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Titanic coach tour launches in Belfast

30/01/2012 By Andrew Morgan Leave a Comment

A themed coach tour through the city of Belfast in Northern Ireland swung into action for the very first time this weekend. The Titanic Explorer will allow visitors to take in the different parts of the city which helped in the creation of the world famous ship, the Titanic.

While the story of the Titanic and its tragic demise on its maiden voyage is well documented, the story of ship’s creation which started in Belfast is not as well known and so this brand new bus tour will seek to educate visitors on the birth of the ship that was dubbed “unsinkable”.

The Belfast coach tour is a collaboration between the Titanic Walking Tours and Belfast City Sightseeing who have joined together to create a hop on/ hop off coach tour taking in all of the different areas of the city which contributed to the creation of the Titanic.

Starting off from Belfast City Centre, the bus tour takes in a number of locations which are significant to the maritime history of the city including the H&W Drawing Offices, SS Nomadic, Thompson Dry Dock, the Northern Ireland Science Park  and the Titanic Belfast Visitor attraction which is due to open in March. The experience of the tour will be enhanced with the use of character guides in full early 1900’s costumes who will lead the sightseeing bus experiences.

Regular Titanic bus tours will commence in February.

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Harry Potter’s Knight Bus goes on display at Watford studios

27/01/2012 By Andrew Morgan Leave a Comment

The iconic triple-decker purple bus famed for its role as the Knight Bus in the Harry Potter movies, is due to go on display at the Leavesden Studios in Watford this week so fans of the movies can get up and close to the actual vehicle used during filming for the films.

Contrary to the belief of many Harry Potter fans who assumed the Knight Bus was created using CGI and computer graphics, the giant purple bus was in fact created by the Harry Potter set designers who actually made the vehicle from scratch by taking two 60-year-old London Routemaster buses, taking them apart, and then bolting them back together again to create the triple-decker bus.

The project took several weeks to complete as a great deal of strengthening work had to be done on the 60-year-old body of the bus to ensure it was safe and secure in its new triple-decker form.

The extended height of the Knight Bus also caused a few problems during filming on location in London as the vehicle was unable to travel on many routes in the city as it was unable to travel under the vast majority of bridges.

The Knight Bus will be on display at the Leavesden Studios along with other authentic sets, props and costumes from the Harry Potter movies.

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Cheap Coach hire to Wembley for Cardiff City fans

25/01/2012 By Tracy Wilcox Leave a Comment

Congratulations to Cardiff City supporters following the Bluebird’s victory over Crystal Palace in the Carling Cup semi final last night! If you’re a Cardiff footie fan you’re probably still on cloud nine after last night’s thrilling match, but once you come back down to earth, Coach Broker has even more good news as we’re offering all Bluebird fans the chance to bag an absolute bargain on chauffeur driven coach hire to Wembley on February 26th.

Whether it’s Liverpool FC or Manchester City Cardiff has to face in the final showdown at Wembley at the end of February, make sure you don’t miss a second of the action by enlisting the expert services of Coach Broker. We offer a door-to-door service so we’ll collect you from your home and transport right to the entrance of Wembley Stadium so there’s no need to worry about catching taxis and buses, we take care of your journey from start to finish so you can concentrate on more important matters – cheering your team onto victory!

Coach Broker operates throughout the UK so whether you’re travelling from Cardiff or Newport, Bridgend or Birmingham, Barry or Basingstoke, Leeds or Chester, Newcastle or York, Manchester or Norfolk, we can provide you with a coach or minibus hire service from your chosen location to London’s Wembley stadium at an all-time low cost rate.

Take your pick from literally hundreds of coaches and minibuses for match day transportation to the Carling Cup final at Wembley. Coach Broker has everything from 8-seater minibuses, to 16-seater minibuses, 25-seater mini coaches to 36-seater and 42-seater coaches and 60-seater executive style coaches and even double-decker coaches with the capacity to carry over 80 passengers, so however many Cardiff football fans are travelling to Wembley for the Carling Cup final, we have a coach to match your every need.

Get your hands on the very cheapest coach hire deals for transport to Wembley right now – call Coach Broker today and request your free quote for coach hire to London.

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The Audi R8 Stretch Limo attracts over 23k hits in less than a week

16/01/2012 By Louise Williams Leave a Comment

The YouTube Video introducing the world’s first Audi R8 Stretch Limo has attracted as massive 23,778 hits, five days after being released online. The exclusive limousine is being created by Limo Broker, the sister company of Coach Broker, with the finished Audi R8 limo set to become the signature limousine for the leading luxury transport hire company.

Carbonyte UK, who famously created the world’s first Ferrari Limo, are working in conjunction with Limo Broker to design and build the exclusive Audi R8 V10 stretch limo. The project has been in development for several months, with the official unveiling of the Audi R8 Limo design being made at the annual Transport Broker Awards earlier this month by Chris Wright from Carbonyte UK.

The rendered video depicts a 3D impression on what how the white Audi R8 limo will look once complete, with the video proving incredibly popular with online viewers with thousands of hits being calculated less than a week after the video was posted on YouTube.

To help fans keep up to date on the progress of the Audi R8 Limo, a special Facebook page dedicated to the never-seen-before limousine has also been set up and has already had petrol heads flooding to the social network page to sign up to receive the latest information on the development of this exclusive limo. The Audi R8 Limo Facebook page will feature behind-the-scenes videos of the creation of the new supercar, as well as allowing fans to give their input on what features and special touches the Audi R8 should include.

The Audi R8 Limo is expected to be complete and ready for its official unveiling by the end of summer 2012, but if you can’t wait until then, check out the exclusive YouTube video now.

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London bus stops to get Olympic inspired art

13/01/2012 By Tracy Wilcox Leave a Comment

Bus stops in London are getting an art make over ahead of the Olympic Games this summer. As part of a special art commission, selected bus shelters will be decorated with changing displays on the roof, with 30 bus shelters in 20 London boroughs already boasting these innovative displays.

Mark Titchner is the artist behind the latest bus shelter art project in which motivational slogans and phrases are being flashed up on the top of bus stops. Commands including, “If you don’t like your life, you can change it” and “Act or be Acted Upon” are being displayed on the roofs of bus shelters so those travelling on the top deck of London buses can look down and read the phrase.

There are 31 different motivational statements in total which are being changed on a daily basis on the bus shelter displays so commuters will see a different one every day they pass the same stop. The system is controlled by curators via the internet who change the displays at different times of the day and on different routes. The idea is to give passengers a thought to take with them on their journey, the Turner Prize nominated artist revealed.

While a number of professional artists are involved in the creation of the art for the London bus shelters, the public can also get involved via Bus Tops, where the people can submit their ideas and suggestions for use as art displays on the shelters.

The project is part of a wider programme of 12 public art commissions rolled out throughout the rest of England, also Northern Ireland, Wales and Scotland.

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Coach hire company launches sightseeing tour of the M25

06/01/2012 By Louise Williams Leave a Comment

A coach hire company has launched a brand new sightseeing tour as part of its new schedule for 2012 which includes a coach trip around the London Orbital. Surprisingly, there’s been so much interest in the planned tour, that the coach operator has added a second date due to popular demand.

Brighton and Hove Bus and Coach Company came up with the idea of introducing this unusual sightseeing tour and are currently selling tickets for the experience at £15 per person. One complete lap of the London orbital is 117 miles long taking 1 hour and 40 minutes to complete at an average speed of 70mph.

In the coach tour description, the sightseeing experience will guide the passengers through a potted history of the London orbital and reveal some interesting facts about the motorway which circles the UK’s capital.

The first tour had been scheduled for October 11th, however a second date has been added due to a spike in interest bringing the first date forward by seven months to March 22nd. The services will depart from Worthing on the days of the tour, stopping off in Hove and Brighton to collect more passengers before heading northwards to join the M25 at the Merstham interchange. Which direction the bus travels around the circular route will be decided on the day with the toss of a coin.

Another London based coach hire company is also planning to run a similar M25 sightseeing tour around the time of the London Olympics.

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Bus driving Santa raises money for charity in Scotland

22/12/2011 By Louise Williams Leave a Comment

Until last Christmas, bus driver James Wallace was a regular face on the First bus services in Musselburgh, Scotland, and regularly dressed up as Santa over the festive period, much to the delight of his passengers. However after suffering a health scare, the 44-year-old had to call an end to his driving days.

However he wasn’t about to let this Christmas go by without donning the red and white suit and beard and getting back on the bus to bring some Christmas cheer to passengers, and also raise some money for charity.

This year James has had some help from a fellow Santa and an elf who have also been riding on the number 13 First bus route to help raise fund for the Down’s Syndrome charity, CHAS, as the 44-year-old bus driver’s daughter is affected by the condition as so it is a cause which is very close to his heart.

The Christmas crew alternate between the number 13 service and the Megabus route between Edinburgh and Dundee and Edinburgh and Perth. James has been driving his bus dressed as Santa for four years now, and since making a full recovery from his health scare, he saw no point in not carrying out his annual fundraiser.

The group are hoping to beat last year’s total when they raised £700 for the charity, and with several days still to go until Christmas and £500 already in the pot, the bus driving Santa’s look likely to exceed their target.

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London bus workers demanding extra money for working the Olympics

20/12/2011 By Andrew Morgan Leave a Comment

London bus workers are demanding an extra £500 each for working over the Olympic Games this summer. The union, Unite have written a letter on behalf of the 28,000 workers who say they should be paid £500 extra because their buses will be extremely busy during the three weeks while the Olympics Games is in the capital.

The bus workers are arguing that the extra £500 payment would put their pay in line with what other London transport workers will receive during the Games in 2012. However, paying each London bus worker an extra £500 just for turning up for work during the Olympics will stretch Transport for London’s budget further, costing the taxpayer and passengers an extra £14 million over the duration of the sporting event.

London Mayor, Boris Johnson, does not support the bus worker’s appeal for more money during the Olympics and has described both the tube and bus staff of attempting to take advantage of their position to lever more money out of TFL.

An extra 800,000 passengers are expected to use London buses during the Olympic Games this summer, and the London Bus staff believe that they should be duly rewarded as their services will be especially busy as a result. The union has not ruled out industrial action if a resolution is not found.

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National Express launch festive coach travel offer

08/12/2011 By Andrew Morgan Leave a Comment

Passengers booking a ticket for travel on a National Express coach service during December are in for a very special treat as they’ll be rewarded with a 50% discount voucher for their first coach trip made in 2012.

The UK’s largest coach transport operator is offering half price travel on coach bookings made between January 4th and March 23rd 2012 on any service booked anywhere in the country. To be eligible to make the most of this value for money offer, all you need do is book your seat on a National Express coach service anytime between December 1st and December 31st and you’ll be awarded the money off coupon for use on your next journey.

Over 900 destinations are included in the deal and up to five passengers can benefit from the 50% discount when booking travel at the same time as one party. E-vouchers will be emailed over or paper versions can be obtained also for customers to use to deem their discount. Bookings using the half price discount must be made 7 days in advance.

So if you’re planning a trip to see family over the festive period, or maybe you’re organising a weekend away to do your Christmas shopping, National Express have 150,000 services with seats available for less than £6 in December so now’s your chance to make some serious savings on festive travel.

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