Travel de Courcey
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Travel de Courcey[1] was a bus and coach operator based near Coventry in the West Midlands region of England. It operated local bus services in the Coventry and Warwickshire area and National Express contracts.
History
Mike de Courcey Travel 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, Mike de Courcey Travel took over the Birmingham depot of Veolia Transport and several National Express contracts from them.[2][3] In April 2017 Mike de Courcey Travel was awarded the Queen's Award for Enterprise in the sustainable development category.[4]
On 24 August 2020, the operator fell into administration, citing a steep decline of passenger numbers in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.[5][6] Stagecoach took over the running of the routes 60 and 703[7] and Arriva took over the running of route X6 between Leicester and Coventry.[8]
Services
Mike de Courcey Travel operated a number of local bus services, many from the University of Warwick, as well as school services under contract to Warwickshire County Council.[9]
As of 2012, Mike de Courcey Travel operated services under contract to National Express on these routes:[10]
- 210 Birmingham – Gatwick Airport
- 325 Birmingham – Manchester
- 384 Birmingham – Llandudno
- 387 Coventry – Blackpool
- 410 Wolverhampton – London
- 420 Wolverhampton – London
- 540 Manchester – London
Former significant bus routes:
- Until July 2016, Travel de Courcey operated 360A/360C Coventry City Circular, the longest urban bus route in Europe at 31 miles.[11][12][13][14][15][16]
References
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- ↑ 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
- ↑ West Midlands business recognised in Queen's Award for Enterprise Birmingham Post 21 April 2017. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
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- ↑ Where are you travelling to? Template:Webarchive Travel de Courcey
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- ↑ 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
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