The Green Bus is a bus company based in Birmingham operating services in Berkshire, Merseyside, Surrey, the West Midlands and Worcestershire.
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History
The origins of Green Bus can be traced to 2001 when King Edward VI Five Ways School, Birmingham commenced operating a bus service to transport its students. In September 2005, it became a separate company. It soon began operating services serving other schools within the Foundation of the Schools of King Edward VI. By 2013 it was operating 55 school bus services in Berkshire, Merseyside, Surrey, the West Midlands and Worcestershire.
In August 2010 it began operating services during Aston Villa and Birmingham football clubs home matches. In September 2011 The Green Bus commenced operating commercial passenger services.
The Green Bus won the "Innovation of the Year" prize at the 2010 Route One Operator Excellence Awards in recognition of its iPhone application which allows users to track the real time location of their bus.
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Services
The Green Bus operated routes 50 and 50A from Birmingham to Maypole and Redditch until December 2014. It operates services to Birmingham and West Bromwich Albion football clubs during home matches.
The Green Bus commenced operation of route 22 on 3 March 2014, which served Birmingham Town Hall, Harborne, Bartley Green, Halesowen, Colley Gate and Merry Hill, which ended in the summer of the same year.
As of the 2015-16 academic year, The Green Bus operates 21 school services to 9 schools in the West Midlands, with one return journey on each route per day.
Fleet
As of January 2016, the fleet consisted of 25 buses.
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