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  • Reading Transport
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  • Reading Transport Ltd is a bus operator serving the towns of Reading, Newbury and the surrounding area in the English county of Berkshire. The company is wholly owned by Reading Borough Council and operates under the brands Reading Buses, Newbury Buses and Goldline Travel. As such, it is one of the few remaining municipal bus companies in the UK. The Reading Transport network is served by a fleet of some 180 low floor buses, made up of a mixture of double deck and single deck vehicles of various sizes.
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Fuel Type
  • Diesel And Hybrid
service area
CEO
  • James Freeman
company slogan
  • "Quality travel for Reading""Delivering Transport Excellence"
Logo
  • Reading Transport logo.png
Name
  • Reading Transport Ltd.
service type
  • Urban and rural services
destinations
Headquarters
Routes
  • 92
Parent
Website
Fleet
  • Scania OmniDekka
  • Optare Solo
  • Scania OmniCity
  • ADL Enviro400
  • ADL Enviro400 Hybrid
  • Approximately 180 in total
  • Optare Spectra
  • Scania L94/Wright Solar
  • Scania N230UD/Darwen Olympus
Logo size
  • 250
Founded
  • 1901-10-31
abstract
  • Reading Transport Ltd is a bus operator serving the towns of Reading, Newbury and the surrounding area in the English county of Berkshire. The company is wholly owned by Reading Borough Council and operates under the brands Reading Buses, Newbury Buses and Goldline Travel. As such, it is one of the few remaining municipal bus companies in the UK. The history of the company and its predecessors dates back to 1878. Previous incarnations have been variously known as the Reading Tramways Company and Reading Corporation Tramways, and have been legally constituted both as companies and as departments of Reading Borough Council and its predecessors. The Reading Transport network is served by a fleet of some 180 low floor buses, made up of a mixture of double deck and single deck vehicles of various sizes.
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