Travel Express / Lets Go

[Steveminor]

They also operated the 50 for a short time in conjunction with red arrow express bharat & petes

[646]

They operated the 125 Dudley shorts aswell.
http://wmbusphotos.com/CoastalLiner/uwy73x.html
http://wmbusphotos.com/CoastalLiner/a118epa.html

That's Coastal Liner

[Adam 404]

Silly me! What am i thinking ::) Of course, yeah.

Yeah sorry, It was the post that i read further up that confused me.

That's it, Travel Express did the 126, Coastal Liner did the 125.

http://wmbusphotos.com/TravelExpress/d603acw.html

[Tony]

As Mr Chumber, he had one registration which was Wolverhampton to Rubery via Bimringham!


PD0001757/1 KISHAN SINGH CHUMBER Wolverhampton, Bus Station Birmingham, Rubery, Great Park 126

The limited company, Travel Express, had the following registrations
PD0001936/1 TRAVEL EXPRESS LTD Birmingham Corporation Street Wolverhampton 126 Revoked
PD0001936/2 TRAVEL EXPRESS LTD WOLVERHAMPTON TETTENHALL WOOD 1 Revoked
PD0001936/3 TRAVEL EXPRESS LTD WOLVERHAMPTON BIRMINGHAM 126 Revoked
PD0001936/4 TRAVEL EXPRESS LTD BIRMINGHAM HALESOWEN 9 Revoked
PD0001936/5 TRAVEL EXPRESS LTD Birmingham Hamstead 16 Revoked
PD0001936/6 TRAVEL EXPRESS LTD Wolverhampton Underhill 11 Revoked
PD0001936/7 TRAVEL EXPRESS LTD Wolverhampton Perton 510 Revoked
PD0001936/8 TRAVEL EXPRESS LTD Wolverhampton Rubery 126(63) Revoked
PD0001936/9 TRAVEL EXPRESS LTD Stafford Street, Wolverhampton Bushbury Hill 598 Revoked
PD0001936/10 TRAVEL EXPRESS LTD Stafford Street, Wolverhampton Northwood Park 32(33) Revoked
PD0001936/11 TRAVEL EXPRESS LTD Wolverhampton Pendeford 6 Revoked
PD0001936/12 TRAVEL EXPRESS LTD Wolverhampton Bushbury Hill 2 Revoked
PD0001936/13 TRAVEL EXPRESS LTD Wolverhampton Bus Station Willenhall 529 Revoked
PD0001936/14 TRAVEL EXPRESS LTD Wolverhampton, Princes Street Wolverhampton, Fordhouses 3 Revoked
PD0001936/15 TRAVEL EXPRESS LTD Stafford St, Wolverhampton Fallings Park, Bushbury Hill, Wolverhampton 2 Revoked

[Trident 4609]

@Niall You were correct. Travel Express did do the 9. See here:

Don't recall them on the 510 though?

http://wmbusphotos.com/TravelExpress/j232jjr.html

[PM]

Never remember them on the 16 though!

[Cheese]

@Niall You were correct. Travel Express did do the 9. See here:

Don't recall the on the 510 though?

http://wmbusphotos.com/TravelExpress/j232jjr.html

I have a feeling the 510 might never have actually operated, I do remember seeing the registration document but not sure they actually ever operated it.

[Ashley 60171]

I have a feeling the 510 might never have actually operated, I do remember seeing the registration document but not sure they actually ever operated it.

They never operated the 510. Given the various D&G step entrance Darts that Choice used on the 510 in the mid to late noughties, somebody may have mistaken the identities but no.

[Cheese]

They never operated the 510. Given the various D&G step entrance Darts that Choice used on the 510 in the mid to late noughties, somebody may have mistaken the identities but no.

Their 510 registration was for a 20 min service Mon-Sat with a start date of 1st Sept 2009 but it never happened. Not sure why, whether it was because they didn't have enough vehicles or something, no idea.

[countryliner]

@Steveminor - That is interesting to hear. So were these operators competing against each other on the route 50 service or was it a joint service with all of the bus operators working together.

@646 @Nathan @Adam 404 - Yes i think it was Coastal Liner on the route 125 service and Travel Express on the route 126 service.

@Tony - Thanks for the list of registrations. That really helps. Much appreciated.

@Nathan @DiamondDart @Cheese @Ashley 60171 - That is interesting to hear about the route 510 service. It seems strange though that they would register the service but then not operate it. It would be interesting to find out why this service never operated.

[Adam 404]

@Steveminor - That is interesting to hear. So were these operators competing against each other on the route 50 service or was it a joint service with all of the bus operators working together.

@646 @Nathan @Adam 404 - Yes i think it was Coastal Liner on the route 125 service and Travel Express on the route 126 service.

@Tony - Thanks for the list of registrations. That really helps. Much appreciated.

@Nathan @DiamondDart @Cheese @Ashley 60171 - That is interesting to hear about the route 510 service. It seems strange though that they would register the service but then not operate it. It would be interesting to find out why this service never operated.

The answer to the top question was briefly mentioned in the Pete's Travel Thread...

He also founded the United movement which saw several small operators get together to match wmt on the 50 bus for bus (no mean feat on a 4 min frequency) . He was the forerunner to how to compete with wmt in my opinion & was I believe the most successful operator the west midlands had & has seen.

[countryliner]

@Adam 404 - Thank you. That is interesting to hear.

[barry619]

Advert in the trade press this week for a TM at Travel Express. "We are a small family company that is looking to run buses in Wolverhampton", it says.

[PM]

Advert in the trade press this week for a TM at Travel Express. "We are a small family company that is looking to run buses in Wolverhampton", it says.

Glad to hear they're coming back, that presumably explains why the fleet wasn't sold. I assume plan will be to target existing routes they seemed to do ok on.

[Will]

Glad to hear they're coming back, that presumably explains why the fleet wasn't sold. I assume plan will be to target existing routes they seemed to do ok on.

Well if that is the case and they are back in business let's hope that this time the company is run properly and also they don't let buses run in service which are unlicensed as was noted previously and also lets hope they don't use buses which aren't DDA compliant Chumber did have an orange bus that was in service which I did a vehicle check on it and it turned out it was the same age as me (23)!!