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Shearings (legally Shearings Travel Limited) [1] is a coach tour operator, part of the Leger Shearings Group, based in the United Kingdom.The tour operator brand specialises in holidays including escorted tours, unescorted tours, short breaks, self-drive holidays and river cruises throughout the United Kingdom, Isle of Man, Ireland and Continental Europe.
Mobico Group, formerly National Express Group, is a British multinational public transport company with headquarters in Birmingham, England. [3] Domestically it currently operates bus and coach services under brands including National Express.
Midland Red Eastern Coach Works bodied Leyland Leopard in National Holidays livery. From 1986, bus services in the UK were deregulated and progressively privatised, with the remaining larger companies forcibly broken up. NBC was divided into 70 units, with the first sale being of National Holidays to Pleasurama in July 1986. [19]
Over recent years, the company has expanded by acquiring several smaller local firms. Today, their fleet consists mainly of single decker coaches used for holiday tours and private hire but they also have a number of double-decker buses primarily for school contracts and park and ride services. Edwards Coaches carry around 7,100 students to ...
Coach services were deregulated under the Transport Act 1980, and buses by the Transport Act 1985. In March 1988 National Express was privatised in a management buyout. [6] In July 1989, the company bought ATL Holdings [7] (with operations in Sheffield) and a 50% share in Yelloway Trathen, which was renamed Trathens Travel Services. [8] [9]
In 2005 the Worthing Coaches [3] business was purchased followed in March 2006 by Flagship from Eastbourne Buses. [4] [5]In January 2009 Lucketts Travel took over operation of National Express routes from Portsmouth to London Victoria Coach Station (030), Heathrow Airport (203) and Bristol (300) from Tellings-Golden Miller.
Newmarket Holidays, part of The Newmarket Group, is a British tour operator based in Wallington, Greater London, providing escorted holidays, resort-based stays and event-based tours to destinations throughout the UK, in Europe and to worldwide destinations. The group employs 180 staff at its Surrey head office.
The company operates a fleet of coaches for hire, day trips and short holidays under the East Yorkshire Coaches brand. They also operate regional and national coach services under contract to National Express. Between November 2001 and October 2007, East Yorkshire Coaches also traded as Frodingham Coaches, following acquisition of the company. [59]