Renown Coaches


Renown Transport Services was a bus and coach operator based in Bexhill-on-Sea, United Kingdom.

History

Renown was established in 1962. In the 1980s, it diversified into local bus services.
In March 2006 Renown Group set up Cavendish Motor Services to operate commercial services in Eastbourne. This was sold in January 2009 to Stagecoach in Eastbourne. However, because of a Competition Commission inquiry, the transfer was not effected until October 2009.
In 2012 it separated its bus and coach sections of business between two companies, Renown Transport Services Limited and Eastbourne Coachways Limited. However, with the gradual reduction of bus services over the years since, the bus services operated by Renown Transport Services were registered with Eastbourne Coachways Limited in October 2018.
Renown Transport Services entered administration on 5 October 2018 and had its operators license revoked immediately following public inquiry on 13 March 2019.

Operations and routes

Renown Group operated both commercial and subsidised services in East Sussex and Kent. It also operated a coach charter fleet. Routes operated by Renown Group were taken over by other operators after 5 October 2018.
Routes included:
Renown Group had previously operated the now withdrawn free bus services to ASDA stores in Eastbourne and Hollingbury.

Fleet

The bus livery was green and cream as carried by the former Southdown Motor Services, but changed to a two toned green and cream. The coach livery was black and gold. With the introduction of second hand buses from Metrobus, only one bus retained the green and cream livery.