It’s only been operating in north west Norfolk for eight years but its owner directors have a wealth of bus industry experience, making Lynx one

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2023-06-03 08:30:03

It’s only been operating in north west Norfolk for eight years but its owner directors have a wealth of bus industry experience, making Lynx one of Britain’s top quality independently owned bus companies and always a pleasure to travel with.

The company is run by Julian Patterson who, together with Andy Warnes, are the main owner/directors of Lynx and with Steve Challis also established Konnectbus back in 1999 before selling it to the Go-Ahead Group in 2010. Julian’s a veteran of Eastern Counties and knows this part of Norfolk like the back of his hand so when he left Go-Ahead it came as no surprise to hear he was working once again in his own company having taken the opportunity when the former Norfolk Green operation lost its way under Stagecoach ownership, to exploit a gap in the market between Kings Lynn and Hunstanton. That’s where Lynx began operating in January 2015 having also picked up a school contract earlier that month in Downham Market.

More tendered routes followed in 2017 but it was Stagecoach’s withdrawal from the former Norfolk Green base in Kings Lynn in 2018 that saw Lynx really come into its own, as Julian knew exactly which routes to take over including that part of the well established Coasthopper service west of Wells-next-the-Sea.

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