sb120 in stowmarket in march 2012 founded 1965 headquarters mendlesham service area norfolk suffolk essex service type bus & coach services routes 9 destinations stowmarket diss ipswich bury st edmunds framlingham & debenham fleet 50 april 2016 chief executive david cattermole website www.book galloway.com galloway european 1 or galloway travel group is a bus and coach operator based in mendlesham suffolk operating extended tours day excursions public bus and school services around mid suffolk under contract to suffolk county council . 2 3 4 and two coach services under contract to national express from ipswich and felixstowe to london victoria coach station and stansted airport . 5 contents 1 history 2 fleet 3 references 4 external links history edit galloway european was founded in 1965 initially operating school group travel to europe by coach . initially coaches were hired from operators until 1978 when galloway bought the business of af braybrooke & son mendlesham and renamed it galloway european coachlines . in 1983 the business of bickers coddenham was purchased and integrated into the company followed by and rex service station thorndon in 1990 . 6 in 2012 the chenerylive day excursion business was purchased . the company continued to operate both brand names independently until early 2016 when the chenerylive name was dropped and all materials belonging to the former were re branded to galloway . 6 bill hiron who also owns stephensons of essex has agreed to purchase galloway european with the transaction to be completed in november 2016 . the two businesses will operate independently . 7 8 9 fleet edit as of april 2016 the fleet consisted of 50 vehicles . 8 references edit companies house extract company no 1185383 galloway european coachlines limited routes 118 119 timetable suffolk county council stowmarket town s shuttle bus service is saved by galloway east anglian daily times 9 october 2013 galloway coach tours guild of british coach operators national express coach handbook 8th edition . british bus publishing . 2012 . isbn 978 1 904875 78 9 . a b history galloway european coachlines stephensons owners take on galloway bus & coach buyer 6 april 2016 a b galloway bought by eastern transport holdings route one 7 april 2016 galloways sold to stephensons of essex ipswich star 19 april 2016 external links edit media related to galloway bus company at wikimedia commons company website v t e bus operators in the east of england bedfordshire arriva the shires centrebus arriva milton keynes stagecoach in bedford cambridgeshire go whippet stagecoach in cambridge stagecoach in peterborough stagecoach in the fens essex arriva east herts & essex arriva london north arriva southend arriva southern counties blue triangle carters coach services first essex hedingham omnibuses imperial buses network colchester regal busways sm coaches stephensons of essex hertfordshire arriva shires & essex arriva london centrebus excel passenger logistics metroline sm coaches stagecoach east sullivan buses uno norfolk anglian bus first norfolk & suffolk konectbus simonds of botesdale stagecoach in norfolk suffolk anglian bus carters coach services first norfolk & suffolk galloway european hc chambers & son ipswich buses simonds of botesdale national megabus national express retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title galloway european & oldid 735455632 categories bus operators in suffolk1965 establishments in englandhidden 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 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 in other projects wikimedia commons languages add links this page was last modified on 20 august 2016 at 21 01 . 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