Bugler Coaches

Bugler Coaches is a bus and coach operator based in Keynsham, Somerset, England.
History
Bulger Coaches was founded in the 1930s by Herbert Bugler as a general carrier trading as HG Bugler before World War II, but was suspended when Bugler, was recalled to the Royal Navy. The company was formally registered in 1947, operating from the family home in Bedminster, but moved to Brislington in 1953. In 1956 Bugler attended an auction intending to buy another lorry, but instead bought a 27-seat coach, resulting in the business expanding into coach hire. The company abandoned the removals side of the business in 1980.
Following the death of Bugler's wife, Frances in 1984, the business passed to their son, Robert, who had previously worked as a vehicle bodybuilder at Longwell Green Coachworks. With the introduction of bus deregulation in 1986, the company started to tender for local bus services.
In September 2013 it commenced operating route 18B from Bath Spa railway station to the University of Bath.
The company now also operate service 672 from Blagdon to Bristol via the Chew Valley.
Incidents
In 2006, a coach operated by Bugler Coaches became stuck in a narrow country lane in the Forest of Dean in Gloucestershire, after a satellite navigation system had identified it as a suitable route, resulting in the coach having to be driven across three recently harvested fields.
A driver of a coach operated by Bugler Coaches was jailed for 17 months in February 2012 for dangerous driving and causing grievous bodily harm following an incident in Bristol in April 2011 in which he used his vehicle as a weapon to deliberately knock down a cyclist. He was dismissed following the incident.

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