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In 1986, the deregulation of bus services in the UK had a significant impact on Greater Manchester's bus network, [4] including route 53. Bus companies were now able to operate more freely, which led to competition on some routes. However, route 53 survived deregulation largely intact due to its established demand and importance.
Stagecoach Manchester [1] is a major bus operator in Greater Manchester, operating franchised Bee Network bus services on contract to Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM). It is the largest UK bus subsidiary of Stagecoach Group outside of Greater London , as well as the largest within the metropolitan county of Greater Manchester by ...
Double deck bus Manchester Corporation Transport: 2150 JND 791 1949 [1] Double deck bus Manchester Corporation Transport: 3166 JNA 467 1949 [1] Single deck coach R Bullock: LMA 284 1949 [1] Trolleybus Ashton-under-Lyne Corporation Passenger Transport: 80 LTC 774 1950 [1] Double deck bus Oldham Corporation Passenger Transport: 368 FBU 827 1950 ...
Greater Manchester Transport Centreline bus on display at the Museum of Transport, Greater Manchester. Transport across the Greater Manchester conurbation historically suffered from poor north–south connections due to the fact that Manchester's main railway stations, Piccadilly and Victoria, [2] [3] were built in the 1840s on peripheral locations outside Manchester city centre.
In July 2005, Arriva purchased Blue Bus & Coach Services for £2.9 million, which almost doubled their presence in Greater Manchester. [13] In January 2009, the Wales operation was split from Arriva North West as Arriva Buses Wales with the Arriva North West name resurrected for the North West England operations. [4]
The Metroshuttle, a free bus service which operates around Manchester city centre. Greater Manchester has an extensive bus network managed by Transport for Greater Manchester, [31] including a night bus service which is one of the most extensive outside London. [32] The bus network had an annual ridership of 225 million passengers in 2014 [26]
Bus Queensland was formed in April 2009 when the Pulitano Group purchased both the Garden City Sunbus and Kynoch Coaches operations. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Kynoch Coaches was a family-owned business, previously owned by Jason Ward, operated urban, school and long-distance services from its base, in Stephen Street, Toowoomba.
The original Greater Manchester Transport double 'M' logo from 1974 A GMPTE bus stop in 2006 displaying the double 'M' logo A GMPTE branded signpost at Mauldeth Road railway station in 2013 When the metropolitan county of Greater Manchester was created on 1 April 1974 the executive was replaced by GMPTE, with the Greater Manchester County ...