Blue Bus

	Blue Bus Blue Bus may refer to the following bus companies: In the United Kingdom Blue Bus and Coach Services, serving Greater Manchester, Lancashire and Merseyside Blue Bus of Penwortham, Lancashire Blue Bus of North Lanarkshire, also known as Blue Bus of Shotts Blue Bus Services, or Tailby & George, in Willington, Derbyshire Blue Bus Services, an operating division of Busways, Tyne and Wear In North America West Vancouver Blue Bus, or West Vancouver Municipal Transit, Canada Blue Bus lines, in Portland, Oregon, U.S. Big Blue Bus Big Blue Bus (stylized, big blue bus) is a municipal bus service serving the city of Santa Monica and the greater Westside region of Los Angeles County. The service, operated by the city of Santa Monica, was founded on April 14, 1928 and thro ... , in Santa Monica and western Los Angeles, California, U.S. {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Blue Bus And Coach Services Blue Bus was a large independent bus company serving Greater Manchester, Lancashire and Merseyside. History Blue Bus was formed in 1991 by former Shearings managers Roger Jarvis and Alan Turner. It was based at a former railway works in Horwich, six miles to the west of Bolton. The first type of bus to be acquired in bulk was the Leyland Leopard, which were followed by a number of Leyland Atlanteans. It commenced operating its first route in May 1991 between Bolton and Horwich via Chorley New Road in competition with GM Buses. Each of the five services introduced to give this combined frequency served a different estate in Horwich. A 20-minute service along Chorley Old Road from Bolton to the Johnson Fold estate was next to be introduced, followed by a series of routes in Wigan. The first of these ran to Shevington. It was decided to open an outpost at Appley Bridge to act as a local base for the Wigan routes. New routes were added to the network following contract wins, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Blue Bus Of Penwortham Blue Bus was a bus operator based in Penwortham, Lancashire. It operated many routes, including services to Preston City Centre. History Blue Bus of Penwortham was formed by Roger Jarvis in early 2006, nine months after Jarvis sold Blue Bus of Bolton to Arriva North West and Wales in July 2005. Buses Magazine September 2005 issue 606 Roger Jarvis also purchased Whittaker's Coach Travel and revived the Blue Bus name from his former Blue Bus of Bolton operation. In June 2009, with Stagecoach having purchased Preston Bus, bus usage of Stagecoach in Preston since the takeover in January had increased with better efficiency and a larger network. Blue Bus however incurred losses, forcing it to cease operating routes to Frenchwood and Broadgate. Services Blue Bus of Penwortham operated numerous bus services. As well as standard local and inter-urban bus services, the company operated various school contracts and four Lancashire County Council financially supported services. For ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Blue Bus Of North Lanarkshire Blue Bus of North Lanarkshire, also known as Blue Bus of Shotts or Law of Shotts, is a bus operator primarily serving the area of Shotts, North Lanarkshire in West Scotland. It is a mainly local bus operator, based at Allanton, but is also involved in private coach business. The company was formed from the remnants of the bankrupted HAD Coaches. Blue Bus operate a variety of services across central Scotland. the company operates services on four routes between Lanarkshire and West Lothian. There routes restored links that had been lost since the privatisation of Scottish bus services. Blue Bus operates a fleet of Plaxton Beaver 2s and Alexander Sprint bodied Mercedes-Benz 709Ds. In 2010 the company said they had approached Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT) asking for a route serving Torbothie, Shotts to be subsidised, but were told there was no funding available. The original service was to cease 6 May. Ultimately, however, Strathclyde Partnership for Transport a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Willington, Derbyshire Willington is a village and civil parish in the South Derbyshire district of Derbyshire, England. The 2001 Census recorded a parish population of 2,604, increasing to 2,864 at the 2011 Census. Geography Willington is on the River Trent about southwest of Derby. The parish is within of the Staffordshire county boundary and the village is about northeast of Burton upon Trent. The village is at the crossroads of the north–south B5008 road (for Findern, Repton and Winshill), and the east–west A5132 road (formerly the B5009, linking Hilton and Swarkestone). The A5132 carried a lot of Nottingham – Stoke-on-Trent traffic before the A50 road was opened in September 1997. History Toponymy The toponym Willington is derived from the Old English ''tun'' (homestead or farm) among the willows. In the Domesday Book, the village is called ''Willetune'' or ''Willentune'', and the land was held by Ralph FitzHubert and was an agricultural village on the flood plain of the Trent. The v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Busways Travel Services Busways Travel Services was a bus company, which operated local and regional bus services in Tyne and Wear, England. The company was purchased by the Stagecoach Group in July 1994. History In October 1986, to comply with the Transport Act 1985, the assets of the Tyne and Wear Passenger Transport Executive were transferred to a new legal entity, known as Busways Travel Services. In May 1989, the company was sold to its employees in an Employee stock ownership, employee share ownership plan – with management owning 51% of shares and employees owning 49%. During this time, the fleet carried the strap line ''"An employee owned company".'' In 1993, the company's management considered an offer from the employee board members to buy out some of the management shares using one of the employee share trusts. Given the fast-paced development of the industry at the time, this was not thought to be in the company's long-term interest. By March 1994, the company was considering options of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	West Vancouver Blue Bus West Vancouver Blue Bus, formally West Vancouver Municipal Transit, was founded in 1912 and is one of the oldest continuously operated municipal systems in North America. The company operates as a sub-contractor to TransLink, Metro Vancouver's regional transportation authority. Routes As of April 2020, Blue Bus operates the following 12 routes, serving the cities of West Vancouver, North Vancouver, Vancouver and the Village of Lions Bay: * 214 Phibbs Exchange / Blueridge (Operates Community Shuttle service during off-peak times) * 215 Phibbs Exchange / Indian River * 227 Phibbs Exchange / Lynn Valley Centre * 250 Vancouver / Horseshoe Bay / Dundarave (250A) * 251 Park Royal / Queens * 252 Park Royal / Inglewood * 253 Vancouver / Park Royal / Caulfeild * 254 Vancouver / Park Royal / British Properties * 255 Capilano University / Dundarave * 256 Park Royal / Whitby Estates / Spuraway * 258 West Vancouver / UBC (Operates during peak hours only when the University of British Col ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Blue Bus Lines The "Blue Bus" lines were a group of four affiliated privately held company, privately owned public transportation companies that provided Public transport bus service, bus transit service in the Portland, Oregon metropolitan area in the 1950s and 1960s. The name was unofficial but was in common use in the 1960s, and variations included "Blue Bus lines", "Blue Lines", "blue bus" lines (or companies) and "blue buses". The Blue Bus companies provided service only between Portland and suburbs outside the city, or within such suburbs, as transit service within the city of Portland was the exclusive Concession (contract), franchise of the Portland Traction Company or, after 1956, the Rose City Transit, Rose City Transit Company (RCT)."Blue Bus Lines See No Operations Shift [if Rose City Transit drivers strike]". (November 12, 1969). ''The Oregonian'', section 2, p. 7. The "blue buses" were prohibited from making stops inside the city except to pick up passengers destined for points ou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]