Travel de Courcey
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| Parent | Mike de Courcey |
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| Founded | 1972 |
| Headquarters | Coventry |
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Coventry Warwickshire Birmingham |
| Service type | Bus & coach services |
| Depots | 1 |
| Fleet | 125 (October 2013) |
| Website | www.traveldecourcey.com |
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Travel de Courcey[1] is a bus and coach operator based near Coventry in the West Midlands region of England. It operates routes in the Coventry and Warwickshire area.
History
Travel de Courcey was founded in 1972 by Mike de Courcey. It expanded into bus service operations after the Transport Act 1985 deregulated the UK bus industry.
In June 2011, Travel de Courcey took over the Birmingham depot and several National Express contracts from Veolia Transport.[2][3]
Services
Travel de Courcey operates 21 route services, many from the University of Warwick, as well as school services under contract to Warwickshire County Council.[4]
Travel de Courcey operates services under contract to National Express on these routes:[5]
- 210 Birmingham - Gatwick Airport
- 325 Birmingham - Manchester
- 384 Birmingham - Llandudno
- 387 Coventry - Blackpool
- 410 Wolverhampton - London
- 420 Wolverhampton - London
Former significant bus routes:
- 360A/360C Coventry City Circular. The longest urban bus route in Europe at 31 miles.[6][7][8] Ceased in July 2016[9][10][11]
Fleet
As from October 2013 Travel de Courcey fleet's consisted of 125 vehicles.[12]
References
- ↑ Companies House extract company no 1360645 Mike DeCourcey Travel Limited
- ↑ Travel de Courcey speeds up with National Express win Insider News 11 August 2011
- ↑ National Express contract prompts £5m investment businessdesk.com 12 August 2011
- ↑ Where are you travelling to? Travel de Courcey
- ↑ National Express Coach Handbook - 8th Edition. British Bus Publishing. 2012. ISBN 978-1-904875-78-9.
- ↑ Coventry bus route is longest in Europe at 31 miles BBC News 4 June 2013
- ↑ New Coventry bus route the longest in Europe Coventry Telegraph 4 June 2013
- ↑ Record breaking bus route launched Nuneaton News 13 June 2013
- ↑ Lack of patronage leads to restructure of Europe's longest bus route Route One 21 April 2016
- ↑ Major Coventry bus route to be axed because not enough people use it Coventry Telegraph 21 April 2016
- ↑ City's popular 360 bus service scrapped to make way for three separate services Coventry Observer 21 April 2016
- ↑ Mike de Courcey Travel Limited wmbusphotos.com
External links
Media related to Travel de Courcey at Wikimedia Commons- Company website
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