Hardings Coach Company is a bus

Bus

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 and coach

Coach (vehicle)

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 company, located in Redditch

Redditch

Redditch is a town and local government district in north-east Worcestershire, England, approximately south of Birmingham. The district had a population of 79,216 in 2005. In the 19th century it became the international centre for the needle and fishing tackle industry...

, Worcestershire

Worcestershire

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, England

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. The company runs twenty-four coaches on a national basis, and regularly run scheduled bus services to the schools of Redditch and surrounding areas. The company was most famously in the local news a few years ago, when a massive fire at their depot resulted in the loss of over a dozen closely parked coaches. Hardings Coaches headquarters are in East-Moons moat in South East Redditch.

As of the 2nd of July 2011 the company went into administration after 60+ years and three generations.