| Bruce's Coaches | |
| Parent: | John Bruce |
| Founded: | August 1982 |
| Headquarters: | Salsburgh |
| Service Type: | Coach operator |
| Website: | www.brucecoaches.com |
Bruce's Coaches is a coach tour operator based in Salsburgh, Scotland.
Bruce's Coaches was founded in August 1982 by John Bruce. After operating as a Scottish Citylink subcontractor, in 1988 a service to London commenced under the LondonLiner brand with a pair of Van Hool Alizée bodied Volvo B10Ms.[1] LondonLiner was purchased by Scottish Citylink in 1990 with Bruce's continuing to operate the service.[2] This lasted until 1997 when Scottish Citylink had to cease its cross border services as part of parent company National Express being awarded the ScotRail franchise.[3]
It then became a National Express subcontractor operating route 539 from Edinburgh to Bournemouth. This work has since expanded and today it operates the five longest journeys on the National Express network:[3] [4]
•920 Belfast/via Kilmarnock and Ayr Stranraer to London. It now operates service 334 glasgow to Bournemouth night service .
In July 2013, four coaches and the depot were destroyed in an arson attack initially thought to be related to sectarianism with a new coach for a contract with Rangers Football Club having just been delivered.[5] [6] Police later ruled out any sectarian motive for the arson attack.[7]
In February 2015, Bruce's commenced operating a service from Edinburgh to Glasgow via the M8 motorway under the M8 CityXpress brand.[8] It ceased in April 2016.
In February 2022, the firm announced that it had purchased five new coaches.[9]