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Lucketts Travel〔(Companies House extract company no 1072023 ) H Luckett & Co Limited〕 is a coach hire and excursion company with depots in Fareham, Worthing and Southampton. Lucketts Travel are part of Lucketts Holdings,〔(Companies House extract company no 3625708 ) Lucketts Holdings Limited〕 who also own fellow south coast operators, Worthing Coaches and Coliseum Coaches. ==History== The company was founded in 1926 by Harry Luckett as a haulage and storage company and only bought its first coach in 1976. Harry Luckett' son joined the company in 1963 and took over shortly after in 1966 when Harry died unexpectedly. The company’s haulage business continued to grow in the late 1960s and early 1970s, with Ready Mix Concrete and Schweppes major clients. In 1976 David purchased the company’s first coach, choosing to drive it himself. It proved a very enjoyable and successful venture and a second coach was soon purchased. By the mid-1980s the coach fleet had outnumbered the haulage fleet.〔(About Us ) Worthing Coaches〕 In 2005 the Worthing Coaches〔(Companies House extract company no 1313045 ) Worthing Coaches Limited〕 business was purchased followed in March 2006 by Flagship from Eastbourne Buses.〔(Companies House extract company no 2000069 ) Eastbourne Buses Limited〕〔(Lucketts:a brief history ) ''Coach & Bus Week'' issue 1082 10 April 2013 page 16〕 In January 2009 Lucketts Travel took over operation of National Express routes from Portsmouth to London Victoria Coach Station (030), Heathrow Airport (203) and Bristol (300) from Tellings-Golden Miller.〔 In March 2012 Coliseum Coaches was purchased with 12 coaches.〔〔(Lucketts buys Coliseum ) ''busandcoach.com'' 28 March 2012〕〔(Companies House extract company no 752569 ) Coliseum Coaches Limited〕 In March 2013, Lucketts commenced operating further National Express services; London Victoria Coach Station - Brighton (025) and Victoria Coach Station - Gatwick Airport (A3).〔(New National Express Contracts for Lucketts Travel ) Lucketts Travel〕〔(New National Express Contracts for Lucketts Travel ) ''Business East Hants'' 18 March 2013〕 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「Lucketts Travel」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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