National Express is in final discussions with joint administrators, Simon Rowe and Rachel Hotham of Milsted Langdon to purchase the coach and engineering operations of Bournemouth Travel, which trades as Yellow Buses. The agreement is expected to be signed on Friday (5 August 2022). It will not be purchasing the bus business (Yellow Buses), which […]
Go-Ahead-owned Morebus is stepping in to help plug the gaps to be left by Yellow Buses. Bournemouth-based Yellow Buses is to cease trading tonight (4 August 2022). “We are sad to learn that Yellow Buses will soon cease trading, and we understand the impact this will have on those who rely on its services in […]
HCT Group is seeking to return all its services operated by its subsidiaries in Yorkshire to the region’s commissioners. The subsidiaries include CT Plus Yorkshire and Powell’s Bus. “The move follows a period where we have faced multiple challenges” – HCT Group A statement from HCT Group said: “The move follows a period where we […]
UK Coach Operator Association (UKCOA) member Readybus has stepped into the breach as a planned rail strike threatens to hinder visitors’ access to Imber on the annual Imberbus running day on Saturday 20 August. Operating since 2009, Imberbus has grown from just five Routemaster buses running from Warminster to Imber, to an annual event linking […]
Beccles-based Lamberts Coaches has gone into liquidation. The private hire and home-to-school service provider is in its 110th year this year. Director, Lorraine Reade, told Bus and Coach Buyer: “The decision to close was an extremely hard one, but there were many reasons. Lack of Government support during Covid, national lack of coach drivers, and the […]
A local newspaper has reported the loss of Eddie Harker, founder and co-owner of Harker’s Coaches, based in Tudor Road, South Shields. The firm has traded for more than 50 years, and is now run by his son, Jason, who joined the family business back in 1986. Eddie set the company up after a spell […]
Statfold Narrow Gauge Steam Trust teams up with the Transport Museum Wythall (TMW) to increase the range of attractions at its countryside site near Tamworth. For many years, Graham and Carol Lee have been collecting transport heritage and building an amazing narrow-gauge railway network alongside their farm and seed oil business. Once known only to […]
Administrators have been appointed at Bournemouth-based Yellow Buses. The affects of Covid-19 and the associated changes to lifestyle habits, with more working remotely and some people still being reluctant to travel on public transport, were blamed for the appointment of administrators. A statement on its website said this had contributed to severely reduced passenger numbers […]