Welcome

Thamesdown Transport is a private limited company formed under the Transport Act 1985 to take over the bus operations of the former Thamesdown Borough Council (now Swindon Borough Council).

About Us

We are a commercial company run under the guidance of our own Board of Directors, which includes non-Executive Directors nominated by the Borough Council. Swindon Borough Council is our sole shareholder, but we have an ‘arm's-length' relationship as required by the Act, which means the Council cannot be involved in the day-to-day running of the business and must treat us no differently from any other bus company when it comes to awarding contracts for bus services.

Our Services

Thamesdown is the largest provider of local bus services within the Swindon urban area, employing some 220 people and running a fleet of 80 buses which cover over 3.1 million miles a year. All of our buses are now of the easy access low floor type.

Our school bus double deckers carry over 400 children to school each day and we also run staff buses for workplaces.

We are locally-owned, locally-managed and an integral part of the Swindon community.

Our Statement of Purpose

We aim to provide a safe, high quality and reliable bus service for Swindon, to meet our customers' needs and to exceed their expectations, to be profitable, to minimize the environmental impact of our operations where possible, to engage with our stakeholders and adopt a partnership approach with the local authority. Each year we canvass the views of our customers. In 2012 88% of respondents to our survey felt that Thamesdown was as good as the year before, or better. 97% felt our reliability was adequate, good or very good and 92% felt the same about our punctuality. 20% of respondents had access to a car but chose to use our bus services.