| A brief timeline |
| 1964 |
Traveller AB is founded by Rolf Friberg. In its early days the company only sells trips to Åland. |
| 1967 |
The company buys its first coach. |
| 1971 |
More coaches are acquired. |
| 1977 |
A new generation of larger and more modern coaches are acquired.
The new acquisitions are painted in yellow and black. |
| 1980 |
Traveller AB moves to Vasagatan and business takes off. |
| 1983 |
The first double decker is acquired. The coach business becomes an independent profit centre. |
| 1990 |
The company is acquired by Knut Flink and Christina de Laval. The company thus becomes a neutral supplier of coach services. The company moves to new premises in Västberga. |
| 1994 |
The company moves yet again. This time to larger and more modern premises near Globen. |
| 1999 |
Knut Flink becomes sole owner. |
| 2002 |
The company is acquired by Thomas Hellgren and Tony Hjelm. |
| 2003 |
Traveller Buss AB is acquired by Bergkvarabuss AB, which leads to an increase in resources and a wider geographical region in Southern and Central Sweden |
| 2004 |
We continue to invest in a state-of-the-art well-equipped fleet of coaches. In April we take delivery of a brand new Setra double decker. And in May our new Setra club coach arrives which takes up to 36 passengers.
In June Traveller Buss AB gets the go-ahead to run services for Fjällresor Sweden from season 2004/2005. The agreement that is drawn up between the parties is for a period in excess of three years and is a fantastic addition to the company’s ambitions to expand operations during the winter. Fjällresor, a market leader in Stockholm, has more than 25 years’ experience of the Swedish and Norwegian mountains. |
| 2005 |
Yet again, the company needs larger premises and moves to new premises on
Trångsunds industrial estate.
Bergkvarabuss/Traveller Buss is awarded a contract for school transport for the municipality of Haninge to run a service for Båtsmansskolan.
Traveller Buss receives the honourable assignment to run coach transport on the royal couple’s Eriksgata journey during their visit to Värmdö on 7 September. 3 exclusive Mercedes Benz Travegos were used for the assignment.
Svenska Buss was started on a trial basis.
Agreement for coach excursions and school transport for Huddinge municipality commences.
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| 2006 |
The sister company Elite Traffic in Hamburg is given the task of transporting passengers during the football world championships. At its peak, the group used 80 vehicles.
The company gets 7 out of 14 contracted service routes in Stockholm. The routes extend over a large part of the city. Five of the routes are run using larger buses and two with smaller ones. With that Bergkvarabuss/Traveller Buss has a total of 17 routes for SL Färdtjänst (mobility services).
New assignment for the military authority’s logistics unit. The group gets four out of seven garrisons.
At the Passenger Traffic fair in Stockholm we take delivery of the 15 000th Citaron from Mercedes Benz during a festive ceremony. |
| 2008 |
Hans Magnusson becomes new operations manager at Traveller Buss.
A number of brand new vehicles are delivered.
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