Private company

Epsom Coaches

British bus operating company

Epsom Coaches was an English bus and coach operator based in the town of Epsom, Surrey. Formed in 1920, it closed in June 2017 after a corporate restructure.2 It is part of RATP.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 20, 2026.

Overview

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Epsom Coaches was an English bus and coach operator based in the town of Epsom, Surrey. Formed in 1920, it closed in June 2017 after a corporate restructure.2

Corporate structure

Epsom Coaches is part of a group headed by RATP. 25 entities, 5 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • RATP Paris, France
    • Epsom Coaches Epsom
    • Bath Bus Company Subsidiary
    • Ixxi Subsidiary · Paris
    • London United Busways Subsidiary · Twickenham, United Kingdom
    • Open Loop New York Subsidiary · New York City
    • Quality Line Subsidiary · Epsom
    • RATP El Djazaïr Subsidiary · Algiers, Algeria
    • Reolian Public Transport Co. Subsidiary · Macau
    • Selwyns Travel Subsidiary · Runcorn, United Kingdom
    • SOFRETU Subsidiary
    • The Original Tour Subsidiary
    • Yellow Buses Subsidiary
    • Compagnie des transports du Yonnais Subsidiary · France
    • DC Streetcar Subsidiary · Washington, D.C., United States
    • Manchester Metrolink Subsidiary · Manchester, United Kingdom
    • Orlyval Subsidiary · Essonne, France
    • RATP Dev Subsidiary · France
    • RATP DEVELOPPEMENT Subsidiary · Paris, France
      • RATP DEV FRANCE INVEST Subsidiary · Paris, France
      • SCI FONCIERE RD Subsidiary · Paris, France
    • TELCITE NAO Subsidiary · Paris, France
    • Transports annemassiens collectifs Subsidiary · Agglomeration community of Annemasse – Les Voirons, France
    • Transports de l'agglomération de Charleville-Mézières Subsidiary · Ardenne Métropole, France
    • Anatole France Owned · Levallois-Perret, France
    • Gambetta Owned · 20th arrondissement of Paris, France
    • Gare de Cité Universitaire Owned · Paris, France
    • Gare du Nord Owned · 10ᵗʰ arrondissement of Paris, France
    • and 3 more

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

The story

The coach business was established by Herbert Roderick Richmond in 1920 and latterly operated a fleet of mostly Setra coaches.

In 1986 Epsom Coaches entered the bus market after deregulation. In 2003, Epsom Coaches rebranded its bus division as Quality Line and repainted its vehicles from their traditional cream and brown into allover red to comply with Transport for London requirements.

It operated a staff shuttle service for the Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust, between Epsom, St Helier and Sutton Hospitals. These were in a plain silver livery. It also operated bus services in Surrey, both commercial and for the county council using the silver livery.

From March 2012 Epsom Coaches operated a London Victoria Coach Station to Wolverhampton service under contract to National Express.

On 19 April 2012 Epsom Coaches was purchased by the RATP Group. In June 2017 as part of a restructure of RATP's operations, Epsom Coaches ceased trading with the remaining operations continuing under the Quality Line brand.

From Wikipedia’s article on Epsom Coaches, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

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Timeline

  1. Jun 25, 2017Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. 1920Founded Founded1

Sources

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