Selwyns Travel

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Selwyns Travel Ltd
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Founded1968;57 years ago (1968)
Headquarters Runcorn, Cheshire, England
Service typeCoach operator
Depots2 and 1 outstation
Fleet90
Website selwyns.co.uk

Selwyns Travel is a coach/bus operator and Mobico Group partner operator based in Runcorn, Cheshire, England.

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History

Selwyns Travel was founded in 1968 by Father and Son Robert and Selwyn Jones. It grew rapidly from a one minibus operation to enable the purchase of Yates Tours Ltd Runcorn in 1979, the Manchester Airport division of Ambassador Coaches t/a Starline Travel in 1994 [nb 1] , Hardings Tours, Liverpool in 1996 and Haytons, Manchester in 2011. [1] [2]

In March 2013, the business was sold to the RATP Group with a fleet of 90 vehicles operating from depots in Runcorn, Manchester and St Helens. [3] [4] [5]

In April 2020 RATP returned control back to Selwyn Jones through his newly incorporated private company, Selwyns Coaches Limited which became the major shareholder of Selwyns Travel Limited. [6]

Operations

Selwyns operate from two depots in Runcorn and Sharston, as well as from a National Express outstation at Milton Keynes Coachway. A National Express outstation was also maintained at Leeds City bus station until its closure on 17 May 2024.[ citation needed ]

Their head office depot in Runcorn covers private bookings, various contracts including Sir John Deane's College and Reaseheath College,[ needs update ] as well as some National Express routes. [3] [7] [8] Selwyns' Sharston depot is responsible for the operator's airside crew transfer operations at Manchester Airport and also some National Express routes operate from this depot.[ citation needed ]

During the 2021 Go North West strike, Selwyns Travel was one of a number of bus operators who provided vehicles and drivers to operate services on behalf of Go North West along with Edwards Coaches and Midland Classic. [9]

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Starline Travel was sold to British Bus t/a North Western Road Car Co. Ambassador Coaches was a joint venture between Bullocks Coaches and Starline which traded as Starline Travel. The airport division of Ambassador Coaches was separated from the Cheshire division, with the airport division being sold to Selwyns and the Cheshire division remaining with Bullocks.

References

  1. ↑ "About us". Selwyns Travel. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
  2. ↑ "Haytons saved by rival Selwyns in pre-pack deal". Manchester Evening News . 5 December 2011. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
  3. 1 2 Ferguson, James (18 March 2013). "Metrolink operator RATP swoops on Selwyns". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
  4. ↑ "RATP acquires Selwyns Travel". Coach & Bus Week . No. 1079. Peterborough. 20 March 2013. p. 7. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
  5. ↑ "RATP adds sixth UK leg with Selwyns acquisition". Buses . No. 698. Stamford: Key Publishing. May 2013. p. 7.
  6. ↑ "Selwyns Travel Limited". Companies House. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  7. ↑ "Bus Routes". Selwyns Travel. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
  8. ↑ Challen, John (3 May 2011). "More of the same for Selwyn's coaches". Transport Engineer. Archived from the original on 7 June 2018. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
  9. ↑ "#NoGo: solidarity with the Go NW bus strike". Manchester Trades Union Council. 6 March 2021. Retrieved 15 August 2022.

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