52-498: KHCT may refer to: Kingston upon Hull City Transport , former municipal bus operator in Kingston upon Hull, England KHCT (FM) , a radio station (90.9 FM) licensed to Great Bend, Kansas, United States Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title KHCT . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
104-526: A City, which itself is the 11th most deprived of the 354 local authorities in England." The Hull NHS PCT said the following in a report: "All services currently provided for will continue in the new facility, alongside additional provision to meet the health needs of the community. A discreet, predominantly paediatric audiology and speech and language therapies area will enable a greater number of patients to be seen in appropriate accommodation. Multi-functional space
156-614: A before-tax loss of £780,217 (equivalent to £2,039,000 in 2023) compared to a budgeted profit of £339,000 (equivalent to £886,000 in 2023). As a result, King was planned to be suspended for mishandling company finances by KHCT managing director Keith Barstow, however King decided to resign his position after refusing to meet with Barstow or financial investigators. The industrial tribunal ruled in May 1993 that no unfair dismissal compensation would be paid to King because he had resigned his post instead of being suspended. As of December 1985, KHCT
208-579: A co-ordination agreement between the two operators in 1934, meaning they could gain a share of bus fares around the city. KHCT's operating area expanded throughout the 1970s with the construction of both the Bransholme and Orchard Park housing estates , and in 1980, KHCT entered into the Crown Card weekly ticket scheme with East Yorkshire. To comply with the Transport Act 1985 and ensuing deregulation of
260-526: A covered market, and Kingswood Retail Park , which is the site of a number of large major stores as well as an entertainment area including a multiscreen cinema, bowling alley and restaurants. At the 2011 census Bransholme was made up of the Bransholme East and West Wards and the combined population was 18,533. Bransholme history goes at least as far back as the Domesday Book of 1086 where Bransholme
312-685: A low-cost subsidiary of KHCT until being wound up in 1992. The company also diversified its core business to bring in additional income, forming a vehicle engineering firm named 'The Garage' at the company's former Liverpool Street central works and separate car and taxi hire franchises in Hull and Anlaby respectively. As a consequence of competition on its core bus network, however, KHCT incurred heavy losses, losing £2 million (equivalent to £5,146,000 in 2023) and incurring £782,000 (equivalent to £2,012,000 in 2023) in debts in 1993. KHCT's external ventures were sold or dissolved throughout 1992, and
364-530: A seven-car pileup and overturned off the Sutton Road Bridge down 30 feet (9.1 m) into an allotment garden. The driver of the bus was hospitalised as a result of the crash. On 17 October 1986, a KHCT double-decker was stolen and taken on an hour-long joyride in the middle of the night through Hull city centre; the bus eventually broke down and collided with a tree on the Ings Road Estate. The driver
416-472: A single Daimler Fleetline . In 1989, the company was acquired by KHCT, with the fleet replaced by older buses transferred from the main KHCT fleet. These buses were painted into a green variant of KHCT livery with Citilink fleetnames. Following a scaling-back of operations, however, Citilink buses were repainted into an all-white livery for exclusive use on Hull City Council contract school services. The Citilink brand
468-489: A straplined logo reading "Employee Owners Working for You" similar to that of Cleveland's adopted, and a year later, the deal led to KHCT's ' bus war ' with EYMS ending after both companies agreed to co-ordinate their Hull timetables. Half of the city council's £2.7 million (equivalent to £6,947,000 in 2023) profit from the sale, however, was lost to a £1.4 million (equivalent to £3,602,000 in 2023) debt owned to Humberside County Council , and immediately after
520-450: Is an area and a housing estate on the north side of Kingston upon Hull , East Riding of Yorkshire , England. The name Bransholme comes from an old Scandinavian word meaning Brand's water meadow ( brand or brandt meant 'wild boar'). The largely council owned estate is located in between Sutton-on-Hull to the east, Sutton Park to the south, and Kingswood to the west. It is surrounded by fields and 'A' Roads which largely isolate it from
572-478: Is located in Bransholme West Ward, which this scheme is to be sited, is the 8th most deprived in Hull. A new NHS health centre was built and opened in 2012, also replacing the existing council office at North Point. According to a report by Hull NHS PCT when this new facility was proposed they said "The catchment area for the proposed facility also covers Bransholme East, which is the 6th most deprived in
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#1733086046032624-431: Is marked as a little hill surrounded by water. At this time the settlement known as Sudtone (now Sutton) occupied a strip of high ground forming a connecting link between Wagene (later Waghen then Wawne ). An ancient highway ran through Wagene across Sudtone and through to Bilton . Some time in the last half of the second century a Romano-British farming settlement stood on the site of the former Gibraltar Farm near where
676-652: Is probably the largest estate in Yorkshire. The early years were not easy. Some newcomers loved living in Bransholme, but as early as 1971, condensation was causing severe problems in over 1,000 houses, and Securicor had to be employed to combat vandalism. Two years later, it was trouble with the maisonettes , and the growing realisation that there were too few schools. Now, schools and churches offer much in terms of education and social and spiritual welfare. Winifred Holtby high school (formerly Bransholme High), named after
728-466: Is provided for group clinical and non-clinical services, such as group smoking cessation classes and baby clinics. The space will be able to be secured from other areas of the building to provide useful community spaces, with their own toilets and drink preparation areas." There are a number of parks, playgrounds and sports facilities. Heartland's park (near the middle of the area) was opened in August 2000 on
780-551: Is the main shopping centre in the Bransholme area. It is still often referred to by its former name, the Bransholme Centre and was opened in the early 1970s. The first store to sign for the Centre was Boyes who still trade from the same store today. There is a health centre next to the site, the original Health Centre dated back from the 1960s/early 70s and was of the distinctive single-storey flat roofed design. A new health centre
832-573: The 'Coronet Tours' programme of holidays across the United Kingdom. Kingstonian directly competed with other tour operators in the Hull and Humberside area, and it was alleged in its early years that the operation was running at a heavy loss at the Hull taxpayer's expense. As well as its core operations across Hull and Humberside , the Kingstonian coaching arm also expanded into Continental Europe shortly after deregulation with KHCT's acquisition of
884-562: The 1970s; further orders for fifteen more Metrobuses, as well as 20 Leyland B15 Titans were cancelled due to production delays and build quality issues and respectively, with these buses replaced with further orders for Leyland Atlanteans. Between 1984 and 1990, KHCT purchased 51 Dennis Dominators , built with both Alexander and East Lancs bodywork, as well as sixteen Scania N113s built with East Lancs bodywork. A small handful of Alexander and East Lancs-bodied Dominators were delivered with coach seating between 1984 and 1985 for use in
936-765: The Anlaby Road premises included light and heavy vehicle repairs, painting and washing, as well as providing driver training courses for both bus and car drivers. A car hire firm named Taits Cars was maintained by The Garage in Hull and a taxi firm named Taits Taxis in Anlaby. These were all either dissolved or merged in 1992 amid the reorganisation of KHCT in 1992. During the trial of KHCT's finance director John King by an industrial tribunal on claims of unfair dismissal , from 1991 until its closure, The Garage had been suffering from serious financial irregularities. This resulted in an investigation by KPMG which found The Garage had made
988-468: The Kingstonian fleet as 'Superdeckers' and 'Turbodeckers' respectively, and in 1988, six Scania N112 single decker coaches with East Lancs bodies, branded as 'City Slickers', were delivered as the first single-deckers bought new by KHCT for 23 years. KHCT's final new double-decker buses were three Northern Counties Palatine bodied Volvo Olympians , identical in specification to five delivered to parent Cleveland Transit, which were delivered shortly after
1040-409: The acquisition by Stagecoach in 1994. A woman was killed and 28 people were injured, eight seriously, when a KHCT double-decker bus and a Dutch tanker truck collided at the junction of Leads Road and Sutton Road on 12 December 1975, with the bus also hitting a car and a set of traffic lights. On 8 February 1983, a KHCT double-decker running empty to Bransholme slipped on ice while trying to avoid
1092-404: The bus industry, on 27 July 1986, the assets of KHCT were transferred to a new legal entity, Kingston upon Hull City Transport Ltd., which was soon followed by the closure of bus garages on Cottingham Road and Holderness Road, resulting in a significant downsizing of KHCT's bus fleet. Following deregulation taking effect on 26 October 1986, the co-ordination agreement between KHCT and EYMS, which
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#17330860460321144-631: The centre of Bransholme, with some of the largest space being the adjacent former site of the 'Alcatraz' maisonettes. Extensive refurbishment works relating to heating systems, kitchens, bathrooms, electrical rewires and thermal comfort (cavity and loft insulation) commenced in 2006 by Hull City Council to bring the housing stock up to the Decent Homes Standard . The programme of works is expected to be completed by March 2011. In 2010 ownership and management of council housing in North Bransholme
1196-538: The company today trades as Stagecoach in Hull . The Hull Corporation's first trams commenced operations in 1899, subsequently followed by the commencement of motorbus operations in 1909, using a fleet of six buses. Operations later restarted in 1921, expanding alongside the city's trolleybus network . During the Hull Blitz on the night of 7–8 May 1941, Hull Corporation's Central garage, close in proximity to Hull Paragon Interchange and several other city centre targets,
1248-463: The company were removed from the Crown Card ticket scheme amid sustained competition with EYMS. Faced with escalating financial losses and increased competition, Kingston upon Hull City Council sold KHCT to Stockton-on-Tees based Cleveland Transit in December 1993. This deal saw KHCT's employees take a 49% stake in the company, with a new livery of white and blue featuring a yellow band as well as
1300-655: The formerly Eastern National -owned Voyage National in France in 1988, followed by acquiring the family-owned Kivits Reizen of Vlijmen in the Netherlands in 1990. In the United Kingdom, KHCT acquired the coaching operations of York Pullman in February 1990, integrating it as a part of Kingstonian, and later took on a National Express coach service from York to London in May 1991. The Kingstonian arm suffered heavily amid KHCT's period of financial struggles. In 1992, York Pullman
1352-543: The houses on the estate has been in question ever since their construction. Many of the houses have only small windows on the front, being small horizontal slits and, although these have proved efficient in maintaining security, many residents have complained their houses lack light and are unpleasant to live in. The houses have had condensation problems and the heating systems have often been described as being inadequate. In recent years, Skilgate Close and Selworthy Close have been demolished, leaving large amounts of open space in
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1456-643: The monks and the Lords of the Manor drained the land with a series of drains and dikes. In June 1939, more than 80 acres (32 ha) of land were requisitioned to build a Barrage Balloon defence station. Originally designated as RAF 17 Balloon Centre it was opened on 28 June 1939 and was from where, during the Second World War , the Balloon Barrage in the defence of Kingston upon Hull with its vital docks and rail network,
1508-521: The new bridge crosses the River Hull . Also a medieval stone dwelling house and two timber buildings existed where Foredyke Drain met the River Hull . A Roman camp was established to the north of Waghen. When the Angles and Saxons invaded they farmed land on the high ridge that ran from the village to Sutton. The ridge was surrounded by waters and marshland which at high tide separated Waghen from Sudtone. Later
1560-470: The novelist and journalist, had technology college status for ten years from 1999, and is now an academy. The very latest in technology, libraries, medical and community services are in existence, and numerous adult learning and leisure centres are available. Most housing in Bransholme is prefabricated terrace housing, and there are also two blocks of high rise flats on the estate (Padstow House (pictured) and Gatwick House (above)), as well as newer housing on
1612-411: The outskirts. Unusually during the construction of the estate, most of the houses predating the estate were left (mostly along Wawne Road) and the occasional older house will stand on a road amongst many of the estates other 'identikit' houses. A growing number of the houses are now boarded up, in particular the bungalows which were intended for occupation by the estate's older residents. The quality of
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1664-588: The quickest operators of one-person operated buses, and on 10 November 1972, became the first bus operator in the United Kingdom to fully phase out the use of conductors . Earlier in the same year, Hull Corporation Transport was renamed to Kingston upon Hull City Transport (KHCT), coinciding with the introduction of a new fleet livery and uniform. Prior to deregulation , KHCT shared Hull's bus network with then- National Bus Company subsidiary East Yorkshire Motor Services (EYMS). Hull and surrounding suburban towns had been split into three joint fare zones following
1716-423: The rest of East Hull. There are two high, or secondary schools, Winifred Holtby Academy and Kingswood Academy , within the environs of Bransholme, these are fed by a number of primary schools. There are two major retail centres available within the area. These are North Point Shopping Centre, formerly and still locally known as Bransholme Centre, a location where a number of smaller shops can be found as well as
1768-447: The sale, 18 drivers and four managers were laid off by KHCT in an attempt by Cleveland Transit to make the company turn a profit. In November 1994, Cleveland Transit was sold to Stagecoach Holdings for £7.7 million (equivalent to £19,345,000 in 2023), resulting in KHCT becoming a subsidiary company of Stagecoach. The Transit-era KHCT blue and white livery was initially maintained by Stagecoach, however on 1 January 1996, KHCT
1820-437: The shopping centre, with the latest addition being Bransholme Pharmacy. Bransholme pharmacy was previously known as Lloyds Pharmacy before being sold to an independent group called Roshban. There are seven primary schools in Bransholme, and two secondary schools, Winifred Holtby Academy (formerly Bransholme High School) and Kingswood Academy (formerly Perronet Thompson School). There are no further education establishments on
1872-426: The site of former maisonettes, as a grassed area with trees and an adventure playground. Ings Road Playing Fields have sporting facilities plus grassed area and woodland. Noddle Hill Way has a fishing lake and wildlife wetland, as well as football pitches and community woodland. Bude Park playing fields has a children's playground, which was refurbished in 2010 after major vandalism. The North Point Shopping Centre
1924-648: Was a formerly municipally-owned bus operator providing services in the city of Kingston upon Hull in the East Riding of Yorkshire , England. Founded in 1899 as part of the Hull Corporation 's Transport Department (often shortened to Hull Corporation Transport), KHCT was owned and operated by Kingston upon Hull City Council until bus deregulation in October 1986. Following purchase by the Stagecoach Group in 1994,
1976-724: Was acquired by EYMS and integrated into its own coaching operations in March 1997. Prior to the opening of the Humber Bridge on 24 June 1981, KHCT operated a short bus service between Hull bus station and the Corporation Pier for travellers using the Humber Ferry . Initially, the pier was served by the city's tramways, running as route P until becoming the first tram route in Hull to be converted to motorbus operation in September 1931. Route P
2028-399: Was arrested after serious damage had been caused to the stolen bus by ramming three other buses, three police cars pursuing the stolen bus and numerous parked cars, as well as crashing into street furniture and pedestrianisation-related roadworks around the city centre. [REDACTED] Media related to Kingston upon Hull City Transport at Wikimedia Commons Bransholme Bransholme
2080-588: Was clearly necessary to rehouse on a massive scale. Urban renewal prompted the City Council to enforce the Acquisition of Land Act of 1946. The City Council already owned large areas in Bransholme. By January 1948, it had obtained four more farms. The intention of the Council at the time was to provide a new town at Bransholme rather than a large estate, but government approval was not forthcoming. The Bransholme Estate
2132-417: Was constructed, it opened in 2012, which also replaced dental services previously at the old health centre building. The centre is also a bus terminus for the many routes operated by Stagecoach in Hull serving the surrounding area. There were two banks in the shopping centre but, Yorkshire Bank closed in September 2014, leaving only Halifax . North Point Shopping Centre also has 3 pharmacies located inside
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2184-541: Was controlled and maintained. By September 1942 over 2,000 Royal Air Force and Women's Auxiliary Air Force served there. On 15 October 1942, the station was renamed RAF Sutton on Hull . It became the home of the RAF School of Fire Fighting and Rescue from 1943–59. The RAF Station was finally disposed of on Monday 14 August 1961. After the Second World War, when large areas of Hull lay devastated due to enemy bombing , it
2236-567: Was demolished to make way for the building of Bransholme Estate. The houses in Midmere Avenue and Dorchester Road were built between 1971 and 1976. Kestrel Avenue was built in about 1981. Bransholme is widely believed to be largest council estate in Europe, but Susanna O'Neill says in her book, The Hull Book of Days , that The Becontree estate in Dagenham is larger, although she concedes that Bransholme
2288-407: Was eventually wound up in September 1992 amid the reorganisation of KHCT's operations. KHCT founded the Kingstonian luxury hire coach operation in 1982, commencing operations with a fleet of three new Plaxton Supreme bodied Leyland Leopard coaches as well as the option to hire buses from the conventional double-decker fleet. Kingstonian soon expanded into the inclusive touring market, launching
2340-527: Was formally renamed Stagecoach Kingston upon Hull , later shortened to Stagecoach in Hull , with the Stagecoach corporate livery being introduced by the spring of 1996. Permission was granted by Hull City Council for Stagecoach to move operations from the former KHCT depot on Lombard Street to a new site on Foster Street, Stoneferry in November 1995, which was completed in 1996, and the Kingstonian coaching arm
2392-458: Was later renumbered to service 50, running in this form until withdrawal in 1981. Citilink was a low-cost bus operation set up by KHCT in order to compete with rival bus operators around Kingston upon Hull and surrounding areas. The brand was initially an independent bus operator set up by the owner of a toy shop in 1988 to compete with KHCT following deregulation, operating with a fleet consisting of an Optare CityPacer , two AEC Routemasters and
2444-627: Was now owned by its management, was abolished, and the two operators became engaged in competition from the late 1980s until 1994. Both companies began operating competitively on each other's network of services, while KHCT was challenged by smaller independent operators entering Hull's bus network, including City Traveller, Connor & Graham, Metro Citybus and Pride of the Road/North Bank Travel. These operators eventually went bankrupt or were taken over by either KHCT or EYMS, with an operator acquired in 1989 named Citilink being retained as
2496-737: Was operating a fleet of 228 buses and coaches from three depots on Ferensway (Central), Cottingham Road and Holderness Road, with a central maintenance works also located on Liverpool Street near Hessle Road. Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, KHCT standardised on the Leyland Atlantean rear-engined double-decker bus, purchasing 241 of the type between 1960 and 1981, a majority built with Charles H. Roe bodywork. Atlanteans built to one-person configuration from 1969 began replacing elderly conductor-operated half-cab buses, gradually converting KHCT services to one-person operation. Fleets of 30 Scania Metropolitans and 30 MCW Metrobuses were also acquired in
2548-590: Was originally planned to have a population of 26,000 but now has a population of over 30,000. It was built mainly in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Bransholme Housing Estate was originally known as 'north of Sutton Road' or 'The Wawne Estate' until the current name was chosen in 1966 from a list including Soffham, Meaux, Marvelton and Midmere Dales. The first houses were officially opened on 1 May 1967 by Lord Mayor Alderman RW Buckle. The first Bransholme tenants were housed in Dulverton Close. In 1968, Noddle Hill Farm
2600-504: Was severely damaged by bombing from the Luftwaffe . 44 motorbuses stored in the depot were destroyed, with another 21 damaged, forcing the Corporation to disperse its bus fleet across the city's various parks. The trolleybus network was officially abandoned on 31 October 1964, having been gradually replaced by fleets of Leyland Atlantean motorbuses. Hull Corporation Transport was one of
2652-586: Was sold to Durham Travel Services , Voyage National was sold in a management buyout , Kivits Reizen was sold to local coach operator Van Reesma, and Kingstonian's Coronet Tours programme was wound up ahead of the 1993 coach touring season. Kingstonian was retained by KHCT following its acquisition by Stagecoach Holdings in 1994, however the operation was eventually acquired by East Yorkshire Motor Services in March 1997 and integrated into East Yorkshire Coaches. KHCT set up The Garage as an external vehicle engineering venture following deregulation. Services offered at
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#17330860460322704-579: Was transferred to a housing association , the Riverside Group. This involved 1,175 properties. Adjacent to the North Point shopping centre are a library, a health centre, and a police station. Next to the police station is a building formerly used as an NSPCC branch but now used as the Astra Youth Centre. The health centre's original building had been there since the late 1960s/early 1970s. It
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