Nu-Venture

Nu-Venture[1] is a bus company in Aylesford, Kent, England.

Nu-Venture
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Alexander RL bodied Leyland Olympian in September 2009
Founded1980 c.
HeadquartersAylesford
Service areaKent
Service typeBus services
Routes42
Fleet30 (November 2013)
Web sitewww.nu-venture.co.uk

History
Plaxton Pointer II bodied Dennis Dart in May 2018

Nu-Venture was founded in the 1960s as a coach company,[2][3][4] They operated coach tour holidays all over Europe, and in the 1980s they operated a London commuter service,[5][6][7][8] but coach hire stopped in 2010 and the London commuter service stopped around 2004.

Nu-Venture now have bus services in Maidstone, Tonbridge, Tunbridge Wells and the Medway Towns.

Nu-Venture used to use step entrance double and single decker buses but in 2014 these were replaced with low floor double and single deckers.

Services

As at August 2018, Nu-Venture operated 42 routes[9]

Incidents

In November 2012 a Plaxton Prestige bodied DAF SB220 caught fire in Blue Bell Hill village, there were no one on the bus except the driver.[10][11]
In November 2012 a bus driver had to be rescued after his double decker bus blown over into a ditch trapping him in the bus in Cliffe, there were no one on board except the driver.[12]

  • Marshall Capital bodied Dennis Dart in March 2008 in Nu-Venture's previous livery
    Marshall Capital bodied Dennis Dart in March 2008 in Nu-Venture's previous livery
  • Leyland Lynx in Chatham in October 2009
    Leyland Lynx in Chatham in October 2009
  • Former London Transport Leyland Titan T857 (A857 SUL), pictured wearing Maidstone Corporation Transport centenary livery applied in 2004 by Nu-Venture.
    Former London Transport Leyland Titan T857 (A857 SUL), pictured wearing Maidstone Corporation Transport centenary livery applied in 2004 by Nu-Venture.[13]

References
  1. Companies House extract company no 1239389 Nu-Venture Coaches Limited
  2. "Nu-Venture Coach - Flickr". Retrieved 25 August 2014.
  3. "Nu-Venture Coach - Flickr". Retrieved 25 August 2014.
  4. "Nu-Venture coach". Retrieved 25 August 2014.
  5. "Nu-Venture London bus". Retrieved 25 August 2014.
  6. "Nu-Venture London bus - Flickr".
  7. "Nu-Venture Coach - Flickr". Retrieved 25 August 2014.
  8. "Nu-Venture Coach - Flickr". Retrieved 25 August 2014.
  9. "Timetables". Timetables. Archived from the original on 5 September 2018. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
  10. "Nu-Venture R988FNW". Retrieved 11 October 2013.
  11. "Bus goes up in flames at Blue Bell Hill". Kent Online. Retrieved 11 October 2013.
  12. "Driver rescued after bus blown off Cliffe road by wind". Kent Online. Retrieved 11 October 2013.
  13. Baldock, Eric (2012). Maidstone Corporation transport. Stroud: Amberley. p. 36. ISBN 978-1445608204. Retrieved 25 August 2014.

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