Hulleys of Baslow 1921 - 2025

Описание: Hulleys of Baslow buses filmed between 2019 and 2025 around Derbyshire and South Yorkshire. The origins of Hulleys can be traced back to 1914 when Henry Hulley purchased a Ford Model T and commenced running a taxi service based from Baslow. On 29 April 1921.

On 10 March 2020, ownership of Hulleys was transferred from the family to a company driver. The company's coaching operations were withdrawn during 2020 due to the financial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. A year later in April 2021, Hulleys celebrated its centenary with the launch of the X57 Snake service between Sheffield and Manchester via the Snake Pass, the purchase of a new Volvo with Ecora built bodywork vehicle and the painting of some existing vehicles in heritage liveries. As of March 2025, Hulleys operate a wide network of services, centred around linking Peak District towns and villages with Sheffield, Chesterfield and Bakewell, as well as networks serving Ashbourne, Glossop, Matlock and surrounding areas.

In late 2023 Hulleys purchased Kent-based independent operator Go-Coach of Swanley. The branding of Go-Coach's fleet and routes remained separate from the main Hulleys operation, and on 28 February 2025, after over a year of ownership, Hulleys had sold Go-Coach back to Austin Blackburn through a management buyout performed by Blackburn.

On 23 March 2025, after the company had been stripped of four Derbyshire County Council bus operating contracts for continually running the services unreliably, with the routes being reassigned to other operators, it was announced that Hulleys of Baslow, after 103 years of service, was to cease its bus operations on 26 March, with a insolvency practitioner being appointed to help close down the company. Debt collectors were summoned to the Hulleys depot on 25 March amid reports that drivers had lost wages and payments as a result of the company's closure, however police were later called when access to the depot was blocked by recovery lorries.

In October 2022, the firm took over operation of routes 48 and 49, running from Clay Cross to Brampton and Bolsover or Clowne respectively, from fellow independent TM Travel. Upon launch, some afternoon services on the 48 were extended to run to Wigley from Brampton's Morrisons superstore.

The company formerly operated the X57 Snake route, running between Sheffield and Manchester via the mountainous Snake Pass. Launched on 25 October 2020 and initially running 10 return trips on Mondays to Saturdays, the service was soon withdrawn on 9 January 2022 due to low passenger numbers making the X57 financially unviable to run.

As of closure in March 2025, Hulleys of Baslow held an operating license for a fleet of 19 buses, most of which are single-deck buses. Among vehicles operated include an MCV Evora bodied Volvo B8RLE, purchased during the company's centenary in 2021 as the first new Hulleys vehicle in ten years.