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    Crosville Motor Services was a bus operator based in the north-west of England and north and mid-Wales. On 27 October 1906, Crosville Motor Company was...
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    Crosville Motor Services operated both contract hire and stage carriage bus services between 2011 and 2018 from its base in Weston-super-Mare, North Somerset...
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  • to Ribble Motor Services (coincidentally once owned by BET). In 1947 BET acquired a substantial minority interest in Broadcast Relay Service Ltd, trading...
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    on several services because of poor performance. On 24 November 1988, the Yelloway was placed under the control of Crosville Motor Services, which had...
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    Ribble Motor Services was a large regional bus operator in North West England based in Preston. Ribble Motor Services commenced operations in May 1919...
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    Southdown Motor Services (until 1992 legally Southdown Motors Services Ltd) was a bus and coach operator in East and West Sussex and parts of Hampshire...
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    487, a 1981 Bristol VR / ECW Crosville is also resident at the museum (2010) B200 DTU, a 1985 Leyland Olympian/ECW Crosville MS18 1949 Bedford Beagle. Converted...
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    AA Motor Services and Clyde Coast Services, and there was no competition between the three operators. Prior to bus deregulation in 1986, A1 Service did...
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    origin of the grouping was the operators owned by and including the Scottish Motor Traction company, which were transferred to Scottish Omnibuses after nationalisation...
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    it was split up with parts being absorbed by Crosville Motor Services, Ribble Motor Services, Trent Motor Traction and the SELNEC PTE in 1974. The new...
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    OK Motor Services was a bus company, which operated local and regional bus services in County Durham and Tyne and Wear, England. The company was purchased...
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  • Omnibus and Motor Services Ltd. was formed. This company, which traded as the 'Glasgow Omnibus Company' (GOC) developed a network of bus services radiating...
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    from the majority of services around both towns, followed by Strathtay closing its Perth depot in 1993, resulting in bus services in the city being entirely...
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    (Fife) was included with the purchase of W. Alexander & Sons by Scottish Motor Traction, which following the passage of the Transport Act 1968, merged...
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    Dunn-Line in 2005. In 2004, BrightBus purchased the long established Leon Motors of Finningley that was formed in 1922 and operated buses in Doncaster. By...
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    Aberdeen and points in England. Highland Scottish only operated services on the mainland. Services in the Inner and Outer Hebrides, Orkney and Shetland were...
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    King Alfred Motor Services was a bus and coach operator based in Winchester, England, between 1920 and 1973. King Alfred Motor Services was founded by...
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    city services under the Stagecoach Glasgow banner, competing directly with Strathclyde Buses and Kelvin Central. Weeks before these new services were...
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    and interurban services in and around Stirling, the Trossachs, Alloa, Falkirk, and Linlithgow, as well as parts of Argyllshire. Services from these places...
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    towns, as well as Annan, Ardrossan, Carlisle (shared with Cumberland Motor Services) and Whithorn. Vehicles were also 'outstationed' at Kirkcudbright, Lockerbie...
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    Star Motor Services was a bus and coach operator in the south of England between 1923 and 1963. Silver Star Motor Services started operating services In...
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    north and the south side of Glasgow to the east. The company also operated services on the Isle of Bute. It was the largest operator in Inverclyde and Renfrewshire...
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  • Peebles. Principal services linked these towns with Edinburgh and with each other, along with a limited number of urban services in the larger towns...
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    "Master Motors Bus Service Inauguration Ceremony". 7 February 2016. Retrieved 30 May 2018. "Green light for UK-based Yutong assembly". Society of Motor Manufacturers...
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    significant takeover was that of Stark's Motor Service of Dunbar in 1964. Stark's had operated some of its services jointly with Scottish Omnibuses for some...
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    Birmingham & Midland Motor Omnibus Company (BMMO) was formed by local businessmen in November 1904 to operate motor bus services in Birmingham. When the...
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    Buzz Company (in Greater Manchester), and most of what was once Crosville Motor Services (in Cheshire and Wales). In January 2009, the Welsh depots were...
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    Weston-super-Mare on a low loader, then placed on a temporary track in the Crosville Motor Services bus depot. In summer 2018 it was moved briefly to Tyseley Locomotive...
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    Aintree. She led in several other important cases, included Ormrod v Crosville Motor Services on vicarious liability in 1953, and Sweet v Parsley on the presumption...
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    First London was a bus company operating services in east, west and south-east London, England. It was a subsidiary of FirstGroup and operated buses under...
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