Tourist Group
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Tourist Group is the name covering a group of southern (English) bus and coach operators. All of the operators are subsidiaries of Wilts and Dorset, which is itself part of the much larger Go-Ahead Group.
As part of Wilts and Dorset, the Tourist Group operators are in the Go South Coast division of Go-Ahead, along with Southern Vectis and Solent Blue Line.
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[edit] Operators part of Tourist Group
[edit] Bell's Coaches
Bell's Coaches was established in 1921, when Reg Bell started "Winterslow & Pitton Motor Services". Always trading as Bell's Coaches, the company built up strong reputation quality coach hire, and it remained in the ownership of the Bell family until 1999. Bell's was acquired by the Go-Ahead Group in 2003, but is still locally managed in Salisbury. Bells became part of the Tourist Group and Go South Coast in 2005, after Go-Ahead bought Solent Blue Line and Southern Vectis. [1] They currently operate coaches around the Salisbury area, with a travel office in the bus station there. [2]
[edit] Kingston
[edit] Levers
[edit] Tourist Coaches
The history of Tourist Coaches goes back to 1920, founded by E & DF Stanfield in Figheldean Wiltshire. At the time, it provided both private coach hire and contract coach services for the military establishments around Salisbury Plain. It became part of the Go-Ahead Group in 2003, and was put in the new Go South Coast division of Go-Ahead in late 2005 after Go-Ahead bought Solent Blue Line and Southern Vectis. [3]
They currently have bases in Salisbury and Figheldean and have a fleet of 10 coaches varying in size from 21 to 57 seats, on both UK and European day trips, as well as tours. [4]
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[edit] See also
- Damory Coaches - also part of Wilts and Dorset, but big enough to be separate from Tourist Group
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