Star Coaches of Batley has taken delivery of a Yutong GT12, supplied by Pelican Bus and Coach and finished in the West Yorkshire operator’s award-winning metallic blue livery.
It was handed over in a special ceremony where three generations of the Dabhad family – owners of Star Coaches, which was founded in 1982 by Ibrahim Dabhad and his late wife Sabera – were joined at the operator’s premises by three generations of the Crump family, proprietors of Pelican. The dealership was established by the late Ernest Crump in 1919.
The handover marked the strong family-based ties between Star and Pelican, where in both cases three generations of the founding family remain actively involved in each business.
Pelican Chairman Bob Crump is father of Managing Director Richard Crump and grandfather of Area Sales Manager Amelia Crump. Ms Crump negotiated the deal with Star Coaches Operations Manager Muhammad Dabhad.
Mr Crump Sr notes: “It is a very special pleasure for us to hand over this GT12 to Star Coaches, a family business that, like ours, places great emphasis on customer service and maintaining a strong family legacy in a multigenerational business.”
The PSVAR compliant GT12 carries a cherished registration and Star Coaches’ distinctive brand, which in its application to a midicoach was crowned winner of the 2024 routeone Livery Competition for vehicles in that size class during August.
