Galloway European

Galloway European

Wright Cadet bodied DAF SB120 in Stowmarket in March 2012
Founded 1978
Headquarters Mendlesham
Service area Norfolk
Suffolk
Service type Bus & coach services
Routes 9
Destinations Stowmarket, Diss, Ipswich, Bury St Edmunds, Framlingham & Debenham
Fleet 49 (January 2012)
Chief executive David Cattermole
Website www.book-galloway.com

Galloway European[1] is a bus and coach operator based in Mendlesham, Suffolk operating public bus and school services around Mid Suffolk under contract to Suffolk County Council.[2][3] It also operates charter services under the Chenery Live brand[4] and two coach services under contract to National Express, from Ipswich and Felixstowe to London Victoria Coach Station and Stansted Airport.[5]

History

In 1978 the business of AF Braybrooke & Son, Mendlesham was purchased and renamed Galloway European Coachlines. In 1983 the business of Bickers, Coddenham was purchased. In 2012 the Chenery Live coach tour business was purchased.[6]

Fleet

As at January 2012 the fleet consisted of 49 buses.[7]

See also

References

  1. Companies House extract company no 1185383 Galloway European Coachlines Limited
  2. Routes 118/119 Timetable Suffolk County Council
  3. Stowmarket: Town's shuttle bus service is saved by Galloway East Anglian Daily Times 9 October 2013
  4. Galloway Coach Tours Guild of British Coach Operators
  5. National Express Coach Handbook – 8th Edition. British Bus Publishing. 2012. ISBN 978-1-904875-78-9.
  6. History Galloway European Coachlines
  7. Galloways Coaches Fleetlist Ipswich Bus Page 26 January 2012

External links

Media related to Galloway (bus company) at Wikimedia Commons

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