in september 2010 founded 1930s headquarters redditch service type coach services fleet 15 website www.hardingscoaches.co.uk hardings coaches 1 is a coach operator based in redditch . contents 1 history 2 see also 3 references 4 external links history edit in the 1930s ernest harding commenced operating a bus service from redditch to longbridge to convey workers to the austin plant . the business expanded with the purchase of dyson miniline everton coaches of droitwich in 1983 and dale hire of astwood bank in february 1997 . 2 in july 2011 the company 3 was placed in administration . 4 5 five bus routes were operated under contract to worcestershire county council these were taken over by first midland red . in august 2011 john and roger dyson purchased the trading name and some of the coaches from the administrator . 2 see also edit list of bus operators of the united kingdom references edit companies house extract company no 7716499 hardings travel limited a b harding s coaches reddibus.com companies house extract company no 1180208 tanners croft garage limited notice of joint administrators appointment deloitte 7 july 2011 home harding coaches external links edit company website v t e bus operators in the west midlands herefordshire first midland red as part of first midlands shropshire arriva midlands bryn melyn minsterley motors tanat valley coaches staffordshire arriva midlands bakerbus diamond bus first potteries as part of first midlands midland classic wardle transport part of d & g bus warwickshire johnsons coach & bus travel stagecoach in warwickshire as part of stagecoach midlands transport for west midlands arriva midlands central buses diamond bus hanson s local buses national express coventry national express west midlands the green bus travel de courcey worcestershire diamond bus first midland red as part of first midlands hardings national megabus national express retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title hardings coaches & oldid 715295896 categories coach operators in englandbus operators in worcestershirecompanies based in redditch 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 april 2016 at 22 17 . 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