Lynx (bus company)


Lynx is a bus company based in King's Lynn and operating services across west and north Norfolk and eastern Cambridgeshire.

History

Lynx was founded by Stephen Challis, Jullian Patterson and Andrew Warnes in 2013. The trio had previously established Konectbus in 1999 before selling it to the Go-Ahead Group in March 2010.
Operations commenced on 6 January 2015, with a school contract between Southery and Downham Market Academy. On 26 January 2015, it commenced operating route 35 from King's Lynn to Hunstanton.
Having taken over three former Stagecoach in Norfolk routes in September 2017, when Stagecoach in Norfolk withdrew most of its services, Lynx took over a further eight routes, including the western half of the branded Coasthopper service between King's Lynn and Cromer from 29 April 2018. Lynx's section of the route was renumbered to the 36 and rebranded as the Coastliner, extended inland from Wells-next-the-Sea to Fakenham, with the section of route from Wells-next-the-Sea to Cromer being taken over by Sanders Coaches. Lynx took over another three services from Stagecoach in September 2018.

Fleet

Lynx commenced operations with second-hand single-decker Optare Tempos. By April 2018, it was operating the largest fleet of Tempos in the United Kingdom with 27.
Since September 2016, Lynx has operated double-deckers; Optare Spectra bodied DAF DB250LFs, Wright Pulsar Gemini bodied DAF DB250s and Leyland Olympians.
Lynx own a Leyland National, which is operated as a heritage bus in a semi-preserved state, painted in Lynx's standard red livery. Delivered new to Hants & Dorset in November 1977, it has been used in passenger service several times to mark special occasions, as well as attending industry and promotional events and bus enthusiasts' rallies.