The company, formerly known as '''Perryman's Buses''', began in 1972, operating as a taxi service in the village of
Burnmouth,
Scottish Borders. Following expansion over the next four decades, Perryman's moved to larger premises at Ramparts Business Park,
Berwick-upon-Tweed in 2002. Following the closure of
Munro's of Jedburgh in July 2013, Perryman's was awarded a contract from
Scottish Borders Council, valued at £10.4 million, to operate a number of routes in
Northumberland,
Midlothian, and
Scottish Borders. This expansion saw the opening of a second depot, in the village of
St Boswells, and created a total of 27 jobs. The new operation required additional vehicles, with a total of twelve high-specification
Optare Versa single-deck vehicles delivered in September 2013 – the company's largest ever vehicle order at the time. In February 2016, Perryman's Buses was purchased by
West Coast Motors. The sale included 45 vehicles, as well as depots at Berwick-upon-Tweed and St Boswells. Later in the same year, the company took over several services from
First Scotland East. The remainder of First's operations in the Scottish Borders, including the depot at
Galashiels and its outstations at
Hawick,
Kelso and
Peebles were sold to West Coast Motors in March 2017 – with a subsequent rebrand to Borders Buses in July 2017. Further expansion in the Scottish Borders over the next few years saw the company acquire routes from BARC Coach Hire in January 2018, as well as Buskers in September 2019. The company has recently seen significant investment in vehicles, as well as real-time service information, and ticketing systems. In April 2019, three bike-friendly
Alexander Dennis Enviro 400 MMC vehicles were introduced on to route X62 – representing an investment of about £750,000. The launch of these new vehicles coincided with the launch of full
contactless payment acceptance across the Borders Buses network. Subsequently, ten bike-friendly
Alexander Dennis Enviro 200 MMC vehicles were delivered towards the end of 2019, with a further ten being delivered in February 2020, at a cost of £3.25 million. These vehicles currently operate on routes 253, X62 and X95, and feature audio-visual next stop announcements, leather seats, tables and charging points. In March 2020, it was announced that Borders Buses was granted a five-year contract, valued at £4 million, to commercially operate the remaining Scottish Borders Council core bus network – including the operation of routes 51, 52, 60, 67 and 68. As well as this, the company will work in partnership with Scottish Borders Council to improve bus stops, the provision of real-time information and bus priority measures. ==Fleet and operations==