format, here for the same form as a Word document, here for a guide to how to buy season tickets, or here for a leaflet.