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Text Box: BUS SERVICES:  BLACK CAT ; DERBY - CHADDESDEN - STANLEY - WEST HALLAM - ILKESTON
ILKESTON FLYER; ILKESTON - DERBY
After 80 years of service, Felix Bus Services have ceased operation of both the Black Cat and Ilkeston Flyer bus services, also DCFC football specials. These services are now operated by Trent Barton.  http://www.trentbarton.co.uk
For timetable information please call Traveline (0871 200 2233) not Felix Coaches.
Text Box: FELIX Bus Services was established in Stanley Village in 1922, and named after the popular song of the day ‘Felix Kept on Walking’. 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. Felix stopped the operation of local bus services on Monday 30th January 2012 - the ‘Black Cat’ and ‘Ilkeston Flyer’ bus services have been taken over by Trent Barton.  
For over 25 years Felix have been arranging coach holidays and day excursions.  In January 2012 the Felix coach operations were passed on to Swiftsure Travel who now arrange and operate all the Felix coach excursions, tours and private hire.  
A list of this year’s Holiday Tours can 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, Ilkeston and Heanor.  We do not usually use feeder coaches so that once you are on board, the tour begins.
Our main Day Trip programme picks up along the same route between Ilkeston and Derby, via Chaddesden, Stanley & West Hallam. This route also picks up in Cotmanhay and Kirk Hallam.
We have a second Day Trip pick up route 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 or holidays if your club hasn’t enough members to fill a coach completely.

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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!
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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
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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
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SCARBOROUGH and the NORTH YORKSHIRE MOORS
Monday 25th to Friday 29th June 2012
5 days/4 nights Dinner, Bed and Breakfast at the ESPLANADE HOTEL overlooking the south bay at Scarborough.
Excursions/visits to Beverley, Whitby, and including a train ride on the famous North Yorkshire Moors Steam Railway and a visit to Goathland –the ‘Aidensfield’ in Heartbeat Country
£282.00 per person
RING 0800 019 0047 to book your seat
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Friday 25th May
ANDERTON BOAT LIFT 
near Northwich, Cheshire. 
A canal cruise along the Weaver Navigation and a spectacular trip through the boat lift. 
Free time to enjoy Visitors Centre & café. 
Back for 1730/1815.  
£22.30 
Pick up from local pick up points along a route from Derby, Chaddesden, Oakwood, Stanley, West Hallam, Ilkeston and Kirk Hallam.
RING 0800 019 0047 to book your seat
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
Text Box: GIFT VOUCHERS & CREDIT NOTES:  Please note that all Gift Vouchers & Credit Notes issued by Felix Bus Services Ltd. must be used before 30th June 2012. Swiftsure Travel will not accept these credit notes/vouchers as payment for Felix Excursions or Holidays after this date.