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LandFlight
[edit]LandFlight Travel Services (formerly trading as Silverline/also known as Silverline Landflight Limited) is a public transport company running routes out of Solihull, and private hire car, bus and coach services, and contracted bus shuttle services with Jaguar Land Rover at their Solihull plant. LandFlight one of few smaller operators running in the West Midlands and surrounding areas, alongside major operators National Express West Midlands and Diamond.
History
[edit]Established in August 1994 as Silverline Landflight Limited[1], but beginning operations considerably later after filing as a dormant company until 1999[2], the company runs short distance local bus routes in Solihull and surrounding areas, and offers private hire taxi, limousine, and coach services, out of their garage and registered office at Vulcan House, Solihull.
Bus routes out of Solihull are currently run by a selection of operators, including including LandFlight, National Express West Midlands, Diamond, and Stagecoach Midlands. LandFlight gained their routes through the winding up of other local operators, gaining routes both from these operators, and through new tenders from Transport for West Midlands (TfWM) over time, including Rotala's Signature bus services[3].
In January 2019, the company announced a large investment in 20 new staff, and eight brand new ADL 200MMC's to support new routes operated on behalf of TfWM.[4][5].
Following the 2024 general election, and the new government's committments to giving control of bus services to local powers[6][7], in December 2024, changes were announced by TfWM about changes to bus services across the region. These changes included the re-numbering and alteration of the majority of the company's routes to better suit the local area, with edits to all routes except the A10. They are due to take on the A1 and A2 from Diamond, resume running the A6, and run new routes to replace the A3, A4, A5, and A12, with minor route and timetable changes to the A7/8.[8][9]
Fleet
[edit]LandFlight currently has a fleet of 15 vehicles[10], consisting of 13 white ADL 200MMC’s of varying length, one branded in a grey livery, and named in memory of LandFlight driver David Brunt, and one Enviro 200, previously branded for its Blythe Valley Business Park Services.
Service
[edit]As of December 2024, the company run a total of eight routes[11], the A3, A4, A5, A7/8 (circular), A10, and A12, all terminating in Solihull, either at the town centre, or at Solihull Railway Station. Services provide bus provision to passengers from Solihull, to Dickens Heath, Hollywood, Maypole, Shirley, Acocks Green, Chelmsley Wood, Yardley, Olton, Sheldon, Cheswick Green, Balsall Common, Knowle, and Monkspath.
References
[edit]- ^ "SILVERLINE LANDFLIGHT LIMITED filing history - Find and update company information - GOV.UK". find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk. Retrieved 2024-12-02.
- ^ "SILVERLINE LANDFLIGHT LIMITED filing history - Find and update company information - GOV.UK". find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk. Retrieved 2024-12-02.
- ^ "Signature is sunk in Solihull contract changes". web.archive.org. 2023-06-30. Retrieved 2024-12-02.
- ^ "New contract sees staff investment from LandFlight - routeone". routine. 30 Jun 2023. Archived from the original on 30 Jun 2023. Retrieved 30 Jun 2023.
- ^ "Landflight makes major investment in staff and vehicles after new contract win - Landflight". LandFlight. 30 Jun 2023. Archived from the original on 2023-06-30. Retrieved 30 Jun 2023.
- ^ "More bus services could come under control of councils under planned law". BBC News. 2024-09-08. Retrieved 2024-12-02.
- ^ "Transport Secretary sets the wheels in motion on "biggest overhaul to buses in a generation"". GOV.UK. Retrieved 2024-12-02.
- ^ Perrin, Ben (2024-11-27). "Major West Midlands bus changes announced as some routes cut - full list". Birmingham Live. Retrieved 2024-12-02.
- ^ "Upcoming Bus Service Changes". www.tfwm.org.uk. Retrieved 2024-12-02.
- ^ "LandFlight – bustimes.org". bustimes.org. Archived from the original on 2023-06-30. Retrieved 2022-09-19.
- ^ "LandFlight". bustimes.org. Retrieved 2023-06-30.