Tex Cars & Coaches Banbury

[mikestone]

Noted this operator has moved from Ahyno to a yard adjacent to Banbury station, and now have at least two Olympians.
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However their bus routes are finishing on 15th October - a Tuesday.  Nothing on vosa to suggest that they have had their licence revoked.

[D10]

Tex run the School Service that my Niece and Nephew travel on. My sister hasn't heard anything about them coming off this (Oxfordshire CC) contract, but apparently they regularly run late and the service is noticibly worse now than when it was run by previous operators

[Justin Tyme]

The Banbury Guardian website has this article confirming that local bus services finished on Tuesday 15 October: -

http://www.banburyguardian.co.uk/news/local-news/axed-bus-routes-leave-villagers-in-the-lurch-1-5597432

The Brackley express directly competed with Stagecoach 500, and the Banbury - Bicester route provided a more generous service than others has provided for many years.  Sadly I am not surprised the buses made a loss. 

[D10]

Tex Cars definitely still alive and kicking! They will be operating the Shuttles from Rail Stations to the Cornbury Festival this year. Have a feeling Stagecoach may have done this previously?

PH1088386/11    TEX CARS & TEX COACHES LTD, UNIT 5, POWER PARK, STATION
APPROACH BANBURY OX16 5AB
From: Banbury Station
To: Cornbury Festival
Via: Banbury Bus Bays
Name or No: CF2
Service Type: Limited Stop
Effective Date: 03-Jul-2014
End Date: 07-Jul-2014
Other Details: 3 July 2014 until 7 July 2014 only.

PH1088386/13    TEX CARS & TEX COACHES LTD, UNIT 5, POWER PARK, STATION
APPROACH BANBURY OX16 5AB
From: Charlbury Bus Station
To: Cornbury Festival
Via:
Name or No: CF1
Service Type: Limited Stop
Effective Date: 03-Jul-2014
End Date: 07-Jul-2014
Other Details: 03/07/2014 to 07/07/2014 only

[Justin Tyme]

Good for Tex Cars.  The coach business has continued - only the local bus services ceased last year.  Stagecoach has run the Banbury - Cornbury Festival service before, but not Charlbury - Cornbury.

Still, it's something that bus services are being provided at all, given the festival's nickname of "Poshstock" thanks to the Chipping Norton set that normally attend.  Look at the website at http://www.cornburyfestival.com/info/ to find details of Glamping, Posh Loos and Trolley Hire!

[B61 ANDREW]

Tex Coaches still have a "bus" in the shape of Bluebird N729 EOT noted in their yard by the railway station at Banbury this afternoon. Also seen were N117RJF,XIL8147 and L451PSX + 3 other uid vehicles. :o