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Most bus services in the United Kingdom are run by the Big Five, five large groups of companies which emerged in the 1990s from the consolidation of bus companies privatised in the 1980s. These groups are all focused on transport. Some of them also run rail services, express coach services and overseas transport companies. They are: Arriva
For a structured list of current operators, see List of current bus operators of the United Kingdom. This is a list of bus and coach operators of the United Kingdom. The list includes both current and historic entities, private companies and public operators, sub-brands and holding companies and public transport, private hire and tour operators.
Buses are the most widespread and most commonly used form of public transport in the United Kingdom. In Great Britain, bus transport is owned and governed by private sector companies (subject to government regulation), except in Greater Manchester with the Bee Network and Greater London. If a socially desirable service cannot be economically ...
After extensive privatisation of the public sector during the Margaret Thatcher administration, there remain few statutory corporations in the UK. Privatisation began in the late 1970s, and notable privatisations include the Central Electricity Generating Board, British Rail, and more recently Royal Mail.
Arriva UK Trains: 88% 21 July 1996: Network SouthEast (Chiltern Division) CH CrossCountry: New CrossCountry 85% 11 November 2007: Central Trains (Birmingham – Stansted), (Cardiff – Nottingham) Virgin CrossCountry: XC East Midlands Railway: East Midlands Transport UK Group: 83% 18 August 2019
Passenger transport has grown in recent years. Figures from the DfT show that total passenger travel inside the United Kingdom has risen from 403 billion passenger kilometres in 1970 to 793 billion in 2015. [4] Freight transport has undergone similar changes, increasing in volume and shifting from railways onto the road.
Passenger transport continues to grow strongly. Figures from the Department for Transport show in 2018 people made 4.8 billion local bus passenger journeys, 58% of all public transport journeys. There were 1.8 billion rail passenger journeys in the United Kingdom.
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.