b12m at wellington college in october 2008 parent mark martin & paul hodge founded 1924 headquarters sandhurst service type coach services website www.hodges coaches.co.uk hodge s coaches 1 is a family owned coach operator based in sandhurst berkshire . contents 1 history 2 fleet 3 services 4 references 5 external links history edit man a91s the coach company was founded in 1924 by george edward hodge and still operates from the same site in sandhurst berkshire . before operating coaches george hodge operated trucks from the same site deepnell garage which was next door to his brother walter s shoe repair shop . history of sandhurst . 2 the company was taken over and modernised by the founders eldest son peter r hodge in 1962 he continued to operate successfully until retiring in 2001 the company is now owned and operated by three of his sons mark martin and paul hodge . fleet edit the majority of hodge s coaches fleet are painted in a distinctive blue and gold livery although there are several in plain white with just hodge s logo s applied . the fleet consists of mainly volvo and scania vehicles although in 2011 three man fast buses were purchased . 3 in 2013 six scanias will be delivered . 4 services edit hodge s operates a 25 vehicle fleet of various sizes ranging from 16 to 70 seater vehicles they specialise in corporate transport private hire and home to school transport and club society travel . the 57 seater mans are a popular vehicle on school swimming contracts and as shuttle vehicles between venues this may be due to the high seating capacity and the front and rear kerbside doors which allows for easier loading and unloading of passengers . references edit companies house extract company no 739970 hodges coaches sandhurst limited history of sandhurst page 134 isbn number 0951205005 millar alan january 2011 . hodge s coaches buys man fast bus . buses magazine six scanias for hodges bus & coach buyer 25 july 2013 external links edit company website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title hodges coaches & oldid 743156562 categories coach operators in englandtransport in berkshiretransport in hampshiretransport in surreysandhurst berkshiretransport operators of the united kingdomcompanies based in berkshirebritish companies established in 1924transport companies established in 1923hidden categories use dmy dates from december 2015 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 8 october 2016 at 05 50 . 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