eclipse gemini 2 bodied volvo b5l in august 2011 parent bullock family founded 1928 headquarters cheadle service area greater manchester service type bus & coach services fleet 39 september 2013 website www.bullockscoaches.net bullocks coaches 1 is a bus and coach operator in cheadle greater manchester . contents 1 history 2 services 3 fleet 4 see also 5 references 6 further reading 7 external links history edit walter alexander rl bodied leyland olympian in manchester on route 42 in july 2008 east lancs cityzen bodied scania n113drb at manchester piccadilly bus station in july 2008 the company was founded in 1928 by ralph bullock initially as a haulage firm with milk deliveries being the early focus . at the weekend the trucks turned into cloth top charabancs for trips to the seaside . by the mid 1930s the fleet included trucks and proper coaches but the trucks were nationalised under the transport act 1947 by the clement attlee government leaving only the coaches . ralph was fond of foden coaches and the majority of the fleet throughout the 1940s to 1960s were fodens of which two still survive to this day the oldest from 1949 is still roadworthy and is currently on loan to the museum of transport in manchester . the firm remained small with around 20 vehicles until 1986 when deregulation of the bus market allowed bullocks to diversify . the fleet grew to around 75 80 vehicles in total with bullocks acquiring many bus routes and introducing new ones including route 42 from stockport to manchester via wilmslow road . over the years the number of services declined having been lost to other operators . by 2008 it was operating seven routes and several school services all except one of the commercial routes were sold off most to stagecoach manchester and a couple to arriva north west . in august 2008 stagecoach manchester purchased all of the commercial bus operations of bullocks except route 147 . 2 bullocks continue to operate several school bus services as well as coaches . in october 2013 bullocks purchased the finglands coachways coach charter business from east yorkshire motor services . 3 services edit bullocks coaches operates one route the 147 oxford road link that links manchester piccadilly station with manchester s main hospitals on oxford road . 4 fleet edit as well as coaches bullocks operate four wright eclipse gemini 2 bodied volvo b5ls on route 147 . 5 as at september 2013 the fleet consisted of 39 buses and coaches . 6 see also edit list of bus operators of the united kingdom references edit companies house extract company no 340175 r bullock & co transport limited stagecoach announces bullocks acquisition stagecoach 8 august 2008 eyms sell finglands coaches bus & coach professional 10 october 2013 oxford road link route147 bullocks of cheadle select volvo hybrid double deckers for key manchester route volvo buses united kingdom & ireland 25 march 2011 manchester independents north west buses further reading edit buses magazine january 1993 bullocks of cheadle howard j. piltz bus & coach preservation magazine february 2003 fabulous foden bullock s survivors stephen morris & philip lamb the foden news c. 1953 mr r. bullock of cheadle . external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to bullocks coaches . wikimedia commons has media related to oxford road link . bullocks coaches website oxford road link website showbus gallery v t e bus companies operating in north west england cheshire arriva north west d & g bus halton transport network warrington stagecoach merseyside & south lancashire cumbria mountain goat stagecoach cumbria & north lancashire greater manchester arriva north west bullocks coaches diamond bus north west first greater manchester jim stones coaches manchester community transport rosso stagecoach manchester & wigan stotts lancashire arriva north west blackburn bus company blackpool transport blue bus of penwortham john fishwick & sons pilkingtons buses preston bus preston park and ride rosso stagecoach cumbria & north lancashire stagecoach merseyside & south lancashire transdev in burnley & pendle merseyside arriva north west avon buses cumfybus htl buses stagecoach merseyside & south lancashire the green bus isle of man bus vannin national megabus national express retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title bullocks coaches & oldid 669794161 categories coach operators in englandbus operators in greater manchestertransport in greater manchestercompanies based in stockport borough1928 establishments in the united kingdomcompanies established in 1928hidden categories use dmy dates from january 2015commons category with local link same as on wikidatacommons category with local link different than 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 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