ABOUT EDWARDS COACHES
Edwards Coaches has won the following awards:
Nominated for six national coach tourism awards
Accor hotels partnership award 2016
National Express operator awards – high achiever award
National Express operator awards – gold standard operator
National Express operator awards – engineering gold standard
National Express operator awards – 21 plus vehicle operator winner of tour operator of the year – large fleet
National Coach Tourism Awards, winner of professional of the year: Alan Clough
National Coach Tourism Awards, winner of driver of the year: Glyn Bowden
National Coach Tourism Awards, winner Portbyhan Hotel – individual hotel of the year
National Coach Tourism Awards, finalist – holiday programme of the year
UK Coach Awards, winner of top large fleet operator
UK Coach Rally, winner of the Welsh coach of the year
National Express Awards winners of the UK drivers of the year awards: Brent Humphries and Gerwyn Roberts
National Express Awards winner of the operator of the year 16 plus vehicles
National Express Awards winner of the high achiever award for recognising long-term performance above standard
Accor Hotels UK winner of the partnership achievement award
Edwards Coaches Ltd was established in 1925
It celebrates 91 years in business this year
It operates 210 coaches daily and employs 500 local staff
It transports 7,149 students daily across South Wales
It transports 80,000 coach holiday passengers a year
It operates National Express routes from South Wales covering around five million miles per year
Edwards Coaches operates a local bus service to and from Cardiff
It is still family owned and run and now in its fifth generation.
It runs 10 new Mercedes-Benz Tourismo coaches which the company purchased in March 2015, costing £2,750,000
It has 19 new vehicles arriving this month costing £5m
Edwards Coaches enters the Sunday Times ‘Profit Track 100’ at number 29.
It owns the award-winning Portbyhan Hotel, Looe, Cornwall