website www.buglercoaches.co.uk bugler coaches 1 is a bus and coach operator based in keynsham somerset england . contents 1 history 2 bus services 3 incidents 4 references 5 external links history edit bulger coaches was founded in the 1930s by herbert bugler as a general carrier trading as hg bugler before world war ii but was suspended when bugler was recalled to the royal navy . the company was formally registered in 1947 operating from the family home in bedminster but moved to brislington in 1953 . in 1956 bugler attended an auction intending to buy another lorry but instead bought a 27 seat coach resulting in the business expanding into coach hire . the company abandoned the removals side of the business in 1980 . 2 following the death of bugler s wife frances in 1984 the business passed to their son robert who had previously worked as a vehicle bodybuilder at longwell green coachworks . with the introduction of bus deregulation in 1986 the company started to tender for local bus services . 2 in 2007 the business was sold to bath company computer village group and a new depot opened in keynsham . 2 a successful excursion program was developed which the new owners saw as the way ahead through the difficult financial climate and the company now runs coach day trips to various destinations around england . 2 bus services edit bugler coaches formerly operated bristol bus services 532 and 533 which were later taken over by wessex connect . the company also ran service 500 the harbour link but this was withdrawn by bristol city council in 2011 due to funding cuts . the company continues to operate service 12 between bath and whiteway . 3 in september 2013 it commenced operating route 18b from bath spa railway station to the university of bath . 4 the company now also operate service 672 from blagdon to bristol via the chew valley . 5 incidents edit in 2006 a coach operated by bugler coaches became stuck in a narrow country lane in the forest of dean in gloucestershire after a satellite navigation system had identified it as a suitable route resulting in the coach having to be driven across three recently harvested fields . 6 a driver of a coach operated by bugler coaches was jailed for 17 months in february 2012 for dangerous driving and causing grievous bodily harm following an incident in bristol in april 2011 in which he used his vehicle as a weapon to deliberately knock down a cyclist . he was dismissed following the incident . 7 references edit companies house extract company no 4907826 bulger coaches limited a b c d about us . bugler coaches . retrieved 26 february 2012 . bus service 12 whiteway to bath city centre . bugler coaches . retrieved 26 february 2012 . latest news & service changes bath & north east somerset council http www.buglercoaches.co.uk bus service 672 savill richard 26 august 2006 . pensioners in sat nav mystery tour . london the daily telegraph . retrieved 15 april 2008 . bristol bus driver gavin hill who drove into cyclist jailed . bristol bbc news . 16 february 2012 . retrieved 17 february 2012 . external links edit companies website v t e bus operators in south west england bristol ct plus first bristol first somerset & avon south gloucestershire bus & coach stagecoach west the kings ferry wessex bus cornwall first south west plymouth citybus stagecoach south west devon the buses of somerset plymouth citybus stagecoach south west dorset the buses of somerset first hampshire & dorset yellow buses wilts & dorset gloucestershire first somerset & avon stagecoach west thamesdown transport wessex bus somerset bakers dolphin bath bus company bugler coaches the buses of somerset crosville motor services damory coaches first hampshire & dorset first somerset & avon nippy bus quantock motor services south west coaches stagecoach south west wessex bus wiltshire connect2wiltshire first somerset & avon stagecoach west thamesdown transport wilts & dorset national megabus national express v t e 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