Bruce's Coaches is a coach tour operator based in Salsburgh, Scotland.

History

Bruce's Coaches was founded in August 1982 by John Bruce. After operating as a Scottish Citylink subcontractor, in 1988 a service to

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commenced under the LondonLiner brand with a pair of

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Alizée bodied

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s. LondonLiner was purchased by Scottish Citylink in 1990 with Bruce's continuing to operate the service. This lasted until 1997 when Scottish Citylink had to cease its cross border services as part of parent company

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being awarded the ScotRail franchise."Bruce's Coaches" ''Bus & Coach Buyer'' 12 December 2014 pages 18-23 It then became a

subcontractor operating route 539 from

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to Bournemouth. This work has since expanded and today it operates the five longest journeys on the National Express network:Contract Services
Bruce's Coaches *588: Inverness to

*590:

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to London •920 Belfast/via Kilmarnock and Ayr Stranraer to London. It now operates service 334 glasgow to Bournemouth night service . In July 2013, four coaches and the depot were destroyed in an arson attack initially thought to be related to

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with a new coach for a contract with Rangers Football Club having just been delivered. Police later ruled out any sectarian motive for the arson attack. In February 2015, Bruce's commenced operating a service from Edinburgh to

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via the M8 motorway under the ''M8 CityXpress'' brand. It ceased in April 2016. In February 2022, the firm announced that it had purchased five new coaches.

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