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Marchwood Motorways〔(Companies House extract company no 1622531 ) Marchwood Motorways (Southampton) Limited〕 was a bus and coach operator based in Totton, Hampshire. Formed as an independent in the 1940s, it was a subsidiary of the Go-Ahead Group from 2006 to the end of operations. Its operations were subsumed by those of Bluestar, but its licence remains legally separate and is still used for some vehicles. ==History== Marchwood Motorways was formed in the 1940s.〔(Home ) Marchwood Coaches〕 In the 1960s Marchwood Motorways established a subsidiary in Haverfordwest to operate services during the construction of the Pembroke Refinery, requiring 60 coaches at its peak. In the 1970s Marchwood purchased the business of Bill Colins of Roch, including a service from Hardfordwest to St Davids. This was sold in 1982 to Richards Bros.〔(History ) Richards Bros〕 In July 2006, a major fire at the company's depot caused by arson destroyed three buses and offices, causing an estimated £250,000 of damage. In October 2006 Marchwood Motorways was purchased by the Go-Ahead Group with 51 buses and coaches.〔(Acquisition of Marchwood Buses ) Go-Ahead Group 24 October 2006〕 The company became part of Solent Blue Line. Marchwood had an unusual but long standing arrangement to run buses under franchise to Solent Blue Line on Southampton routes 18 and 19. Most of the buses were DAFs including 11 Wright Cadet bodied SB120s.〔 In December 2008, the company took part in an Asda scheme to fill a coach with Christmas presents for charity. It was hoped customers would fill the coach with up to 2,000 gifts. It continued to operate as a separate brand until at least 2009 but has since fallen out of use with its operations integrated into Bluestar and Tourist Group although as at October 2013 some buses continued to operate under the Marchwood Motorways licence. 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「Marchwood Motorways」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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