llandudno in may 2013 parent robert baker headquarters weston super mare service type bus & coach services chief executive max fletcher website www.bakersdolphin.com bakers dolphin 1 is the trading name of baker s coaches a bus and coach company based in weston super mare . contents 1 history 2 services 3 references 4 external links history edit caetano bodied bedford ymt in weston super mare in november 1986 bakers dolphin mcv evolution bodied man 14.240 at weston super mare station in august 2012 in 1889 charles baker established a business with a pony chair for hire in weston super mare . the business expanded and in the early 1900s baker won a contract from the royal mail to deliver mail to the cheddar valley . horses and carriages were also provided to funeral directors . with the outbreak of world war i most of baker s horses were commandeered by the british army . 2 in 1923 two motor coaches and began operating leisure trips . by the beginning of world war ii the fleet had grown to 12 . during the war bakers operated services transporting aircrews for british empire airways . by 1945 the fleet had grown to 30 . with the end of the war bakers began operating day tours from weston super mare . 2 in 1952 the weston super mare branch of bristol s largest operator wessex coaches was purchased . with the opening of britain s motorway network in the 1960s bakers expanded its tour operations . 2 in 1981 bakers purchased the business of wems coaches its largest competitor in the west country the combined fleet totaled 77 vehicles . in november 1984 bakers merged with travel company dolphin travel with the business rebranded bakers dolphin travel with 100 shops . in 1998 the travel business was sold to first choice holidays . 2 3 following an inquiry into a large number prosecutions for tachograph offences the traffic commissioner temporarily reduced the operating licence from 85 to 75 vehicles in 2013 . 4 in 2008 bakers dolphin opened a high street store in weston super mare followed in 2014 by another in bristol broadmead . 5 6 7 services edit bakers dolphin operates route and school services in somerset . 8 until august 2013 bakers dolphin operated a service to london under the london flyer banner . 2 9 references edit companies house extract company no 3635902 bakers coaches limited formerly jn baker limited a b c d e history bakers dolphin first choice creates 1 100 jobs the independent 29 october 1998 bakers dolphin has coaches cut following inquiry bbc news 17 may 2013 bakers dolphin shop on road to success bristol post 22 october 2009 bakers dolphin returns to the high street insider media 14 july 2014 bakers dolphin opens new travel shop coach & bus week 31 july 2014 bus routes bakers dolphin bakers dolphin to axe london service weston & somerset mercury 19 august 2013 external links edit media related to bakers dolphin at wikimedia commons company 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 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title bakers dolphin & oldid 732226426 categories bus operators in somersetcoach operators in englandweston super mare1889 establishments in englandhidden categories use dmy dates from may 2015commons 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 30 july 2016 at 13 46 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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