Glasgow Citybus is a bus company operating services across

Glasgow Glasgow ( ; sco, Glesca or ; gd, Glaschu ) is the most populous city in Scotland and the fourth-most populous city in the United Kingdom, as well as being the 27th largest city by population in Europe. In 2020, it had an estimated popu ...

and

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. It is a subsidiary of

West Coast Motors West Coast Motors (legally incorporated as Craig of Campbeltown Limited) is a bus, coach and ferry operator, based in Campbeltown, Scotland. The company also operates under the name ''Borders Buses'' and '' Glasgow Citybus''. History The found ...

History

Glasgow Citybus was formed in November 1999, by Russell Arden. The company was acquired by

Campbeltown Campbeltown (; gd, Ceann Loch Chille Chiarain or ) is a town and former royal burgh in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It lies by Campbeltown Loch on the Kintyre peninsula. Campbeltown became an important centre for Scotch whisky, and a busy fishing ...

-based

in January 2006. Under the ownership of West Coast Motors, the company went on to acquire Glasgow's City Sightseeing franchise in January 2008, John Morrow Coaches of

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in March 2012, and Fairline Coaches in November 2013. Between February and May 2012, Glasgow Citybus received an order of fifteen brand new Alexander Dennis Enviro 200 vehicles – at a cost of £1.8 million. This investment saw the average age of the fleet, at the time, reduced to just two years old. In April 2015, the company was awarded the contract to operate the 398 shuttle service, on behalf of

Abellio ScotRail Abellio ScotRail, operating services under the name ScotRail, was the national train operating company of Scotland. A subsidiary of Abellio, it operated the ScotRail franchise from 1 April 2015, taking over from predecessor First ScotRail. ...

, connecting Glasgow Central and Glasgow Queen Street. The service is currently operated by Alexander Dennis Enviro 200 MMCs, branded in a dark blue livery, with Abellio Scotrail branding.

Fleet and operations

The Glasgow Citybus fleet consists mainly of vehicles manufactured by

Alexander Dennis Alexander Dennis is a British bus manufacturing company based in Larbert, Scotland. The largest bus and coach manufacturer in the United Kingdom with a 50% market share in 2019, it has manufacturing plants and partnerships in Canada, China, E ...

. , the company operates from a single depot, which is located on South Street in

Livery and branding

Originally, vehicles were branded in a red and yellow livery, which featured a blue and red diagonal stripe. The livery and logo was updated in 2017, to a style similar to that of parent company,

. Vehicles are now branded in a cream and red livery, with a blue stripe along the length of the vehicle.

References

External links

Glasgow Citybus
company website
Images of Glasgow Citybus
{{Bus operators in Scotland, state=collapsed Transport in Glasgow Bus operators in Scotland

History

Fleet and operations

Livery and branding

See also

References

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