When is National Coach Week
The fourth National Coach Week takes place from 12-18 May 2025.
What is National Coach Week?
National Coach Week showcases the vital role that coaches make in getting people to their destinations, supporting businesses and boosting growth.
The industry employs approximately 45,000 people nationwide, and coach travel plays an irreplaceable role in communities across the UK and in the wider economy.
National Coach Week is organised by the RHA.
What will National Coach Week involve in 2025?
It’s an opportunity to showcase the vital role our industry does supporting tourism, leisure and other sectors.
It aims to secure buy-in from politicians to promote the role of coaches in public transport and the wider economy and establish the different needs of the coach industry to the bus industry and garner support for key policy priorities.
There will be events in each of the four nations of the UK – and also a parliamentary roundtable bringing ministers, stakeholders and operators together.
Why National Coach Week?
National Coach Week is a celebration of an industry that plays a huge role in all our lives but is all too often taken for granted. Every day coaches get more than half a million school and college students to their place of education. When trains don’t run, or aircraft are diverted, coaches step in to bridge the gaps and get people to their destinations.
The RHA is proud of its values which include ‘collaborative’ and ‘trusted partner’. It’s in this spirit that the RHA is keen to bring the industry together and promote the sector as a vital, aspirational, and forward-looking sector which supports economic growth.
How to get involved?
We’re showcasing everything the industry does around the country during National Coach Week, and that means an opportunity for you to get involved – EVERYONE who has a connection to coaches is welcome
Tell us, and the rest of the world, what your connection with coaches is, you could be:
- A driver on your daily school run, or maybe heading to Europe with a tour party.
- A passenger who enjoys the carefree experience that coach holidays offer.
- Someone travelling to visit relatives on one of the hundreds of express services that criss-cross the UK every day.
- Even heading out to see your beloved football team playing a vital match away from home.
- One of the skilled engineers who maintains the high-tech vehicles that provide the comfortable and safe journeys
- A hotelier or tourist attraction that welcomes coach tours
- Perhaps serving coach customers in one of the vital service areas along our road network.
Whatever your connection with the industry, TELL US ABOUT IT!
If you’ve something to say about coaches then you can help us to spread the word by posting your story and including the hashtag #NationalCoachWeek on any posts.
Do it in 50 seconds
A picture might tell a thousand words, but movies tell even more, so make your message a video and tell us your coach story in 50 seconds!
- Record a 50sec blog about what you’re doing, where you’re going etc.
- This is your story and we want to hear it, you might include what you’re doing, where you’re going, if you’re working then tell us where you work and what you do, but above all, tell us why you love it so much.
- Post your clip to social media accounts on X, LinkedIn or Facebook
- Include the hashtag #NationalCoachWeek
Don’t forget to include the hashtag: #NationalCoachWeek