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4 unusual facts about Royal Blue Coach Services


Royal Blue Coach Services

Elliott soon started a four-in-hand stagecoach service to connect Bournemouth to the railway at Holmsley.

It acquired competitors in Plymouth (Traveller Coaches) and Portsmouth (Olympic Services), and made co-ordination agreements with Southdown and East Kent (between Margate and Bournemouth), Greyhound Motors (between London and Bristol), Western National (between London and Plymouth) and Southern National (between London and Paignton).

The change of control also meant that Royal Blue switched to Bristol for its new coaches – the Tilling Group also controlled the Bristol bus factory.

Southdown Motor Services

In 1929 the company started a coastal express service between Bournemouth and Margate, joint with East Kent Road Car Company and Hants & Dorset in competition with an existing Royal Blue service.



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