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"Since launching Truronian Ltd in 1987 we have worked immensely hard to build a company that our passengers can respect and trust,"

"The opportunity to be part of the UK's largest surface transport company is definitely good news all round."

"This is a hugely exciting time for both First and Truronian and I see this acquisition as a good and natural fit for both businesses.

"Not only is this great news for the local economy but Truronian customers will soon have the UK's largest transport company alongside them on their every journey."

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So I take it then that you are broadly speaking against the proposal, qprrule?  :D

This is appalling disastrous news. Truronian have been a shining light in local public transport together with Western Greyhound. They took many services over from First and made them reliable and cheaper - Roseland and St.Mawes for example.

First Group are scruffy and expensive. Last summer I witnessed four people buying tickets on a No 1 bus for the short trip from Porthcurno to Sennen. The First driver said 'it would be cheaper to get a taxi'!! They did and it was, say no more. The connections between First buses and trains at Penzance for example is appalling, I don't think they know each other exists.

First have wrecked our wonderful HSTs internally and cannot run a reliable timetabled service even though the routes they serve are pretty basic compared with our previous choices. They obviously do not want to run the old Wessex area local trains as many previous entries on this site have already shown.

There will be no public transport competition in most of Cornwall if this is allowed to happen. I can see more branch line services becoming buses at this rate. They already run an express bus X18 from Penzance to Truro paralleling the main line.

I really did not want to hear this news.

I didn't think First would be able to do this. Truronian always take pride in being a locally run independent bus operator and they are much cheaper.

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I didn't think First would be able to do this. Truronian always take pride in being a locally run independent bus operator and they are much cheaper.

the Helston & Eden project "Branchline" busses being retimed to arrive at the Railway station 5 minutes AFTER the train has left and for the busses to leave 5 minutes BEFORE the Train arrives.

As for most successful TOC's, C2C, Chiltern and South West Trains.

Not to mention their 357 fleet is the top performing newest generation AC OHLE EMU. Reliability will drop when they get some 321s though!  ;) ;D

I think C2C are very under estimated, they turned around what was under BR the "misery line" into what it is now, was the first TOC to have an all new train fleet and are about the most punctual and reliable London suburban TOC.

That said, I remember c2c being forced to back down less than a month after introducing a very unpopular December 2006 timetable.....
http://www.echo-news.co.uk/display.var.1099738.0.old_c2c_timetable_back_on_monday.php

I fully understand the concerns about the bus services currently operated by Truronian but what about the coach side of the business?  Are FIRST planning to continue operating the holiday tours?

Truronian Bus Company was sold to First Devon & Cornwall Ltd on the 8th April after clearance was obtained from the Office of Fair Trading. More information in the following link

http://www.thisiscornwall.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=144143&command=displayContent&sourceNode=144131&contentPK=20350912&moduleName=InternalSearch&formname=sidebarsearch (http://www.thisiscornwall.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=144143&command=displayContent&sourceNode=144131&contentPK=20350912&moduleName=InternalSearch&formname=sidebarsearch)

I would like to stress that not only is this great news for the local economy but Truronian customers will soon have the assurance that they have the UK's largest transport company alongside them on their every journey."

Truronian Holidays to cease trading

A Cornish coach holiday firm is to be wound down with the loss of two jobs, it has been announced.

Truronian Holidays will cease trading on 1 November because of "difficult trading and economic conditions", its owners First Devon and Cornwall said.

Truronian Holidays will honour all pre-booked trips until that date where the required numbers had been met, it said.

All driving staff will move to First but two jobs in the firm's Truro shop would be lost, a spokeswoman said.

Truronian Holidays runs coach trips and holidays around the UK and across Europe.

It was taken over by First in 2008, which said it absorbed the local bus services running under the Truronian name and operated the coach holiday side of the business separately.

Robbie Lamerton, general manager for First Devon and Cornwall, said: "After several years of running both companies we have made a decision to focus on scheduled passenger transport services rather than bespoke holiday packages. Unfortunately a deal to sell the holiday business as a going concern fell through earlier this year so Truronian Holidays will be officially wound down, and will cease trading in the autumn."

He said it was "deeply regrettable" that two jobs in the holiday firm's Truro shop would be lost.

The private hire part of the business - provided by First Devon and Cornwall Coach Hire utilising vehicles with Truronian livery - was to continue to run as normal, First Group said.