benz vario in may 2007 parent craig family founded 1923 headquarters campbeltown service area argyll & bute glasgow service type bus coach and ferry services fleet 191 november 2013 operator glasgow citybus perryman s buses chief executive colin craig website www.westcoastmotors.co.uk west coast motors 1 is a bus coach and ferry operator based in campbeltown argyll . contents 1 history 2 fleet 3 citylink 4 depots 5 references 6 external links history edit wright cadet bodied daf sb120 in oban in october 2006 van hool bodied daf sb4000 in inverary in september 2013 citylink branded irizar pb bodied scania k114 in inverary in september 2013 the founding of the company dates back to 1923 when jack craig commenced a bus operation in campbeltown . in 1935 william craig convinced the royal mail to allow him to commence an overnight road service from campbeltown to glasgow in lieu of transporting mail by ship . west coast motors would remain a royal mail contractor until october 2011 . 2 in 1950 the business of dickies of tarbert was purchased with the service between east and west loch tarbert piers . in 1955 haulage company west coasts transport was formed . after purchasing james mcphee haulage and ramsays haulage in 1963 the business was sold to the british road services in 1966 . 2 in 1970 the mcconnachies business was purchased resulting in west coast operating all kintyre services . 3 in 1982 mccolls of benderloch was purchased with the oban to benderloch and easdale services . in 1986 stag garage of lochgilphead was purchased with services to ford kilmartin and ormsary . in 1999 the oban & district buses 4 business was purchased . 2 in 2004 west coast commenced operating in bute and cowal taking over services from stagecoach with depots in dunoon and rothesay . 5 in 2006 the oban to dalavich service was purchased from lf stewart & son limited 6 and kilberry and skipness services from d & e henderson hiring . also purchased in 2006 was glasgow citybus . 2 in january 2008 the city sightseeing franchise in glasgow was purchased followed in 2009 by the kintyre express ferry operation . 7 in 2011 kintyre express commenced operating a ferry service from campbeltown to ballycastle . 8 in june 2013 bowman s tours 9 on the isle of mull was purchased with 10 vehicles and renamed west coast tours 2 10 followed in november 2013 by fairline coaches glasgow 11 with 16 vehicles . 12 in february 2016 perryman s buses of berwick upon tweed was purchased with 45 vehicles . 13 fleet edit as at november 2013 west coast operates a fleet of 191 buses and coaches . 12 citylink edit aside from the local stage carriage west coast motors has since 1986 run express services on behalf of citylink predominantly on the campbeltown to glasgow service but also on routes serving oban dundee edinburgh fort william inverness and the isle of skye . in may 2008 the company refused to sign a new contract to operate citylink routes in the highlands and launched a series of routes in competition with citylink . two months later the services were withdrawn and a new contract signed which saw west coast motors resume citylink operation in september 2008 . 14 5 as of january 2014 west coast motors operates buses on the following citylink routes 918 oban fort william 926 campbeltown glasgow 976 oban glasgow depots edit as well as the campbeltown headquarters the company has depots in ardrishaig oban dunoon rothesay glasgow berwick upon tweed and st boswells references edit companies house extract company no sc033868 craig of campbeltown limited a b c d e about us west coast motors scots take over commercial motor 12 december 1969 companies house extract company no sc092820 oban & district buses limited a b how the west coast was won and run herald scotland 19 july 2008 companies house extract company no sc105515 lf stewart & son limited home kintyre express new passenger only ferry for ireland scotland route afloat ireland 14 january 2011 companies house extract company no sc073385 bowmans coaches mull limited west coast expands in bowman s purchase bus & coach professional 4 june 2013 companies house extract company no sc095682 fairline coaches limited a b west coast buys fairline bus & coach professional 21 november 2013 perryman s buses taken over by west coast motors the scotsman 26 february 2016 citylink and westcoast motors sign new deal citylink 14 july 2008 external links edit media related to west coast motors at wikimedia commons company website v t e current bus operators of scotland national magic bus megabus national express scottish citylink citylink gold regional blue bus of north lanarkshire first aberdeen first glasgow first scotland east glasgow citybus lothian buses mcgill s bus services stagecoach bluebird stagecoach in fife stagecoach in the highlands stagecoach in perth stagecoach strathtay stagecoach west scotland west coast motors xplore dundee see also transport scotland v t e current ferry operators of scotland international dfds seaways kintyre express p & o ferries stena line domestic argyll ferries caledonian macbrayne clydelink cromarty ferry company inchmurrin island isle of skye ferry company northlink ferries orkney ferries pentland ferries sic ferries steamship sir walter scott trust western ferries retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title west coast motors & oldid 712613244 categories bus operators in scotlandcoach operators in scotlandcompanies established in 1923companies based in argyll and buteferry companies of northern irelandferry companies of scotlandtransport in argyll and bute1923 establishments in scotlandhidden categories commons category with local link same as on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction 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