H.C. Chambers & Son

H.C. Chambers & Son

Slogan	The Oldest Bus Company in the UK
Founded	1877
Headquarters	High Street, Bures
Locale	West Suffolk
Destinations	Sudbury, Bury St Edmunds, Colchester, Stoke-by-Nayland, Bildeston, Ipswich, Clare
Web site	chamberscoaches.co.uk

H.C. Chambers & Son or just Chambers is an independent bus and coach operator based in Bures in Suffolk, England. The company operates services over a wide area of Suffolk and Essex, running a fleet of around 30 buses.

History

Photo taken 18 July 1970

H.C. Chambers & Son Ltd. was set up as a family business in 1877, from the base in Bures, Suffolk.

They operated horse drawn buses and carts, and at the end of World War I the first motor bus was operated. They operated a twice weekly service between Sudbury and Colchester. By World War II they had routes to Halstead and Haverhill.

Services

The company operates a number of services. Both urban and rural areas are served, many of the company's routes running into Sudbury, and serving the bus station, near Sudbury railway station.

Bus routes

Bus on route 111

• 84: Sudbury - Leavenheath - Stoke-by-Nayland - Great Horkesley - Colchester ^[1]
• 111: Sudbury - Great Waldingfield - Bildeston - Somersham - Bramford - Ipswich ^[1]
• 370: Sudbury - Hartest - Whepstead - Bury St Edmunds ^[1]
• 372: Sudbury - Cavendish - Clare - Hartest - Whepstead - Bury St Edmunds ^[1]
• 373: Sudbury - Cavendish - Clare - Hartest - Rede - Whepstead - Bury St Edmunds ^[1]
• 374: Clare - Cavendish - Glemsford - Hartest - Rede - Bury St Edmunds ^[1]
• 375: Alpheton - Glemsford - Shimpling - Lawshall - Bury St Edmunds ^[1]
• 753: Bury St Edmunds - Lavenham - Sudbury - Bures - West Bergholt - Colchester ^[1]. This is no longer a through route, passengers have to change bus at Sudbury and no through tickets are available.^[2]

Fleet

Bus at Marks Tey waiting to run rail replacement service to Sudbury

Chambers run a fleet of modern types.^[3]. Livery is Maroon.

(w) - Withdrawn from service

(*) - De-roofed in a bridge strike at Kirby Cross 11/10/09.^[4]

Recently Withdrawn

See also

• List of bus operators of the United Kingdom

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Chambers (bus company)

• Suffolk Passenger Transport - suffolkonboard.com
• Suffolk Passenger Transport Map 2008

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