TLC Travel
TLC Travel is a bus operator based in Leeds, operating bus services across West Yorkshire. Founded in 2000 as Trish Lambert Coaches using a single coach for private hire services, as of September 2017 TLC Travel now operate 57 buses across three depots in Bradford, Huddersfield and Todmorden.
History
TLC Travel was founded on 26 January 2000 as Trish Lambert Coaches by Patricia "Trish" Lambert, who remains the current owner of TLC Travel. Trish Lambert Coaches initially operated a single coach on private hire services.
The company began to expand after winning Bradford AccessBus contracts from West Yorkshire Metro, adopting the name TLC Travel and operating these new services out of a new depot in Bradford initially using Mercedes-Benz Sprinters and later a fleet of brand new Optare Solos. These were painted in West Yorkshire Metro's house colours of red and white; as TLC Travel won tenders for more services, they adopted a cream and navy blue livery based on the former colours of Bradford Corporation.
TLC Travel subsequently opened depots in Huddersfield and Todmorden as they won more rural and small town bus route tenders across West Yorkshire. As they continued to expand, TLC took delivery of seven brand new Optare Solos in 2009; eight Optare Solo SRs in 2013; twelve Alexander Dennis Enviro200s in 2014 and 2015; and another six Solo SRs and two Enviro200s in 2016.
A new depot in Bradford is currently under construction and is expected to open in October 2017, replacing the existing Bradford depot. In July 2017, TLC Travel trialled a Mellor Strata-bodied Mercedes-Benz Sprinter 515 CDI minibus at their Todmorden depot on Hebden Bridge town services ahead of a potential future order for the type.
Fleet
As of September 2017, TLC Travel's fleet consists of 57 buses split across three depots. The fleet consists entirely of Optare Solos (24 examples), Optare Solo SRs (17) and Alexander Dennis Enviro200s (15).