Webberbus to close

[ThinLizzy]

Somerset independed Webberbus is to cease operations tonight:


www.itv.com/news/west/2016-05-12/webberbus-to-stop-operating-from-tomorrow/

The company had been competing with First BoS on a number of corridors and had been purchasing/leasing quite high numbers of modern vehicles.

Another one bites the dust....

[tony4387]

Shame to see another independent operator go under

[MetrolineGA1511]

First had put an unspecified part of their operation in Somerset for sale in 2012. When no suitable bid, and maybe no bid at all, materialised they rebranded the Bridgwater & Taunton operation as The Buses of Somerset. So, now that Webberbus have collapsed this should secure First's future in the area. Yeovil may yet close though, as they have no buses to 2012-spec, and some routes could be taken up by Go-Ahead (from Salisbury) or Stagecoach (from Exeter or Wellington ex-Cooks).