AM PM Travel was a family-owned bus company who operated services across the West Midlands

West Midlands (county)

The West Midlands is a metropolitan county in western central England with a 2009 estimated population of 2,638,700. It came into existence as a metropolitan county in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972, formed from parts of Staffordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire. The...

 and Staffordshire

Staffordshire

Staffordshire is a landlocked county in the West Midlands region of England. For Eurostat purposes, the county is a NUTS 3 region and is one of four counties or unitary districts that comprise the "Shropshire and Staffordshire" NUTS 2 region. Part of the National Forest lies within its borders...

. Operating from their depot in the Tyseley

Tyseley

Tyseley is a district in the southern half of the city of Birmingham, England, near the Coventry Road and the districts of Small Heath and Yardley...

 district of south Birmingham

Birmingham

Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside the capital London, with a population of 1,036,900 , and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a...

, AM PM ran a fleet of 23 low-floor single and step-entry double-deck buses

Double-decker bus

A double-decker bus is a bus that has two storeys or 'decks'. Global usage of this type of bus is more common in outer touring than in its intra-urban transportion role. Double-decker buses are also commonly found in certain parts of Europe, Asia, and former British colonies and protectorates...

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Company history

AM PM began running commercial bus services on Monday 23 February 2009. The first route operated by the company was the no.6 between Solihull

Solihull

Solihull is a town in the West Midlands of England with a population of 94,753. It is a part of the West Midlands conurbation and is located 9 miles southeast of Birmingham city centre...

 town centre and Birmingham.

They began operating from a small, compact depot in Stechford, Birmingham

Stechford, Birmingham

Stechford is an area of Birmingham, England, situated about five miles east of the city centre, bordering Ward End, Yardley, Hodge Hill and Kitts Green.-History:...

. However in Summer 2009 AM PM moved to a larger premises on the extensive Birmingham Truck Stop site in the neighbouring Tyseley district. The Tyseley site remains AM PM's only depot but was considered large enough to house their expanding fleet, engineering, fueling and administration facilities.

AM PM continually made changes to its services since December 2009 including the launch of a small network on Tamworth, the weekday running of their Birmingham - Coventry 900 service and operating on the 246 between Stourbridge and Dudley. However, all these have been withdrawn.

Solihull-born Mel Kang was the Managing Director of AM PM. Kang was a finalist in Midlands Business Awards' Young Entrepreneur of the Year category in 2010.

In May 2011, services run by itself and sister company Solihull Travel stopped operating due to "Operational Reasons". Johnsons of Henley are operating the X50 on behalf of Worcestershire County Council and the S7 service on behalf of Centro. This turned out to be due to the fact AM PM Travel went into Liquidation

Liquidation

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Fleet

AM PM operated a fleet of various single and double deck vehicles.

Reg No.	Make	Body	Single / Double
H139 GGS	Leyland Olympian	Northern Counties Palatine	Double
L557 YCU	Volvo Olympian	Northern Counties Palatine 2	Double
L561 YCU	Volvo Olympian	Northern Counties Palatine 2	Double
N694 JNO	Volvo Olympian	Alexander R	Double
N729 JNO	Volvo Olympian	Alexander R	Double
N731 JNO	Volvo Olympian	Alexander R	Double
N737 JNO	Volvo Olympian	Alexander R	Double
N761 JNO	Volvo Olympian	Alexander R	Double
P101 OLX	Dennis Dart SLF	Plaxton Pointer	Single
P102 OLX	Dennis Dart SLF	Plaxton Pointer	Single
R122 RLY	Dennis Dart SLF	Plaxton Pointer	Single
R128 RLY	Dennis Dart SLF	Plaxton Pointer	Single
R133 RLY	Dennis Dart SLF	Plaxton Pointer	Single
R136 RLY	Dennis Dart SLF	Plaxton Pointer	Single
R163 VLA	Dennis Dart SLF	Plaxton Pointer 2	Single
R182 VLA	Dennis Dart SLF	Plaxton Pointer 2	Single
P201 OLX	Dennis Dart SLF	Plaxton Pointer	Single
P202 OLX	Dennis Dart SLF	Plaxton Pointer	Single
R483 LGH	Dennis Dart SLF	Plaxton Pointer	Single
R486 LGH	Dennis Dart SLF	Plaxton Pointer	Single
R472 LGH	Dennis Dart SLF	Plaxton Pointer	Single
P720 RYL	Dennis Dart SLF	Plaxton Pointer	Single

Bus services

AM PM operates one (1) public bus service within the West Midlands. This is:

Service Number	Route	Frequency	Days
71	Solihull - Sutton Coldfield (via Marston Green)	30 mins	Saturday and Sunday

Private Hire

In 2010 AM PM began increasing their private hire portfolio. They often undertake extensive advertising initiatives to generate interest in their private hire capabilities.

Professional Memberships

AM PM are members of the British Freight Transport Association (FTA) and are also members of the Confederation of Passenger Transport (CPT)

External links

• AM PM Travel's official website