High Peak Buses

A High Peak branded Optare Solo SR.
Parent	Centrebus Group (50%) Trent Barton (50%)
Founded	1 April 2012
Headquarters	Dove Holes
Service area	Derbyshire Greater Manchester High Peak
Service type	Bus services
Destinations	Ashbourne, Buxton, Derby, Glossop, Hyde, Macclesfield, Manchester, Manchester Airport, Marple, Stockport
Depots	1
Fleet	48
Operator	Centrebus Group
Website	www.highpeakbuses.com

High Peak Buses Limited is a bus company based in Dove Holes, Derbyshire, formed in 2012.^[1] It operates a mixture of local and long-distance commercial and subsidised public bus services in and around the Borough of High Peak, after which it is named.

History

In April 2012 Centrebus and Wellglade Group entered a 50/50 joint venture. This saw Bowers Coaches and Trentbarton's Buxton operations combined based at the latter's Dove Holes depot.^[2][3]

Services

High Peak operates all services previously run by Bowers Coaches and the Buxton depot of Trent Barton,^[2] including:

• Skyline 199 service from Buxton to Stockport and Manchester Airport
• Transpeak from Buxton, Bakewell, Matlock then onto Belper & Derby,^{[4] [5]}
• Other local services serve Glossop, New Mills, Whaley Bridge, Ashbourne and Marple.^[6]

Fleet

Most of the fleet wears the Centrebus corporate livery although the vehicles used on Skyline199 and Transpeak which have dedicated branded vehicles. Skyline199 has a dedicated fleet of 7 Mercedes-Benz Citaros while Transpeak uses 4 Enviro200s.^[7]

High Peak has recently added two ADL Enviro200MMCs as part of an upgrade to its fleet which all have space saving features.^[8]

Depot

High Peak has a fleet of around 50 vehicles all based at the former Trent Barton depot in Dove Holes and employs over 100 people.^[9]