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Based
midway between Oxford and Reading, Whites Coaches of Culham have been
providing public transport services across southern Oxfordshire for many
years. The present company was acquired by the Bland family in 1982 and
today runs fourteen vehicles, of which nine are buses and five are
coaches. The recent addition of three new coaches to the fleet, to enable more private hire and
corporate work to be undertaken, shows a commitment to providing an
enhanced class of service throughout Oxfordshire and also parts of Berkshire, Hampshire,
Wiltshire, Northamptonshire and Buckinghamshire.
Whites Coaches
operate eleven local bus services in South Oxfordshire and the Vale of
White Horse areas using a fleet of nine low-floor buses, all of which are Optares. Partners David Bainbridge and Nick Bland made the
decision to standardise on Optare Solos following good experience with the
model, which they first bought in 2003.
“From the outset we
found them ideal for the work we are doing in providing local services in
rural town areas,” David Bainbridge explains. “They’re a compact size for
the country lanes and narrow streets in historic towns, have good carrying
capacity and are liked by both drivers and passengers for the comfortable
ride they provide. Users particularly like the low access, especially
those of our passengers who are less mobile.”
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