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Chester City Transport Limited was an English

municipal bus company A municipal bus company is an operator of bus services owned by the local government authority. This article lists all current municipal bus companies in the United Kingdom. Most municipal bus companies disappeared between 1968 and 1974 before (o ...

operating services in Cheshire. It was owned by the

Chester City Council Chester is a cathedral city and the county town of Cheshire, England. It is located on the River Dee, close to the English–Welsh border. With a population of 79,645 in 2011,"2011 Census results: People and Population Profile: Chester Local ...

History

Chester City Transport commenced operating bus services in Chester in 1930. It was operated as part of

. To comply with the

Transport Act 1985 The Transport Act 1985 was an Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom. It introduced privatised and deregulated bus services throughout Great Britain and came into effect in October of 1986. The Act was created as a response to growing concern ...

, the bus operation was transferred to a separate company in 1986. It continued to trade as Chester City Transport until rebranded as ChesterBus in April 2005. In July 2006, Chester City Council placed the business up for sale. In October 2006,

Arriva North West & Wales Arriva North West and Wales was a division of Arriva that operated bus services around North West England and Wales. It was made up from several previous bus operators including North Western (in Merseyside, Cheshire and Lancashire), most of ...

registered a network of services to commence in January 2007, which duplicated a number of ChesterBus's routes. On 11 October 2006, Chester City Council commenced an action in the High Court against Arriva, claiming that the registrations were anti-competitive under the Competition Act 1998, and asking for an injunction requiring Arriva to de-register them. In December, the registrations were cancelled though revised registrations for th
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were made in January 2007. The claim centred on the allegation that Arriva were abusing a dominant position, but in a judgement dated 15 June 2007, it was held that Arriva had not been demonstrated to hold a dominant position, and the claim was therefore dismissed. On 19 June 2007, ChesterBus was sold to

First Chester & The Wirral First Chester & Wirral was a British bus operator operating in the Cheshire and Merseyside regions between February 1990 and January 2013. It was a subsidiary of FirstGroup. History In February 1990, the Chester, Ellesmere Port and Rock Ferry ...

with 84 buses.First trumps Arriva with Chester Bus purchase
''Bus & Coach Professional'' 20 June 2007

References

{{Defunct British Bus Companies 1930 establishments in England 2007 disestablishments in England Former bus operators in Cheshire British companies established in 1930 British companies disestablished in 2007