Municipal bus company
A municipal bus company is an operator of bus services owned by the local government authority. This article lists all current municipal bus companies in the United Kingdom.
Most municipal bus companies disappeared between 1968 and 1974 before or with the formation of PTE bus operations.
Of the remaining municipal operators, post-1986 many were sold off or collapsed in the process of bus deregulation, which required their separation into stand-alone arm's-length companies. A few remaining companies have accepted minority-stake holdings in their companies by private bus operating companies, as a method of securing investment.
| Local Authorities | Company | Number of Vehicles | Private Shareholdings |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blackpool | Blackpool Transport | 158 (September 2013)[1] (and 75 trams) | |
| Cardiff | Cardiff Bus | 240 | |
| City of Edinburgh, East Lothian, Midlothian, West Lothian | Lothian Buses | 721 (December 2012)[2] | |
| Dumfries and Galloway | DGC Buses | 40 (February 2010)[3] | |
| Halton | Halton Transport | 76 (September 2014)[4] | |
| Ipswich | Ipswich Buses | 76 (September 2013)[5] | |
| Newport | Newport Transport | 90 | |
| Nottingham | Nottingham City Transport | 378 (October 2013)[6] | 5% owned by Transdev[7] |
| Reading | Reading Buses | 165 (May 2013)[8] | |
| Rossendale | Rosso | 109 (May 2014)[9] | |
| Swindon | Thamesdown Transport | 85 (October 2013)[10] | |
| Warrington | Network Warrington | 105 (Jan 2015)[11] | |
See also
- Bus Vannin owned by the Isle of Man Government
- East Thames Buses established and owned by Transport for London after deregulation
- Former municipal bus companies of the United Kingdom
- History of the PTE bus operations
- List of bus operating companies
- List of bus companies of the United Kingdom
- Wightbus established and owned by the Isle of Wight Council after deregulation
References
- ↑ Blackpool North West Buses
- ↑ Annual Report 2012 Lothian Buses
- ↑ Three new Solos for DGC Buses busandcoach.com 15 February 2010
- ↑ Halton Transport Merseyside Dennis Dart Website 2 September 2014 (forum)
- ↑ Ipswich Buses Fleetlist Ipswich Bus Page
- ↑ Statistics NCT Fleet News
- ↑ Final Statement of Accounts 2012/13 Nottingham City Council 2 October 2013
- ↑ Fleet List Reading Transport May 2013
- ↑ Rosso Fleet List Rosso
- ↑ Bus Fleet Thamesdown Transport
- ↑ Network Warrington Fleet List Network Warrington 1st January 2015
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