Bus deregulation in Great Britain involved the abolition of Road Service Licensing for bus services outside of Greater London. It began in 1980 with long-distance...
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Deregulation is the process of removing or reducing state regulations, typically in the economic sphere. It is the repeal of governmental regulation of...
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United Kingdom (redirect from Great Britain and Northern Ireland)
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off...
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Merseybus (category Former bus operators in Merseyside)
(Merseyside PTE) out of its bus operations following bus deregulation in Great Britain and was later sold to Merseybus management and staff in a £5.9 million Employee...
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De minimis (section In India)
the Christian Gospels. Following bus deregulation in Great Britain in 1986, small contracts for supplementary local bus services could be let by local authorities...
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Transport Act 1985 (redirect from Transport Act 1985 (Modifications in Schedule 4 to the Transport Act 1968) Order 1985)
to an increase in competition between companies. The deregulation of buses applied throughout Great Britain, excluding bus services in Greater London...
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government-owned National Bus Company and Scottish Bus Group elsewhere. The Transport Act 1985 brought about bus deregulation throughout Great Britain which opened...
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in 1853 and such vehicles were motorised in the 1900s. Double-decker buses were popularised in Great Britain at the start of the 20th century and today...
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List of privatizations by country (redirect from Privatization in greece)
Municipal bus companies (1988–present, bus companies sold individually) – see main article Bus deregulation in Great Britain National Bus Company (1986–1988...
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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...
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Timeline of Manchester history (category Use British English from March 2017)
such a system which is seen as a part-reversal of bus deregulation in Great Britain which took place in the mid-1980s. The network's main goal is to reduce...
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Stagecoach Group (redirect from Stagecoach Bus)
hire business. During the early 1980s, it took advantage of the deregulation of the British express coach market, launching services from Dundee to London...
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London has installed Cycleways. Bus transport is widespread and local bus services cover the whole country. Since deregulation the majority (80% by the late...
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(Greater London was exempted from the bus deregulation in Great Britain). Transport companies may bid to run London bus services for a fixed price for several...
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other municipal bus companies in Great Britain are run. While horse buses (and later horse trams) had run in the city since 1845, Cardiff Bus can trace its...
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Go North East (category Bus operators in Tyne and Wear)
bus and rail services across the United Kingdom, as well as Germany, Ireland, Norway and Singapore. In October 1986, at the time of bus deregulation in...
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AEC Routemaster (redirect from Silver Jubilee Buses)
after deregulation, and new operators also chose it as a distinctive-looking bus. Painted in a variety of colours, they were used in regular service in Bedford...
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development in the British state from the absorption of Wales into the Kingdom of England after 1535 to the modern United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern...
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West Yorkshire Metro (redirect from Metrobus (bus operator in West Yorkshire))
"Building on a Great Tradition" vehicles and were in those liveries until the late 1990s. Deregulation occurred on 26 October 1986. The WYPTE bus division was...
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FirstGroup (redirect from FirstBus)
deregulation of bus services in the United Kingdom during the 1980s. During April 1995, two acquisitive private bus operators, Badgerline and GRT Bus...
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account for bus deregulation. Steps were taken to reduce the age of the fleet, and NBC quickly ordered 90 Park Royal bodied Leyland Atlanteans. In 1970/71...
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Metro (Liverpool City Region) (category Use British English from September 2024)
ordered the deregulation of bus services across Great Britain, as well as the break-up of the six passenger transport executives and the National Bus Company...
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built in the U.K. 26 October – bus deregulation in Great Britain: First Magic Bus (Stagecoach) operation, in Glasgow. 6 November – 1986 British International...
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from 1978) In 1970, SBG took over all the routes of David MacBrayne. In 1985, SBG was restructured as follows in preparation for deregulation: Central Scottish...
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and deregulation. After deregulation, it was served by Keighley & District and First Calderdale & Huddersfield. Between 2001 and 2002 buses waited in the...
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the franchising system in London, which unlike other parts of the UK had seen bus usage rise, and that the deregulation of the bus system had led to a suspected...
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It, however, prohibits local authorities from reversing complete bus deregulation, which had taken place following the Transport Act 1985, by forming...
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Transport Direct (category E-government in the United Kingdom)
Transport Direct portal. Bus deregulation in Great Britain in 1985 allowed operators to determine routes and frequencies (except in London) which were normally...
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An intercity bus service (North American English) or intercity coach service (British English and Commonwealth English), also called a long-distance, express...
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Sheffield (redirect from Sheffield, Great Britain)
Interchange is the city's bus main hub; other bus stations are at Halfway, Hillsborough and Meadowhall. After deregulation in 1986, there were multiple...
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