Dudleys Coaches to close at end of year

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Rich82
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Re: Dudleys Coaches to close at end of year

Post by Rich82 » 19:13 Friday 4th December 2020

AdamH wrote:
18:00 Friday 4th December 2020
Bit of an update... First have not won anything new from the close of Dudleys, however the contracts that First already had required duplication buses due to social distancing, and these have until now been sub-contracted out to Dudleys by First. It looks like First will now be doing the duplication vehicles in-house.
Commandery Coaches have been going work for first as well

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Re: Dudleys Coaches to close at end of year

Post by ANDREW » 17:06 Wednesday 16th December 2020

A nice article about the history of Dudleys Coaches in the latest edition of Bus and Coach Buyer. :)

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Re: Dudleys Coaches to close at end of year

Post by WR1st » 14:11 Monday 21st December 2020

Dudleys.jpg

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Re: Dudleys Coaches to close at end of year

Post by AdamH » 17:18 Monday 21st December 2020

😥

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Re: Dudleys Coaches to close at end of year

Post by MattW » 18:49 Tuesday 22nd December 2020

Travesty.
Things like this will be remembered at the ballot box.
I hope all the staff have found other employment, although the article at least sounds positive on that front.

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Re: Dudleys Coaches to close at end of year

Post by ANDREW » 09:58 Wednesday 24th March 2021

NUI6121 appears to still be out and about locally , whilst PR06BET is reported as working for N.N Cresswell. 8-)

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Re: Dudleys Coaches to close at end of year

Post by DD12 » 18:58 Wednesday 24th March 2021

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.u ... y_2021.pdf

On page 8 of this publication are details of a bus/coach operator running / to run up to 3 vehicles from the former Dudleys site.

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Re: Dudleys Coaches to close at end of year

Post by ANDREW » 10:37 Thursday 25th March 2021

Good spot !! The name Luke Smith rings a bell with me somewhere . . . . . . . . . Radford / Inkberrow is just a bit out of my range - cycling wise. :lol:

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Re: Dudleys Coaches to close at end of year

Post by SEVERNLINK » 15:08 Tuesday 8th June 2021

Had to book the car in for an MOT yesterday and whilst looking on the Facebook page of where I take it I noticed they had a link to a new coach company on there.
https://www.facebook.com/royalmotorwayscoaches

The name and the livery seems to ring a bell I'm sure there was a coach company of that name before or as some sort of subsidiary of Dudleys :?:

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Re: Dudleys Coaches to close at end of year

Post by MattW » 18:58 Tuesday 8th June 2021

Dudley's had one coach in a white, blue and red livery with that branding, I always assumed it was a company they had taken over or an old name from the local area.

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