go ahead group founded 2005 headquarters poole service area dorset hampshire isle of wight wiltshire service type bus & coach services depots 9 fleet 750 june 2012 annual ridership 44 million june 2012 operator bluestar damory coaches southern vectis tourist group wilts & dorset chief executive andrew wickham website www.gosouthcoast.co.uk go south coast 1 is a bus operator on and around the south coast of england . it is a subsidiary of the go ahead group . contents 1 history 2 subsidiaries 3 fleet 4 references 5 external links history edit wilts & dorset scania omnicity in salisbury in july 2009 bluestar mercedes benz citaro in southampton in august 2008 southern vectis plaxton president bodied volvo b7tl in newport in august 2008 in august 2003 the go ahead group purchased the business of wilts & dorset including its damory coaches and tourist group subsidiaries 2 followed in july 2005 by southern vectis including its solent blue line subsidiary . 3 in february 2006 wilts & dorset purchased bus refurbishment company hants & dorset trim . 4 at this stage go ahead consolidated the management of its south coast operations under go south coast in poole . in october 2006 marchwood motorways was purchased . 5 6 subsidiaries edit go south coast originally did not operate any buses in its own right all being operated by subsidiary companies . operators in italics are considered part of and managed by the bigger company above . bluestar marchwood motorways uni link damory coaches southern vectis tourist group wilts & dorset more salisbury reds in june 2014 all the subsidiary companies vehicles were brought together under the go south coast licence . 7 fleet edit as at june 2012 go south coast operated 750 buses and coaches from nine depots . 8 references edit companies house extract company no 3949597 go south coast limited formerly southern vectis transport limited bus buy for go ahead the guardian 12 august 2003 recommended cash offer for southern vectis plc go ahead group 11 july 2005 acquisition of hants & dorset tram limited go ahead group 6 february 2006 acquisition of marchwood buses go ahead group 24 october 2006 go ahead purchases marchwood motorways busandcoach.com 26 october 2006 go south coast buses issue 714 september 2014 page 72 go south coast go ahead group external links edit company website v t e go ahead group united kingdom bus companies anglian bus brighton & hove carousel buses go ahead london blue triangle docklands buses london central london general go north east go south coast bluestar marchwood motorways uni link damory coaches southern vectis wilts & dorset more salisbury reds tourist group hedingham chambers konectbus metrobus oxford bus company plymouth citybus thames travel singapore bus companies go ahead singapore united kingdom railway companies as govia govia thameslink railway including gatwick express great northern southern thameslink london midland southeastern defunct uk operations aviance uk east thames buses meteor parking solent blue line thames trains thameslink govia retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title go south coast & oldid 734488405 categories bus operators in dorsetbus operators in hampshirebus operators on the isle of wightgo ahead group companiesgo south coast companies2005 establishments in england 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 helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 14 august 2016 at 18 13 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view