Municipal bus companies
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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.
Several municipal bus companies disappeared in 1968 and 1974 with the formation of the PTE bus operations.
Of the remaining municipals, post-1986 many were sold off or collapsed in the process of bus deregulation, which required their separation into stand-alone arms length companies. A few remainging 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 (approx) | Private Shareholdings |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blackpool | Blackpool Transport | 175 (and 75 trams) | |
| Caerphilly | Islwyn Borough Transport | 51 | |
| Cardiff | Cardiff Bus | 240 | |
| City of Edinburgh, East Lothian, Midlothian, West Lothian |
Lothian Buses | 600 | |
| Eastbourne | Eastbourne Buses | 60 | 20% owned by Keolis |
| Halton | Halton Transport | 54 | |
| Ipswich | Ipswich Buses | 95 | |
| Newport | Newport Transport | 90 | |
| Nottingham | Nottingham City Transport | 360 (and 15 trams operated by NET) | 17% owned by Transdev |
| Plymouth | Plymouth Citybus | 190 | |
| Reading | Reading Transport | 200 | |
| Rossendale | Rossendale Transport | 100 | |
| Swindon | Thamesdown Transport | 105 | |
| Warrington | Warrington Borough Transport | 130 |
[edit] See also
- List of bus operating companies
- List of bus companies of the United Kingdom
- Former municipal bus companies of the United Kingdom
- History of the PTE bus operations
- Wightbus - Set up and owned by the Isle of Wight council, but after deregulation, therefore not a municipal.
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