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Buses and coaches available for hire
Red Rose was established in 1992 as a one minibus company operating the
evening and Sunday services on Aylesbury's Linkline 7 route between
Stoke Mandeville Hospital and Quarrendon/Haydon Hill via the town centre. The route had been
pioneered by the well known, but recently taken
over Red Rover company, established in 1927. Red Rose shares the same colour
scheme with the defunct Red Rover, and Red Rover's Traffic Manager,
Chris Day is a partner in Red Rose with Taj Khan, a former Red Rover part-time driver.
The Red Rose name dates back many years, as a bus company too. Not only that
Chris Day's relations were involved
with the old Red Rose, which used to operate between Halton, Wendover and Aylesbury,
until taken over by Eastern National in the early fifties. Chris Day's
father used to own the Austin/Morris Red Rose garage in Wendover, until recent times.
The new Red Rose started to operate the Halton, Wendover, Aylesbury service
in the evenings under contract to Bucks County in 1996.
Red Rose has now grown to a fleet which can be counted in double figures, with
vehicles ranging in size from 12 seat minibuses up to 61 seat buses.
The newest large vehicle is a forty seat Dennis Dart/UVG singledeck bus, a frequent performer
on the Bicester-Aylesbury service. Red Rose recently took over
the contracted routes from Aylesbury to Bicester, Waddesdon, the Claydons and Quainton, bringing
the old Red Rover colours back to an area in which they were
once well known and respected.
In addition to services for Buckinghamshire County Council, the company also operates for
Hertfordshire and Oxfordshire on a wide variety of services and school contracts.
Enthusiasts will find more photos of Red Rose vehicles in our photo gallery
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