Selwyns Travel
{{Short description|Coach operator based in Runcorn, England}}
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Selwyns Travel is a coach tour operator and National Express partner operator based in Runcorn, England.
History
Selwyns Travel was founded in 1968 by Robert Alun Jones. It grew with the purchase of Yates Tours in 1979, the Manchester Airport division of Ambassador Coaches t/a Starline Travel in 1994{{refn|group=nb|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.}}, Hardings Tours, Liverpool in 1996 and Haytons, Manchester in 2011.{{cite web |url=https://selwyns.co.uk/about-us/ |title=About us |publisher=Selwyns Travel |access-date=1 August 2018}}{{cite news |url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/business/business-news/haytons-saved-by-rival-selwyns-in-pre-pack-877425 |title=Haytons saved by rival Selwyns in pre-pack deal |work=Manchester Evening News |date=5 December 2011 |access-date=1 August 2018}}
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.{{cite news |last=Ferguson |first=James |url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/business/metrolink-operator-ratp-swoops-selwyns-1753666 |title=Metrolink operator RATP swoops on Selwyns |work=Manchester Evening News |date=18 March 2013 |access-date=1 August 2018}}{{cite news |url=https://cbwmagazine.com/ratp-acquires-selwyns-travel/ |title=RATP acquires Selwyns Travel |work=Coach & Bus Week |issue=1079 |page=7 |location=Peterborough |date=20 March 2013 |access-date=21 November 2024}}{{cite magazine |title=RATP adds sixth UK leg with Selwyns acquisition |magazine=Buses |issue=698 |page=7 |date=May 2013 |location=Stamford |publisher=Key Publishing}}
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.{{cite web |title=Selwyns Travel Limited |url=https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/01385533/filing-history |website=Companies House |access-date=20 April 2020}}
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 maintaiened at Leeds City bus station until its closure on 17 May 2024.{{citation needed|date=November 2024}}
Their head office depot in Runcorn covers private bookings, various contracts including Sir John Deane's College and Reaseheath College,{{needs update|date=November 2024}} as well as some National Express routes.{{cite web |url=https://selwyns.co.uk/bus-routes/ |title=Bus Routes |publisher=Selwyns Travel |access-date=1 August 2018}}{{cite news |last=Challen |first=John |url=http://www.transportengineer.org.uk/transport-engineer-news/more-of-the-same-for-selwyns-coaches/33470 |title=More of the same for Selwyn's coaches |work=Transport Engineer |date=3 May 2011 |access-date=1 August 2018 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180607195516/http://www.transportengineer.org.uk/transport-engineer-news/more-of-the-same-for-selwyns-coaches/33470 |archive-date=7 June 2018}} 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|date=November 2024}}
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.{{Cite web |title=#NoGo: solidarity with the Go NW bus strike |url=https://manchestertuc.org.uk/nogo/ |access-date=15 August 2022 |website=Manchester Trades Union Council|date=6 March 2021 }}
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{{Bus companies in North West England}}
{{RATP Group}}
Category:Coach operators in England
Category:Transport companies established in 1968
Category:1968 establishments in England
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