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Further bus services commenced in 1986 after deregulation. [2] In 2006 it was rebranded NIBS Buses. [2] In 2018 the business was purchased by Eastern Transport Holdings with 30 vehicles. The existing brand was retained. [3] [4] [5] On 17 June 2019, NIBS Buses took over Ensignbus' services in Brentwood. [6] [7] [8]
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
Bustimes.org is a transportation information website created to take advantage of Bus Services Act 2017 requirement for bus operators in England to provide bus timetables, fares and vehicle locations in an open data format, which can be utilised by app and website developers. [2] This DfT service is called the Bus Open Data Service.
Borders Buses is a local and regional bus operator based in Berwick-upon-Tweed, England. It operates services in Edinburgh, East Lothian, Midlothian and Scottish Borders in Scotland, as well as Cumbria and Northumberland in England. It is a subsidiary of West Coast Motors.
Since deregulation the majority (80% by the late 1990s [49]) of these local bus companies have been taken over by one of the "Big Five" private transport companies: Arriva, FirstGroup, Go-Ahead Group, Mobico Group and Stagecoach Group. In Northern Ireland, coach, bus (and rail) services remain state-owned and are provided by Translink.
Transpora Group operates bus services in London and Blackpool. [18] [19] It had started to run services in Bristol in 2022 as Transpora South West, [20] but these ceased in 2024 following a breakdown in the relationship between one of its former regional operations managers, Rhys Hand, and the firm's owner Phillip Higgs.
White Bus Services was sold to Fernhill Travel of Bracknell in November 2016, which is managed by Rowgate Group's chairman, Simon Rowland. [3]In 2017, following Abellio's departure from Surrey bus operations, White Bus were awarded contracts in the Staines area for routes 438, 566/567 and Sunday operations of routes 446 and 456.
A spider map is a schematic diagram of bus services serving a particular locality, as used by Transport for London since 2002. [1] The maps were designed by T-Kartor . Generally mounted on the vertical surfaces of bus shelters it enables potential travellers to select the correct stop to board a bus, and the correct one to alight at.