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Post by sharksmith on Jul 29, 2022 22:18:20 GMT 1
Yellow Buses, the former Bournemouth Transport which has been run at various times by Transdev and RATP, has gone into administration.
The administrators have said they are in advanced discussions with a large national operator regarding a takeover.
This would seem to be the kind of operator previously taken over by Go Ahead but as they are the competitors from all sides I don't know if they would be allowed to take over here. Stagecoach would also seem a likely bidder.
It will be interesting to see what happens in the next week or two.
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Post by MetrolineGA1511 on Jul 31, 2022 13:38:10 GMT 1
For the sake of integrated transport Go-Ahead would be good. Mind you, there is integrated ticketing between YB and Go South Coast in the area which should remain in place.
Given that First run in Weymouth including a route to Poole, plus in Southampton, YB would be a good fit into First Hants & Dorset.
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Post by stevieinselby on Aug 3, 2022 7:27:27 GMT 1
If it does fail, that must be one of the biggest collapses of a bus company we've had in this country – the only other one of a remotely comparable size that I can think of is Western Greyhound, but they were still quite a bit smaller and had had problems with fire/arson that undoubtedly contributed to it. Fingers crossed that they can find a buyer and save the company.
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Post by SCH117X on Aug 3, 2022 20:52:59 GMT 1
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Post by Burnside on Aug 3, 2022 23:23:31 GMT 1
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Post by dwarfer1979 on Aug 4, 2022 7:12:01 GMT 1
If it does fail, that must be one of the biggest collapses of a bus company we've had in this country – the only other one of a remotely comparable size that I can think of is Western Greyhound, but they were still quite a bit smaller and had had problems with fire/arson that undoubtedly contributed to it. Fingers crossed that they can find a buyer and save the company. The Collapse of National Welsh is probably the biggest collapse in the industry but that was 30-odd years ago. Western Greyhound is the biggest recent collapse but the shock with Yellow Buses is much higher as this is a long-standing and historic urban operator of good high-volume routes whereas Western Greyhound was a expanding new independent running rural routes who had had a number of recent unlucky major incidents which destabilised the company (& had just been sold to new owners who were already seen as being a bit 'iffy' in terms of how they ran their businesses) and they had contracted quite a bit by the time they went down. |
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Post by stephen01 on Aug 4, 2022 20:38:06 GMT 1
National Express have bought the coach sector and engineering team. The bus sector has had no outright buyer so some routes will be covered by More Bus with the bus division having seizured operation at 6pm tonight.
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Post by MetrolineGA1511 on Aug 6, 2022 13:08:09 GMT 1
If it does fail, that must be one of the biggest collapses of a bus company we've had in this country – the only other one of a remotely comparable size that I can think of is Western Greyhound, but they were still quite a bit smaller and had had problems with fire/arson that undoubtedly contributed to it. Fingers crossed that they can find a buyer and save the company. Companies like Western Greyhound and GHA Coaches were independents all along. I think Yellow Buses is the first privatised bus company to collapse since National Welsh in 1992. |
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Post by deerfold on Aug 6, 2022 22:31:31 GMT 1
National Express have bought the coach sector and engineering team. The bus sector has had no outright buyer so some routes will be covered by More Bus with the bus division having seizured operation at 6pm tonight. National Express have bought the coach part of Yellow Buses, not to be confused with Yellow Coaches, which has been sold to Xelabus - this includes the school bus contracts. |
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