Felix Bus and Coach

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Excursions

Holidays

Coach Hire

Bus Services

Derby County Home Football

If you are interested in the history of Felix a book of photographs is available from Paul Chambers who can be contacted by e-mail: paul.c123@btinternet.com

In 2007 FELIX Bus Services celebrated 85 years as a bus and coach operator, having been established in Stanley Village in 1922, and named after the popular song of the day ‘Felix Kept on Walking’. Whilst the bus and coach industry has changed dramatically over the years, Felix remains a family run business striving to offer a professional and friendly service from our drivers and office staff alike. We are justifiably proud to have served the public in and around Ilkeston and Derby for over 80 years and to have maintained a high standard of quality, service and reliability.

In addition to our bus service routes between Ilkeston and Derby for over 25 years we have been arranging our own coach holidays and day excursion programme. A list of this year’s holiday tours can be found below, with more details for each holiday to be found by clicking on the “Holidays” button above. Our coaches have a small pick up area focusing mainly on Derby City Centre, Chaddesden, Oakwood, Stanley and Stanley Common, West Hallam, Kirk Hallam and Ilkeston - no feeder coaches are used so that once you are on board, the tour begins.

More recently we have started a second day excursion programme from Shipley, Langley Mill, Heanor, Loscoe, Codnor and Ripley.

We are always happy to help with any coach hire bookings and we can provide groups with a tailor-made tour. We offer our coach hire customers a free booking service for theatre tickets, meals, hotel accommodation and many tourist attractions. It is also possible to make a small group booking on one of our day excursions if your club hasn’t enough members to fill a coach completely.

As keen Derby County football supporters, we run a special bus service from Ilkeston to Pride Park Stadium for every league home match, afternoon or evening. We regularly take Heanor Branch of the Rams Supporters’ Club to away matches and they always welcome new supporters. You can contact them on heanor.rams@lycos.co.uk

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Text Box: LUXURY COACH HIRE 53 seat standard coaches 49 seat tour coaches with WC 39 seat midi-coaches 29 seat midi-coaches 22 seat mini-coaches RING 0800 019 0047 for a quotation for your next trip!

Text Box: COACH HOLIDAYS Join us for a relaxing and interesting holiday tour - we have a selection of UK tours from Derby and Ilkeston. LONDON WEEKENDS HOLIDAYS BESIDE THE SEA SCENIC TOURING HOLIDAYS SHORT BREAKS & WEEKENDS

Text Box: GREAT DAY TRIPS Seaside or Scenery, sightseeing or shopping - lots of ideas for a great day out on a coach! Let us do the driving and the parking - you just sit back and relax! Local pick ups in Derby, Ilkeston, Ripley and Heanor

Text Box: Please note that from 29th January all Felix Local Bus Services (Black Cat, Ilkeston Flyer and Pride Park football specials) will be operated by Trent Barton. For information about Bus Routes after this date please contact Trent Barton or Traveline (0871 200 2233) not Felix Coaches. Felix Bus Services will continue to operated School Bus and Swimming Bath services until the end of the Spring Term. If you have an enquiry regarding school bus services please contact 07540 557516. Felix Coach Holidays and Felix Day Excursions, plus all coach hire arrangements, will be operated by Swiftsure Travel from 30th January 2012. Bookings for all these services can be made now - to contact us at Swiftsure Travel please call 0800 019 0047.

Text Box: For Day Excursions and Holidays from Burton upon Trent, South Derbyshire and East Staffordshire please visit the Swiftsure Travel website: www.swiftsure-travel.co.uk or call 0800 019 0047 and ask for a Swiftsure Holiday Tour brochure