7 February 2010 - New Hertfordshire County Council contracts
We have been successful in winning a number of routes on tender from Hertfordshire County Council. We have retained the Borehamwood local network - routes B1, B2 and B3 and have won a network of routes which will take our buses as far away as Codicote, Watton-at-Stone and Essendon.
Click here for details of the new network .

31 December 2009 - Changes to Route B3 and new Route B80
From 10 January 2010 there will be some changes to the timetable for route B3. These affect the peak hour service, but midday times remain unchanged.
Click here for details of Route B3.
From the same date we will operate Route B80 for Hertfordshire County Council. This will run from Organ Hall Farm to Hertswood School via Theobald Street, Aycliffe Road, Stapleton Road and Stanborough Avenue - a slightly different routeing from the previous Route B80 (of another bus operator).
Click here for details of Route B80.

20 December 2009 - Christmas
We wish all our passengers a very Merry Christmas or Happy Holiday and a Happy New Year!
Please refer to Traveline for detailed information on bus services over the holiday period. On Christmas Eve, most evening bus services in Hertfordshire will finish earlier than usual, including our route 242. Click here for details.

22 November 2009 - Tour update
A reminder that we have just four trips from South Herts and North London before Christmas. Three of these are to Bury St Edmunds, Rochester and Winchester which may allow you to complete your Christmas shopping with gifts that are much more welcome than those found at ubiquitous shops throughout the country. Click here for details.
This year's London Christmas lights trip looks like being more popular than ever! Whether you have finished your Christmas shopping, or not, we expect to have a number of double decker buses on our popular evening lights tour on which you can indulge yourselves.
Click here for pick ups. Please note that as we will be heading towards central London, your local pick up bus stop may be on the opposite side of the road from that on other trips.
Don't miss the German Market at Hyde Park.

20 November 2009 - Fleet update
Restoration of heritage MCW Metrobus M2 is well underway. Some photos can be seen here. Volvo B7 ELV6 has returned, completing the repaint programme of our front line double deckers.

14 November 2009 - Fleet update
Volvo B7 ELV4 is off for a repaint on Monday, completing the repaint of our frontline fleet into latest colours. Heritage MCW Metrobus M2 is also away for repaint at London Bus and Truck. Darts DRL170 and DRL713 have departed for RML Travel of Staffordshire. DRL713 was the last of our vehicles in the blue and yellow colours inherited from our Kent operations.

30 October 2009 - The new ELV4
Sullivan Buses has been around for over 9 years, and as part of our tenth anniversary commemoration we have repainted one of our Volvo B7 double deckers into a colour scheme recalling the livery of the London General Omnibus Company. The vehicle is PN02XBY, which was formerly numbered ELV3, but is now ELV4 following the acquisition of similar bus PL51EGD which has become the new ELV3. Watch out for our 10th anniversary celebrations coming soon!
Click here and here to see ELV4 in celebratory livery.

20 October 2009 - Later buses on routes B76 and B77
To cater for pupils attending after-school activities at the Jewish Free School in Kingsbury, we will be operating later buses from the school on Mondays to Thursdays. There will be departures for Carpenders Park on route B76 and for Radlett on route B77 at 1730. On route B77 the short journey to Organ Hall Farm at 1555 will no longer run.
Click here to download the new timetables which start next week.

10 October 2009 - Yet more new low floor buses
We have taken ownership of another two Volvo B7TL low floor double deckers. They originally ran with London General on Transport for London routes in southwest London. They were EVL3 and 6, but will be numbered in the ELV series with us. See the Fleetlist page for more details.

9 October 2009 - Goodbye to Route 606
We ran school route 606 for the last time today. This was our only remaining mainstream Transport for London contract route, but we will continue to run Underground rail replacement services for sometime to come. To mark the passing of the 606, our vintage London Transport Titan, in 1980 style livery, was used. Click here for a photo.

6 October 2009 - Better driving with GreenRoad
Sullivan Buses is pleased to be amongst the first smaller operators in the UK to embrace the GreenRoad system. Buses are being fitted with the latest technology to monitor driving standards and improve passenger comfort and safety, fuel consumption and insurance risks. We are backing up this investment by putting our drivers through a Defensive & Ecosafe Driving CPC course with Tangerine Training. Click here for more information. For a photo of our first drivers to receive their certificates click here.

3 October 2009 - Days Out update
The first of our 2010 Days Out have been organised. There will be a shopping trips to Peterborough, Newmarket and Southend and chances to visit Anglesey Abbey, The National Stud and Towcester Race Course. See the Days Out page for details and to download our latest brochures.

27 July 2009 - New low floor buses
Due to our expanding rail replacement commitment we have bought another two low floor double deckers. These are Volvo B7TL type which originally ran with London General on Transport for London routes in southwest London. They were EVL31 and 35, but have been numbered ELV2 and 3. See the Fleetlist page for photos.

25 July 2009 - Routemaster repainted
AEC Routemaster RML2272 has been repainted into 1980s style London Transport livery. It was used on route 398 today. Click here for a photo.

10 July 2009 - Fleet update
Former Blue Triangle Trident TPL927 is now in our fleet colours.
Titan T890 has been repainted in 1980 colours. Click here for a photo.
Routemaster RML2272 is undergoing a repaint and an interior refurbishment in Northfleet.
Dart LDP10 has been sold to RML Travel of Stafford.

19 May 2009 - Kenwood House Picnic Concerts
We will be running shuttle services to the 2009 Picnic concerts at Kenwood House on behalf of English Heritage during the summer. Wheelchair-accessible buses will run to and from Underground stations at Golders Green and East Finchley and stop at Kenwood in Hampstead Lane. The first concert will be 27 June when Ray Davies will be performing some of his Kinks classics. Later performers include James Morrison, Simply Red and Jools Holland.
For bus times click here. Concert information is available here.

5 April 2009 - Cobham Bus Museum - Route 477
On the occasion of Cobham Bus Museum's open day and rally we ran a vintage bus on the service between the museum at Cobham and the rally site at Wisley Airfield. Although second choice on the day, Metrobus M1069 proved very popular with passengers, showing itself as a "modern classic". ELV1, WVL1 and NV26 were also on display.

30 March 2009 - Route 242 takes to the road
We took up operation of the Monday to Saturday evening service on Route 242 between Potters Bar and Waltham Cross this evening. The first bus can be seen here.

23 March 2009 - Days Out
Our Spring, Summer and Autumn programme of Days Out by double decker bus is now available. It includes dates right through to the end of the year, but just a few places that we will be visiting shortly include Hastings, Whipsnade and the Southend Airshow. Bus and plane enthusiasts should keep 27 September free for the Showbus event at Duxford's Imperial War Museum. Please check out our 2009 programme.

21 March 2009 - Contract changes
We are very happy to announce that we have been awarded Transport for London's "JUB063" contract to operate the weekend rail replacement bus services while London Underground's Jubilee Line is upgraded. At 1.5 million pounds, this is possibly the largest ever contract of it's type. However, we were not successful in retaining the contract for London Buses' school route 606. From the autumn, Metroline, who already run one bus on the route, will operate the entire service.

14 March 2009 - More low floor double deckers
Two 10.5 metre Transbus Tridents with President bodywork will be joining the fleet shortly. Like the three Dennis Tridents delivered recently, they have worked on TfL services in east London with Blue Triangle and Docklands Buses. Click here for photo, or see the fleet list for registration numbers.

14 February 2009 - Hertfordshire County Council contracts
Some contracts for Hertfordshire County Council bus services will be changing from the end of March. Routes R3 and R5 will no longer run after 26 March and routes 853, R16 and W12 will be run by other companies after 27 March. Sullivan Buses will take over the Monday to Saturday evening service on route 242 between Waltham Cross and Potters Bar / Hammond Street from 30 March. Click here for details of route 242.

13 February 2009 - New Trident repainted
Newly purchased TN3 is the first of our East Lancs-bodied Dennis Tridents to be painted into fleet livery. Click here for photo.

16 January 2009 - New buses for rail work
We have taken delivery of three Dennis Trident double deck buses for our rail replacement services. These came from Blue Triangle via Ensign Bus and have worked on Transport for London services in east London in the past. They were numbered TL912, 915 and 917 with Blue Triangle, but are TN1-3 in our fleet. Click here for photo, or see the fleet list for registration numbers.

13 January 2009 - PlusBus alterations
The PLUSBUS scheme has a couple of new features. PLUSBUS 7-day season tickets are now available, in addition to the day, monthly, quarterly and annual versions.
PLUSBUS tickets, including seasons, are now issued separately from the rail tickets, but are still only valid when used in conjunction with a rail journey. Thus a passenger travelling with period return rail tickets may receive two PLUSBUS tickets, one for the outward journey and one for the return journey. For more information please see www.plusbus.info.

12 January 2009 - Underground rail replacements
We will be running a large number of buses on Underground replacement services over the coming months. Principally we will be covering the Jubilee Line between Finchley Road and Wembley Park and the Northern Line between East Finchley and High Barnet, but we also have buses replacing Metropolitan Line trains to Watford at the end of the month, and will be helping out on other services as required. Click here for a summary of our main work.

11 January 2009 - Fleet update
Our four Dennis Lances which were used on the Thorpe Park Shuttle last year have been decommissioned. They will be replaced this year by new Dennis Darts which will be going to North Kent Coachbuilders for refurbishment very soon. Also stood down permanently are most of our vintage ex-London Transport Leyland Titans which may be disposed of. Meanwhile, Trident DEL1 is off for a repaint.

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