John Fishwick & Sons

John Fishwick & Sons Limited

Founded	1907
Locale	Leyland
Service area	Lancashire
Service type	Bus services Holidays
Manager	John Brindle, Director James Hustler, Director
Website	www.fishwicks.co.uk

John Fishwick & Sons is a bus company based in Leyland, Lancashire. The company operates around the central Lancashire area with buses travelling to Chorley in the south and to the city of Preston in the North. JFS is also the major bus operator to the South Preston areas. The company also operates coaches for holiday excursions.

History

The company was formed in 1907 when John Fishwick moved from Wales to Leyland to look for business. He started with a steam propelled wagon from the local Leyland Motors factory in Farington. The vehicle was used to transport goods for local business until 1910 when a second petrol vehicle was bought and converted to a bus to be used to ferry passengers from Leyland to nearby Preston.

After World War I, the fleet had expanded to more than 30 vehicles transporting people around the local area. During the 1950s the haulage side of the business declined until it was disposed of in 1953. The company then focused solely on passenger transport and took over the last local rivals, J Singleton coaches. By the 1960s the fleet had grown to over 40 buses and 10 coaches.

The company today operates 36 buses and 3 coaches and provides transport around the local area and international coach tours. The company is still based where it was formed on Golden Hill Lane in Leyland.

Routes

This is a summary of the bus services run by Fishwick's:

No.	From	To	Via	Notes
109	Chorley	Preston	Euxton, Buckshaw, Leyland, Tardy Gate, Walton Park
111	Leyland, Fishwick's Garage	Preston	Leyland, Tardy Gate, Lower Penwortham
115	Chorley	Preston	Euxton, Croston Road, Penwortham
116	Leyland Moss Side	Preston	Croston Road
117	Leyland	Preston	Bamber Bridge, Lostock Hall
119	Chorley	Leyland	Euxton
222	Leyland	Deepdale Stadium (Preston North End F.C.)	Lostock Hall	Matchdays

• Schools/college services on 109, 111, 115, 119, 564, 760 and 997 are also run.

Fleet

Buses

• 1 x Leyland Atlantean, 1981.
• 2 x Leyland Lynx, 1991 - 92.
• 9 x VDL SB200/Wright Commander, 2002 - 2007.
• 4 x Dennis Dart/Wright Crusader, 1997.
• 6 x VDL SB120/Wright Cadet, 2000 - 2004.
• 5 x Leyland Olympian, acquired 2004 and 2006.
• 2 x Volvo Olympian, acquired 2009.
• 3 x VDL SB200 LF/Plaxton Centro, 2007.
• 2 x VDL SB200 LF/Wright Pulsar, 2008.
• 2 x VDL SB200 LF/Wright Pulsar 2, 2009.

Coaches

• 3 x Van Hool Alizee

See also

• List of bus operators of the United Kingdom

External links

• John Fishwick & Sons website