verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . june 2010 learn how and when to remove this template message gha coaches irizar century bodied scania k94ib in september 2009 slogan a service second to none or gwasanaeth heb ei ail parent eifion lloyd davies founded 1990 ceased operation july 2016 headquarters ruabon service area wrexham flintshire denbighshire cheshire shropshire staffordshire gwynedd merseyside service type bus & coach services hubs corwen middlewich ruthin tarvin wrexham fleet 257 october 2013 website www.ghacoaches.co.uk logo used from 2008 15 marshall bodied mercedes benz 709d in wrexham in march 2009 vale travel wright handybus bodied dennis dart in wrexham in march 2009 gha coaches 1 was a bus and coach operator serving north east wales cheshire and shropshire . it also operated bus services extending into telford & wrekin staffordshire gwynedd and merseyside . gha coaches ceased trading after entering administration on 13 july 2016 . 2 former gha services are now operated by a variety of operators including arriva stagecoach and high peak . contents 1 history 2 coach operations 3 depots 4 fleet 5 gha gold 6 references 7 external links history edit gha coaches was founded by eifion lloyd davies in 1990 and originally based in corwen before moving to ruabon in the mid 1990s . it later expanded with the purchase of a number of other local companies including 3 hanmers coaches southsea chaloner s buses moss bryn melyn llangollen vale of llangollen travel cefn mawr jo travel ponciau pat s coaches new broughton bus operations only rs travel middlewich dobsons lostock gralam shropshire bus & coach shrewsbury despite being founded in north east wales only about half of the bus services run by the company at the time of closure were in this area . services extended as far north as manchester and rhyl to hanley and telford in the east to shrewsbury in the south and to barmouth in the west . coach operations edit many coaches were inherited with the purchase of hanmers coaches though as with the bus operations the coach fleet expanded rapidly . most coaches carried a livery of silver with red and burgundy stripes and the gha coaches name ; some were in a similar livery with a white base and the vale travel name ; some carried a plain yellow livery for school work . the most common use for the coach fleet was school transport and gha had a number of high capacity coaches dedicated to this work . coaches were also used for private hire and occasional day trip and holiday work . depots edit gha s headquarters were at ruabon . other depots were at tarvin ruthin shrewsbury and winsford . vehicles also operated an outstation at betws gwerfil goch . fleet edit as at june 2015 the fleet consisted of 325 buses and coaches . 4 gha gold edit in october 2014 gha launched a gha gold brand on the 88 knutsford to wilmslow to altrincham route . they acquired four new alexander dennis enviro200 buses which have wifi leather seats wood effect flooring a passenger information system and one table on each bus . these vehicles carry branding for the route . 5 6 they were funded by waters corporation as part of a public transport commitment in order for them to get planning permission for building a new large employment site just outside morley green . the future of those buses is unclear . references edit companies house extract company no 4214061 gha coaches limited 400 jobs at risk as gha coaches enter administration & cease trading . about us gha coaches 1 gha coaches wilson james 27 october 2014 . bus firm launches new gold service at tatton park . knutsford guardian . retrieved 23 march 2015 . chapman jess amy 29 october 2014 . gha coaches launches first premium bus service . route one . retrieved 23 march 2015 . external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to gha coaches . company website v t e bus operators in wales companies arriva buses wales bath bus company cardiff bus edwards coaches express motors first cymru lloyds coaches nat group newport transport richards bros stagecoach south wales tanat valley coaches long distance megabus national express trawscymru 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 gha coaches & oldid 732794402 categories coach operators in englandbus operators in cheshirebus operators in merseysidebus operators in shropshirebus operators in staffordshirebus operators in waleshidden categories use dmy dates from june 2015articles needing additional references from june 2010all articles needing additional referencescommons category with page title 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 3 august 2016 at 08 39 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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