MAINLINE COACHES MOVES BACK TO MICHELIN
Stoke-on-Trent – June 2, 2014South Wales-based Mainline Coaches has returned its fleet to operating on 100 per cent Michelin tyres after an exercise to reduce running costs ended up costing the fleet money. The independent coach operator from Evanstown trialled a move away from Michelin three years ago, choosing to fit an alternative premium brand tyre on its coaches and budget brands on contract vehicles. David Pope, Engineering Director of Mainline Coaches, which was founded in the late 1960s, says: “Back in 2011 industry tyre prices were rising and we looked at alternatives.