Travel Express is a bus company based in
Wolverhampton
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,
West Midlands
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Etymology
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, England.
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History
Travel Express was founded in 2000 by Kishan Singh Chumber.[
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Services
Travel Express currently operate six services around Wolverhampton
Wolverhampton () is a city, metropolitan borough and administrative centre in the West Midlands, England. The population size has increased by 5.7%, from around 249,500 in 2011 to 263,700 in 2021. People from the city are called "Wulfrunians ...
including Transport for West Midlands
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tendered services 63, 64, 65 and 303 to Willenhall
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Fleet
The current fleet consists of Alexander Dennis Enviro200
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s, they previously had a number of Dennis Dart
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s in the fleet but these have since departed.
Criticism
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manager Kishan Chumber 'incompetent'.[ and its routes reduced from 4 to 2.][ In September 2015, the company's licence was revoked for failing to comply with requirements imposed by the Traffic Commissioner.][
In 2016, Travel Express, now trading as ‘Let’s Go’ received a new licence to operate 8 vehicles, under three conditions:
* The company employ a full-time transport manager,
* The company employ a full time mechanic,
* Mr Chumber has no role in vehicle maintenance.][
In 2018, Travel Express' owner, Kishan Singh Chumber, applied to be re-instated as a Transport Manager for the company. At the January 2018 Traffic Commission meeting, he withdrew his application.][
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See also
*List of bus operators of the United Kingdom
:''This list is an alphabetically ordered index of current and past operators. For a structured list of current operators, see List of current bus operators of the United Kingdom''
This is a list of bus and coach operators of the United King ...
References
{{Bus companies in West Midlands, state=collapsed
Transport companies established in 2001
Bus operators in the West Midlands (county)
Bus transport in the West Midlands (county)
British companies established in 2001