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Your friendly local bus operator (formerly Thamesdown), providing links across the whole of Swindon and beyond. All buses accept contactless.
History. The first borough of Swindon was a municipal borough, created in 1900 as a merger of the two urban districts of Old Swindon and New Swindon. [2] In 1974 the borough of Thamesdown was created under the Local Government Act 1972.
Swindon's Bus Company (formerly Thamesdown Transport) is a bus operator in England, serving Swindon and the surrounding area. Previously owned by Swindon Borough Council, ownership passed to the Go-Ahead Group in February 2017 and the operation was rebranded as Thamesdown...Swindon's bus company, later simply Swindon's bus company.
Service 16 diversion - Thamesdown Avenue resurfacing. 28th May 2024 onwards. Due to utility works taking place along Thamesdown Avenue/Abbey Meads junction today on the 28th of May 2024.
1A Middleleaze - Swindon - Great Western Hospital. 1B Sparcells - Swindon. 2 Swindon - Covingham. 5 Haydon Wick - Swindon - Walcot East - Park North. 8 Southampton - Totton - Hythe. 11 Taw Hill - Haydon Wick - Swindon - Middle Wichel. 12 Oakhurst - Haydon Wick - Swindon - Great Western Hospital. 13 Swindon - Eldene & Liden.
On 1 April 1997, Thamesdown became a unitary authority independent of Wiltshire County Council, following a review by the Local Government Commission for England. The resulting new authority was renamed the Borough of Swindon soon afterwards, but the name 'Thamesdown' is still used for some purposes.
K103OMW was a Dennis Dart 8.5SDL / Plaxton Pointer B33F new as Thamesdown Transport number 103 in February 1993. On disposal it passed to Law of Tetbury, before reaching Tony Morrin in 2004, for his Puma Coaches fleet, and was captured in Govan. Some pictures taken by the late Michael Cleary. December 1983.
