Finglands Coachways

Finglands Coachways[1] was a bus and coach operator in Rusholme, Manchester.

Finglands Coachways

Wright Eclipse Gemini bodied Volvo B9TL at Manchester Piccadilly Gardens bus station in July 2008
Parent	East Yorkshire Motor Services
Founded	1907
Headquarters	Rusholme
Service area	Greater Manchester
Service type	Bus & coach services
Fleet	54 (April 2012)
Website	www.finglands.co.uk

History

Alexander Dennis Enviro300 in December 2013

Finglands Coachways was founded in 1907. In 1992, it was purchased by East Yorkshire Motor Services.[2]

On 1 August 2013, FirstGroup announced that, subject to regulatory approval, by the Office of Fair Trading, it had agreed to purchase the bus operation. The sale included the lease of Finglands's depot in Rusholme, routes and approximately 100 members of staff, but no buses.[3][4] The deal was approved in January 2014, with First Greater Manchester taking over on 9 February 2014.[5][6][7] A majority of the buses in the fleet were later put into service by former parent company EYMS a few days after Finglands were taken over.

In October 2013, EYMS sold the coach charter part of the business to Bullocks Coaches.[8]

Services

Finglands operated services in Manchester's south including on Wilmslow Road bus corridor routes 41 and 42.

Fleet

As at April 2012, the fleet consisted of 54 buses and coaches.[9]

References

Companies House extract company no 243051 East Yorkshire Coach Holidays Limited formerly Finglands Coachways Limited
About Finglands Finglands Coachways
FirstGroup plc Agree To Acquire Finglands Bus Operations In Manchester FirstGroup 1 August 2013
Jobs saved as famous bus firm gears up for takeover Manchester Evening News 2 August 2013
End of the road for Finglands as takeover deal reached Manchester Evening News 27 January 2014
First given OFT approval to acquire Finglands bus operations in Manchester FirstGroup 28 January 2014
First take over Finglands bus services Archived 22 December 2014 at the Wayback Machine Transport for Greater Manchester 7 February 2014
EYMS sell Finglands' coaches Archived 18 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine Bus & Coach Professional 10 October 2013
Fleet List Finglands Coachways

External links

Media related to Finglands Coachways at Wikimedia Commons
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Transport in Greater Manchester

Air

Bus

Operators	Arriva North West Bluebird Bullocks Diamond North West Finglands Coachways First Greater Manchester GM Buses Go North West Jim Stones Coaches JPT Magic Bus Manchester Community Transport Mayne Coaches Maytree Travel Rosso Stagecoach Manchester Stotts UK North Warrington's Own Buses
Routes	1 2 3 17 42 43 58 184 192 Metroshuttle V1 V2 V4

Road

Tram

Cycle

Cycling in Manchester
National Cycle Route 6

Rail

Stations	List of open railway stations List of closed railway stations
Lines	Buxton Calder Valley Crewe–Manchester Glossop Hope Valley Liverpool–Manchester Manchester–Preston Manchester–Southport Stafford–Manchester Stockport–Stalybridge Styal
Operators	British Rail (1948–1997) Regional Railways (1982–1996) Network NorthWest (1989–c.1992) First North Western (1997–2004) Northern Rail (2004–2016) Arriva Rail North (2016–2020) Northern Trains (2020-)

TIF bid

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Commons
See also: Transport in Manchester

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