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Epsom Coaches〔(Companies House extract company no 281992 ) HR Richmond Limited〕 is a coach operator in the United Kingdom, based in the Surrey town of Epsom. It remained a family-owned company for over ninety years. ==History== The coach business was established by H.R. Richmond in 1920〔King, Nicholas, ''London Bus Handbook Part 2: Independents'' (Capital Transport, 1990). ISBN 1-85414-127-9〕 and operates a luxury fleet of mostly Setra coaches. In 1986 Epsom Coaches made the move into the bus market.〔 In 2003, Epsom Coaches decided to rebrand its bus division as Quality Line and repainted its vehicles from their traditional cream and brown into allover red to comply with Transport for London requirements. On 19 April 2012 Epsom Coaches was purchased by the RATP Group.〔(RATP buys Epsom Coaches ) ''busandcoach.com'' 20 April 2012〕〔('Epsom Coaches Will Not Merge after French sale', says new MD ) ''Epsom Guardian'' 26 April 2012〕 It also operates a staff shuttle service for Epsom & St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust, using a fleet of two dedicated minibuses, between Epsom Hospital, Sutton Hospital and St Helier Hospital. These have their own special livery. Since March 2012 Epsom Coaches have operated a London Victoria Coach Station to Wolverhampton service on behalf of National Express.〔(New National Express contract ) Epsom Coaches 15 March 2012〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Epsom Coaches」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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