A municipal bus company is an operator of bus services owned by the
local government
Local government is a generic term for the lowest tiers of public administration within a particular sovereign state. This particular usage of the word government refers specifically to a level of administration that is both geographically-loc ...
authority. This article lists all current municipal bus companies in the United Kingdom.
Most municipal bus companies disappeared between 1968 and 1974 before (or with) the formation of
PTE bus operations
PTE or Pte may refer to:
Organizations
* Workers' Party of Ecuador, the ''Partido de los Trabajadores de Ecuador''
* Party of Labour of Spain, the ''Partido del Trabajo de España''
* Passenger transport executive, a local government body respons ...
.
Of the remaining municipal operators, post-1986 many were sold off or collapsed in the process of
bus deregulation
Bus deregulation in Great Britain was the abolition of Road Service Licensing outside of Greater London for bus services. This began in 1980 with the abolition of Road Service Licensing for long-distance bus services and was extended into local ...
, which required their separation into stand-alone arms-length companies. A few remaining companies have accepted minority-stake holdings in their companies by private bus operating companies, as a method of securing investment.
See also
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Bus Vannin
Bus Vannin ( gv, Barroose Vannin) - styled as ''bus'' vannin - is the government-owned and operated bus service on the Isle of Man. The name was adopted in June 2009 to replace Isle of Man Transport. The company was founded on 1 October 1976,< ...
a municipal bus operator fully owned by the
Isle of Man Government
The Isle of Man Government ( gv, Reiltys Ellan Vannin) is the government of the Isle of Man. The formal head of the Isle of Man Government is the Lieutenant Governor, the personal representative of Charles III. The executive head is the Chie ...
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East Thames Buses established and owned by
Transport for London after deregulation
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Former municipal bus companies of the United Kingdom
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History of the PTE bus operations
The Passenger Transport Executive (PTE) bus operations were the bus operating divisions of the passenger transport executives in the United Kingdom. In 1986 they underwent a process of deregulation and privatisation, forming some of the largest p ...
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List of bus operating companies
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List of bus companies of the United Kingdom
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London Buses
London Buses is the subsidiary of Transport for London (TfL) that manages most bus services in London, England. It was formed following the Greater London Authority Act 1999 that transferred control of London Regional Transport (LRT) bus s ...
a municipal body owned by
Transport for London that regulates bus services operated by private companies
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Uno Bus a bus company fully owned by the state owned
University of Hertfordshire
The University of Hertfordshire (UH) is a public university in Hertfordshire, United Kingdom. The university is based largely in Hatfield, Hertfordshire. Its antecedent institution, Hatfield Technical College, was founded in 1948 and was ident ...
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Wightbus
Wightbus was a bus operator on the Isle of Wight, established and owned by the Isle of Wight County Council. It operated a network of thirteen local bus services running across the island, mostly services which would not have been viable for th ...
established and owned by the
Isle of Wight Council
The Isle of Wight Council is a unitary authority covering the Isle of Wight, an island in the south of England. It is currently made up of 39 seats. Since the 2021 election, there has been an 'Alliance' coalition administration of Independents, ...
after deregulation
References
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Bus transport in the United Kingdom
Companies owned by municipalities of the United Kingdom