Ensign builds up in London
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ENSIGNBUS of Purflect has strengthened its hold on the London sightseeing tours market by taking over Ebdons Coaches' London tours.
Sidcup, Kent-based Ebdons is to continue to operate its conventional coach fleet.
The Ensign group now includes London Pride Sightseeing, Culture Bus and its own sightseeing operations.
It also operates winter tours from Trafalgar Square on be half of London Crusader, the National Bus Company's coach broking The Ensign sightseeing Beet totals 66 hoses, although it is being rationalised for die winter.
Ensign is operating an open-top Christmas lights service in London's West End.
Ensign has applied to the Metropolitan Traffic Com missioner to operate com muter services on corridors from Essex to use vehicles for the dead mileage journeys to and from the West End in the morning and evening.
London Regional Transport, British Rail and the Greater lAmdon Council have objected.
Although the applications were lodged in August and
the statutory period for objection is over, no date has been set for a public sitting.