British Bus
British Bus[1] was a bus group in the United Kingdom. It was sold to the Cowie Group in August 1996.
Kentish Bus AEC Routemaster in July 1993 | |
Parent | Dawson Williams |
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Founded | 1 November 1992 |
Ceased operation | 1 August 1996 |
Headquarters | Salisbury |
History
British Bus was founded in November 1992 when the Drawlane Transport Group[2] split its bus interests from its National Express in the lead up to the stock market listing of the latter.[3][4] British Bus' owner had proposed floating the company on the stock exchange, however this was cancelled and the business sold to the Cowie Group in August 1996.[5][6]
At the time of the sale British Bus owned:[7]
- Arrowline Travel
- Clydeside 2000
- Colchester Borough Transport
- Crosville Cymru
- Derby City Transport
- Guildford & West Surrey Buses
- Kentish Bus
- Liverline Travel Services
- London & Country
- Londonlinks
- Midland Fox
- Midland Red North
- Northumbria Motor Services
- North Western Road Car Company
- Selby & District Bus Company
- Southend Transport
- Stevensons of Uttoxeter
- Bee Line Buzz Company
- Maidstone & District Motor Services
- West Riding Buses
- Yorkshire Buses
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gollark: ```scheme(define metagollariosity (lambda (x y z) (define opponent-next-move (z y x z)) (display "about to be gollarious\n") (display "simulating...\n") (write z) (define simulate (lambda (n) (z (cons n y) (cons opponent-next-move x) z)) (define if-defect (simulate 1)) (write "simulated to depth 1") (define if-cooperate (simulate 0)) (write if-cooperate) (if (> (car (prisond 1 if-defect)) (car (prisond 0 if-cooperate))) 1 0))))```
gollark: Yes, I know that, it was a foolish mistake, I fixed it.
gollark: OH BEE, it still errors.
gollark: I see. So I should `car`ify it? Fascinating.
References
- Companies House extract company no 1946383 British Bus Limited formerly British Bus plc
- Companies House extract company no 2756785 Burroughs Hill Limited formerly Drawlane Transport Group plc
- 6m payment renews fat-cat row The Independent 27 November 1995
- British Bus Takeover of Arrowline Cleared by MMC Local Government Chronicle 8 March 1996
- Cowie Group plc and British Bus Group Limited: A report on the merger situation Competition Commission 31 October 1996
- Midland Red History: Timeline Menu MidlandRed.net
- Principal operating subsidiaries of British Bus Competition Commission 1997
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