Travel Express

Travel Express

A Travel Express bus in Wolverhampton
Headquarters Blakenhall, Wolverhampton
Service area Wolverhampton
Service type Bus services
Routes 3 (January 2015)
Fleet 13 (January 2015)

Travel Express[1] is a bus company based in Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England.

History

Travel Express was founded in 2000 by Kishan Singh Chumber,[2] with the companies incorporation date being 25 September 2001.[3]

Initially, Travel Express ran services in Birmingham before switching operations to Wolverhampton.[4]

The company came under fire in January 2015 following a public enquiry by Traffic Commissioner Nick Jones, with the investigation finding that buses were unsafe and dirty, basic safety principles were unmet and that the company employed no cleaner, whilst branding manager Kishan Chumber 'incompetent'.[5] Chumber responded, stating that the results of the public enquiry were a "gross vilification of the business" and that Travel Express were being unfairly targeted.[2]

As of August 20, 2015, Travel Express had ceased operating services on the 11, 33 & 33 routes in Wolverhampton.

Fleet

As of January 2015 the fleet consists of 13 buses; however Travel Express have been forced to reduce this number to 8 from March 2015.[5] Travel Express does not have a fleet livery, with buses retaining their previous liveries from companies Travel Express purchased them from.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Companies House extract company no 04292944 Travel Express Limited
  2. 1 2 Under-fire Wolverhampton bus firm boss: We've been made out as villains Express & Star 24 January 2015
  3. ↑ "Travel Express Limited". www.duedil.com. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
  4. ↑ "Stafford barred from bus". www.ourdogs.co.uk. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
  5. 1 2 Amateurish firm ran unsafe buses in Wolverhampton Express & Star 22 January 2015
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