As the title says! How many different PCV operators' vehicles have you travelled on.
Mine:
National Express West Midlands
National Express Coventry
TGB
Diamond
Hansons
Claribels
Travel de Courcey
WMSNT/igo
GRS
VIP
Joes
Banga
Midland
Travel Express
Central Buses
Coastal Liner
Evergreen/Thandi
Johnsons
Midland Classic
Woosh
Whittles
Coniston
Bromsgrove Bus & Coach
First Wyvern
First Cymru
First West Yorkshire
Stagecoach Warwickshire
Stagecoach Cambridgeshire
Stagecoach Cumbria
Stagecoach East London
Stagecoach Megabus
Arriva Midlands
Arriva West Yorkshire
Arriva London
Transdev
Yorkshire Tiger
TJ Walsh
TLC
Abellio
Go Ahead London
London General
Metroline
Reays
Silcox
Richards Bros
Reading Transport (not in service though!)
Think that's it, probably missed out a few coach companies...
Too many to list, or remember, probably the same as you will have done when you get to my age Matt!
Western greyhound
Hansons
Diamond
NX
Nxc
Joes
GRS
Igo
Major coachways
Discount travel solutions
Prospect
Central
Johnsons
Whittles
Arriva Midlands
Green bus
Thandi
Not as many as I would like to but:
NXWM
NXC
TDC
Banga
Diamond
Arriva
Travel Express
Midland Classic
Hansons
Costal Liner
Thandi
TGB
Midland (now ceased)
Igo
First Poteries
GRS
Looking at it quite crap, if I think of any i'll add them.
National Express West Midlands
National Express Coventry
Western Greyhound
First Devon & Cornwall
First Leicester
First Wyvern
Blackpool Transport
Stagecoach in Warwickshire
Stagecoach South West
Arriva Midlands
Claribels
Diamond
Endeavour
Whittles
Sunny Travel
Travel De Courcey
Trent Barton
Silverline
Johnsons
Connex (Jersey) (Now Liberty Bus)
Island Coachways (Guernsey)
Isle of Man Transport
Western Greyhound
First Devon and Cornwall
Select Bus Services
Heartlands, Tamworth
Confidence, Leicester
Skills, Nottingham
Butler Brothers
Finches, Wigan
Harpurs, Derby
Abbey Travel, Leicester
Powells, Hellaby
Isle Coaches, Owston Ferry
Roberts, Hugglescote
Howletts, Winslow
Aston Manor Coaches
DW Coaches, Clay Cross
Routemaster Buses, Nantwich
Tiger European Nottingham
Sharpes, Nottingham
Archway Travel, Poulton le Fylde
MacPhersons, Donnisthorpe
Johnsons, Henley in Arden
Central Buses
Travel Express
Banga Travel
Thandi
Sandwell Travel
Coastal Liner
Hansons
Claribels
Midland Classic
Cumfybus, Southport
Tates Travel, Barnsley
Bakerbus
D&G
The Green Bus
The original Green Bus Service
Chase
Mike De Courcey
GRS Travel
Discount Travel Solutions
Social Travel
Sunny Travel
Rotala Diamond
Preston Bus
First Leicester
First Potteries
First Wyvern
First South Yorkshire
First York
First Manchester
First West of. England
Arriva Midlands
Arriva Cymru
Arriva Yorkshire
Arriva the Shires
Stagecoach West
Stagecoach East
Stagecoach East Midlands
Stagecoach Midlands
Stagecoach Yorkshire
Stagecoach Manchester
Stagecoach Cumbria and South Lancashire
Astons, Worcester
Transdev Lancashire United
Transdev Burnley and Pendle
Trent Barton
Notts & Derby
TM Travel
National Express West Midlands
National Express Coventry
Can't remember much. Can't say i've been on many other operators other than NX. Here goes:
(DISCLAIMER: Not a very impressive list, to say the least.)
- National Express West Midlands
- National Express Coventry
- Diamond (Rotala)
- GRS Travel (Ceased)
- Joes Travel (Ceased)
- Johnsons (X20)
- The Green Bus
London Operators:
- Abellio London
- Metroline
- London Central
- Go-Ahead London
- Tower Transit
Stagecoach Strathtay
National Express Dundee
Stagecoach in Fife
Stagecoach Perth
Stagecoach Western
Stagecoach Bluebird
Lothian Buses
First Glasgow
Glasgow CityBus
First York
Stuart's of Carluke
Eeebee (Coatbridge, I think)
Travel Greyhound (now ceased)
Smith and Sons
A few operators in Wigan, but I don't keep up to date with them, and that was in 2008 too so err.. :/
Diamond ( Rotala )
National Express West Midlands (NXWM)
National Express Coventry (NXC)
Travel De Courcery (TDC)
Midland Classic (MC)
First Bus (FB)
GRS Travel (GT)
Thandi Transport (TT)
Arriva Midlands (AM)
Hansons
I believe mine are...
Arriva North West
Arriva Yorkshire
Blackpool Transport
Diamond
First Glasgow
First Manchester
First Potteries
First South Yorkshire
First West Yorkshire
First Wyvern
Hulleys of Baslow
Linburg Touring
National Express Coventry
National Express Dundee A technicality, former NXWM vehicles
National Express West Midlands
Powells Bus
Stagecoach East Midlands
Stagecoach Lincolnshire
Stagecoach Manchester
Stagecoach North West
Stagecoach Western
Stagecoach Yorkshire including Stagecoach Chesterfield & Stagecoach Sheffield
Sunny
TM Travel
GRS Travel
Social travel
National Express West Midlands
National Express Coventry
AMPM Travel
Joes Travel
Whittles
Johnsons
Diamond ( Rotala )
Stagecoach in Wawrikshire
The Green Bus
Claribels
Birmingham International Coaches
Arriva Midlands
Attain Travel ( 6 years ago now though )
Me
NXWM
Hansons
Arriva Midlands
National Express West Midlands
National Express Coventry
Hansons
Diamond
Igo
Travel Express
Arriva Midlands
Select Bus
Metroline
First London
Stagecoach London
First Kernow
Truroian before merger with First Kernow
Western Greyhound
Summercourt Buses (Newquay)
Stagecoach Devon
Wilts and Dorset
First Hampshire
Arriva Yorkshire
First West Yorkshire
BL Travel
First York
Stagecoach in Hull
East Yorkshire Motor Services (EYMS)
Thats all i can think of
National Express
Diamond
Arriva
Seeing the amount of different operators people have rode on, I need to get out more
My list:
National Express West Midlands
Diamond
Arriva Midlands
Sandwell Travel
Central Buses
iGo
Coastal Liner
Travel deCourcey
Travel Express
The Green Bus
Johnsons
Stagecoach in Warwickshire
Choice Travel (Defunct)
Midland (Defunct)
A2Z Travel (Defunct)
Whittles
First Potteries
First Wyvern
Trent Barton
Blackpool Transport
Catch22bus
Stagecoach in Lancashire
First in Somerset
And i think that's it
National Express West Midlands / Travel West Midlands / West Midlands Travel
Birmingham Coach Company
Pete's Travel
Diamond Bus
Johnson's Bus
Sunny Travel
Arriva London
Abellio London
Tower Transit (London)
Stagecoach South West (Torquay)
De Lijn (Hasselt, Belgium)
There may be others, but I can't remember details (I did once catch a bus in Leeds)
National Express West Midlands (and Travel West Mids)
National Express Hotel Hoppa (Heathrow)
Diamond Buses (Central Connect)
Johnsons
Banga Buses
Arriva
Stagecoach South West (Devon)
First Eastern Counties
Oxford Citybus
Bluestar
Go Ahead London
Claribels
Silverline
AMPM
Joe's Travel
Greenbus
Nottingham City Transport
Norfolk Green
Sunny Travel
Bowens
Majors Coaches
Travel deCourcey
Transdev York
Citysightseeing Dublin/Cardiff/Stratford
Ulsterbus Metro (Belfast)
Here is my list:
ABELLIO LONDON
ABUS
ANGLIAN BUS
ARRIVA Cymru
ARRIVA London
ARRIVA Midlands
ARRIVA North
ARRIVA North West
ARRIVA South East
ARRIVA Yorkshire
BLACKPOOL TRANSPORT
BLUESTAR
BOURNEMOUTH TRANSPORT
BRIGHTON & HOVE
BUSES EXCETERA
CARDIFF BUS
CAROUSEL BUSES
CENTREBUS
(H C) CHAMBERS & SON Ltd
CLARIBELS
CT PLUS
D & G BUS
DELAINE
DIAMOND BUS
EAST YORKSHIRE MOTOR
ENSIGNBUS
EPSOM COACHES
FIRST Aberdeen
FIRST Berkshire & the Thames Valley
FIRST Bradford
FIRST Bristol, Bath and the West
FIRST Calderdale & Huddersfield
FIRST Devon, Cornwall & Mid Somerset
FIRST Dorset & South Somerset
FIRST Essex
FIRST Greater Glasgow
FIRST Greater Manchester
FIRST Hampshire
FIRST Leeds
FIRST Leicester
FIRST Norfolk & Suffolk
FIRST (the) Potteries
FIRST Scottish Borders
FIRST South & West Wales
FIRST South East & Central Scotland
FIRST South Yorkshire
FIRST Worcestershire & Herefordshire
FIRST York
(JOHN) FISHWICK & SONS
GLASGOW CITYBUS
GO-AHEAD LONDON
GO NORTH EAST
HALTON BOROUGH TRANSPORT
HEDINGHAM & District Omnibuses Ltd
HEYFORDIAN TRAVEL
HIGH PEAK
HUDDERSFIELD BUS COMPANY
HUYTON TRAVEL
IPSWICH BUSES Ltd
KONECTBUS
LONDON SOVEREIGN
LONDON UNITED
LOTHIAN BUSES plc
McGILLS Bus Services
METROBUS Ltd
METROLINE Travel Ltd
MIKE DE COURCEY TRAVEL
MULLANY'S BUSES
NATIONAL EXPRESS Ltd
NATIONAL EXPRESS DUNDEE
NATIONAL EXPRESS WEST MIDLANDS
NETWORK COLCHESTER
NEWPORT TRANSPORT
NOTTINGHAM CITY TRANSPORT
NOTTS & DERBY
OXFORD BUS Company
PLYMOUTH CITYBUS Ltd
PRESTON BUS
READING BUSES
ROSSENDALE TRANSPORT
SAFEGUARD
SCARBOROUGH & DISTRICT
(The) SOUTHERN VECTIS Omnibus Co Ltd
STAGECOACH BLUEBIRD
STAGECOACH CUMBRIA & NORTH LANCASHIRE
STAGECOACH EAST
STAGECOACH EAST MIDLANDS
STAGECOACH EAST SCOTLAND
STAGECOACH HIGHLAND
STAGECOACH LONDON
STAGECOACH MANCHESTER
STAGECOACH MERSEYSIDE & SOUTH LANCASHIRE
STAGECOACH MIDLANDS
STAGECOACH NORTH EAST
STAGECOACH OXFORDSHIRE
STAGECOACH SOUTH
STAGECOACH SOUTH EAST
STAGECOACH SOUTH WALES
STAGECOACH SOUTH WEST
STAGECOACH WEST
STAGECOACH WEST SCOTLAND
STAGECOACH YORKSHIRE
STEPHENSONS OF ESSEX Ltd
SULLIVAN BUSES Ltd
THAMES TRAVEL Ltd
THAMESDOWN TRANSPORT Ltd
TOWER TRANSIT
TRANSDEV HARROGATE & DISTRICT
TRANSDEV KEIGHLEY & DISTRICT
TRANSDEV LANCASHIRE
TRANSDEV YORK & EAST COAST
TRENT BUSES Ltd
UNO
WARRINGTON BOROUGH TRANSPORT Ltd
WESSEX CONNECT
WHIPPET COACHES Ltd
WILTS & DORSET Bus Co Ltd
YORKSHIRE TIGER
YOURBUS
Z & S INTERNATIONAL
I am sure that I have missed some
Ian Hardy
Updated list of 2013-2015 operators caught
A&M Group
Abellio London
Able Coaches
Airparks
Arriva London
Arriva Manchester
Arriva Merseyside
Arriva Midlands North
Arriva North East
Arriva Southern Counties
Arriva The Shires
Arriva Yorkshire
Aston Manor Coaches
Astons Coaches
Bakerbus
Banga Travel
Bennetts Travel
Bruces Coaches
Bullocks Coaches
Cardiff Bus
Cardinal Coaches
Carol Peters Travel
Central Buses
Claribels
Clearways of Catshill
Coastal Liner
Community Transport (Coventry)
Compass Bus
CT Plus
Cumfybus
D&G Bus
Diamond Bus
Diamond Bus North West
Discount Travel Solutions
Dudleys Coaches
Ensignbus
Euroliners
Finglands
First Beeline
First Bradford
First Bristol
First Calderdale
First Edinburgh
First Glasgow
First Lanarkshire
First Leeds
First London
First Manchester
First Midland Red
First Potteries
First Somerset and Avon
First South Yorkshire
GHH Coach Hire
Go-Ahead Brighton and Hove
Go-Ahead London Central
Go-Ahead London General
Go-Ahead Metrobus
Go-Ahead North East
Go-Ahead Oxford Bus Company
GPD Travel
GRS Travel
Halton Transport
Hamilton Grey
Hansons
Hendersons Coaches
HI-Ride Travel
igo/WMSNT
Invincible Coaches
J P Coaches
Joes Travel
Johnsons
JP Travel
K Line
Kingsley Coaches
LMS Travel
Lothian Buses
Manchester CT
Maytree Travel
McGills
Metroline
Midland Classic
National Express Dundee
Nottingham City Transport
Nottingham Community Transport
Nottingham University Hospital
NX Owned Ops
NXWM
Preston Bus
Prospect Coaches
RAPT London United
RAPT Quality Line
Reading Buses
Red Rose
Redditch Dial A Ride
Redline
Regents Coaches
Sandwell Travel
Scraggs
Select Bus Services
Silverline
Social Travel
Southern Transit
Stagecoach Bedford
Stagecoach Chester and the Wirral
Stagecoach Chesterfield
Stagecoach East Kent
Stagecoach East London
Stagecoach Fleet Buzz
Stagecoach in Cumbria
Stagecoach in Hastings
Stagecoach In Kendal and the Lakes
Stagecoach in Newcastle
Stagecoach in the South Downs
Stagecoach Inverness
Stagecoach Lancashire
Stagecoach Manchester
Stagecoach Merseyside
Stagecoach Midland Red
Stagecoach Northampton
Stagecoach Oxford
Stagecoach Selkent
Stagecoach South Yorkshire
Stagecoach Strathtay
Stagecoach Wales
Stagecoach West England
Stagecoach Western
Stotts
Sunny Travel
Thames Travel
Thandi Transport
The Green Bus
TM Travel
Tom Tappins Travel
Tower Transit
Transdev Burnley & Pendle
Transdev Keighley & District
Transdev Lancashire United
Travel DeCourcey
Travel Express
Travelmasters
Travelstar European
Trent Barton
Uno
VIP Contracts
Walsall Community Transport
Wardle Transport
Whitelaws
Whittles
Wicksons Coaches
Wigan Buses LTD
Wolverhampton City Council
Woosh (Worcs CC Fleet Ops)
Yardley Travel
Yorkshire Tiger
Yourbus
Quote from: 2206 on August 06, 2015, 12:09:10 PM
GRS Travel
Social travel
National Express West Midlands
National Express Coventry
AMPM Travel
Joes Travel
Whittles
Johnsons
Diamond ( Rotala )
Stagecoach in Wawrikshire
The Green Bus
Claribels
Birmingham International Coaches
Arriva Midlands
Attain Travel ( 6 years ago now though )
Two years later.
- GRS Travel.
- Social Travel.
- Discount Travel Solutions.
- National Express West Midlands.
- National Express Coventry.
- AMPM Travel.
- Joes Travel.
- Whittles.
- Johnsons.
- Diamond (Rotala).
- Stagecoach in Wawrikshire
- Arriva Midlands.
- The Green Bus.
- Claribels.
- Birmingham International Coaches.
- Endeavour Coaches.
- Arriva Midlands.
- Attain Travel.
- Igo.
- Oxford Bus Company.
So far in 2017.
- National Express West Midlands.
- The Green Bus.
- Discount Travel Solutions.
- Social Travel.
- Igo.
- Diamond.
- Johnsons.
- The Green Bus.
Should get a ride on First Kernow in a few weeks as well.
Quote from: Tony on April 20, 2015, 08:02:41 PM
Too many to list, or remember, probably the same as you will have done when you get to my age Matt!
Strangely enough that was what I was going to say. I'd be here all day......
2015
NXWM
Arriva
Sandwell Travel
NXC
London and others
Metroline
Go Ahead
Abeiloo
First (Yorkshire)
First (Manchester)
Stagecoach
2016
NXWM and NXC
Diamond
Sandwell Travel
Arriva
Banga buses
Midland Classic
So far this year
NXWM
Thandi
Sandwell Travel now defunct
Diamond
The Green Bus
NXC
Select
Arriva Midlands North
Astons
Banga
First Manchester
Go North West
Stagecoach Manchester
Buslink
Cardiff Bus
Carolean
Clearways
Diamond WM
Diamond EM
Finesse
First Bristol
First Cymru
First Worcestershire
Kevs
Landflight
Lets Go
Minsterley
MRD
NX Coventry
NX West Midlands
Rosso
Stagecoach Midlands
Trentbarton
Walsall CT
Yarrantons
Arriva Midlands
Stagecoach United Counties (in the late 1980s)
Stevensons of Uttoxeter
Choice Travel/Midland
Diamond Bus
NXWM
Igo
Lets Go
Thandi
Classic Coaches (Wombourne)
Midland Red West
Midland Fox (late 1980s)
Sandwell Travel
North Birmingham Busways
Green Bus (Birmingham)
Green Bus Service (Warstones Motors)
Joes Travel
Banga
Hansons
Midland Classic
Claribels
Petes
Red Rider
Badgerline (when independent)
Devon General/Stagecoach Devon
Southern National (when part of Cawlett)
Western National
Western Greyhound
Polperro Bus Company (used converted milkfloats in village)
Yellow Buses
Southern Vectis
Morebus
Blackpool Transport (including trams)
Crosville Cymru