17-959: Blue Bus may refer to the following bus companies: In the United Kingdom [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] West Vancouver Blue Bus , or West Vancouver Municipal Transit, Canada Blue Bus lines , in Portland, Oregon, U.S. Big Blue Bus , in Santa Monica and western Los Angeles, California, U.S. Topics referred to by
34-665: A refinancing agreement with Yorkshire Rider's three executive directors. A rival buyout bid was planned by Yorkshire Rider's employees with support from the Transport and General Workers Union , however 93% of Rider's employee shareholders eventually voted in favour of the sale to Badgerline. Yorkshire Rider was included in the merger of Badgerline with the GRT Group on 16 June 1995 to form FirstBus , later renamed to FirstGroup. Three months later in September 1995, however, Yorkshire Rider
51-613: A bus depot in Headingley , were both closed for redevelopment in July 1992. An arson attack at the company's Torre Road depot in Burmantofts caused £2 million (equivalent to £4,856,000 in 2023) in fire damage, which included the destruction of thirteen double-decker buses stored at the depot overnight. Torre Road depot was closed by Leeds City Link a year later, replaced by a £1.5 million (equivalent to £3,556,000 in 2023) new depot
68-453: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Blue Bus and Coach Services Blue Bus was a large independent bus company serving Greater Manchester , Lancashire and Merseyside . 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
85-443: The Horwich base was later closed down, with most buses moving to Bolton . This acquisition saw rivalry develop between Blue Bus and FirstBus, with Blue Bus moving onto the 400 TransLancs Express service and introducing an X9 express service into Manchester . Both companies eventually withdrew and the services were withdrawn. In early 2005, Blue Bus sold its Appley Bridge depot to South Lancs Travel along with six buses and all of
102-410: The deregulation of West Yorkshire bus services on 26 October 1986. On 21 October 1988, Yorkshire Rider was privatised for £20 million (equivalent to £74,021,000 in 2023). 51% of shares in the company were sold by West Yorkshire PTE to a team of eight managers in a management buyout , while the remaining 49% were sold to Yorkshire Rider's 3,500 employees in an Employee Share Ownership Plan ,
119-584: The East Lancashire end of Ribble Motor Services company to Blazefield , Blue Bus started intensive competition against newly formed Lancashire United in the Bolton area. Blue Bus took over operation of the Bolton end of Lancashire United in August 2002, acquiring the former Ribble depot, staff, services and several vehicles. The head office was moved to the former Lancashire United office at Bolton bus station , and
136-571: 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 a number of commercial routes were also introduced, taking the company into new areas such as Manchester . In addition,
153-645: The company gained work from a holiday company, Alfa Tours. Five coaches were acquired for this, with two were specially branded for Alfa. Blue Bus purchased a depot in Huddersfield in August 1994, launching a service to Marsden in competition with Yorkshire Rider . This venture was later expanded into Bradford . Rider was taken over by FirstBus in 1996, and Blue Bus' West Yorkshire operation ceased. Just weeks later, FirstBus took over Blue Bus's main Bolton rival, GM Buses North . During 2001, after Stagecoach sold
170-2557: The depot's routes. This allowed the company to focus on its depots in Bolton and Eccles , with a proposal to expand further having gained tenders in Salford and Manchester on eight routes. On 31 July 2005, Blue Bus was acquired by Arriva North West & Wales . Blue Bus operated numerous bus services, including the following: 6: Bolton - Little Hulton - Walkden - Swinton - Manchester 6A: Bolton - Little Hulton - Walkden - Swinton - Manchester 7: Bolton - Little Hulton - Walkden - Swinton - Manchester 9: Bolton - Horwich - Blackrod 25: Bolton - Farnworth - Walkden - Swinton - Weaste - Manchester 36A: Bolton - Little Hulton - Walkden - Swinton - Manchester 55: Pendleton - Westwood Park - Eccles 61: Eccles - Westwood Park (circular) 62: Eccles - Westwood Park (circular) 63: Brookhouse - Eccles - Manchester 64: Eccles - Brookhouse - Westwood Park (circular) 65: Eccles - Brookhouse - Westwood Park (circular) 69: Eccles - Westwood Park - Pendleton - Stretford 70: Clifton - Swinton - Eccles - Pendleton - Manchester 70: Hope Hospital - Eccles - Swinton - Clifton 71: Clifton - Swinton - Weaste - Pendleton - Manchester 73: Clifton - Swinton - Weaste - Pendleton - Manchester 74: Pendleton - Agecroft (circular) 75: Pendleton - Agecroft (circular) 99: Sale - Northenden - Southern Cemetery - Manchester 111: Preston - Penwortham - Leyland - Eccleston - Standish - Wigan 113: Preston Hospital - Preston - Leyland - Standish - Wigan 116: Wigan - Standish - Charnock Richard - Leyland - Preston - Faringdon Park* [* Saturdays only] 126: Bolton - Horwich - Lever Park 127: Blackrod - Westhoughton - Deane - Bolton 200: Bolton - Atherton - Leigh - Golborne - Ashton - Haydock - St Helens 243: Bolton - Ramsbottom - Rawtenstall 273: Bolton - Ramsbottom - Rawtenstall 290: Manchester - Trafford Park - Trafford Centre - Flixton - Partington 291: Manchester - Trafford Park - Trafford Centre - Flixton 293: Eccles - Trafford Park (circular) 400: Bolton - Bury - Rochdale - Oldham - Ashton - Stockport 478: Bolton - Breightmet - Radcliffe - Bury 484: Hope Hospital - Eccles - Swinton - Pendlebury - Agecroft - Prestwich 502: Bolton - Barrow Bridge 505: Bolton - Markland Hill 505: Bolton - Markland Hill - Middlebrook 505: Bolton - Markland Hill - Middlebrook - Horwich (Pennine Road) 508: Bury - Tottington - Hawkshaw - Tonge Moor - Bolton 510: Bolton - Withins - Bury Yorkshire Rider Yorkshire Rider
187-400: The fleet. Yorkshire Rider was also awarded a contract to operate the proposed Bradford trolleybus system in 1989, although ultimately, the project was cancelled. Yorkshire Rider later completed its purchase of the remaining AJS Group bus companies in August 1990, purchasing York bus operators Target Travel and York City & District as well as independent operator Reynard Buses, merging
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#1732845608144204-728: The largest such arrangement in the United Kingdom at the time. After having previously been denied permission to purchase the former National Bus Company subsidiary upon its privatisation in 1987, Yorkshire Rider purchased the operations of the West Yorkshire Road Car Company from the AJS Group in July 1989, briefly maintaining West Yorkshire as a separate brand of Yorkshire Rider's operations before largely dissolving West Yorkshire amid cost-cutting measures in April 1990, resulting in 89 job losses and 26 buses being withdrawn from
221-467: The operations of these companies to form the subsidiary company Rider York . On 15 April 1994, Yorkshire Rider was purchased by the Badgerline Group for £38 million (equivalent to £95,467,000 in 2023), Initially, Badgerline's bid for Yorkshire Rider in late March was strongly opposed by the company's employee shareholding workforce, who had been promised full control of their company under
238-413: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Blue Bus . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Blue_Bus&oldid=1095699383 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
255-606: 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
272-805: Was a bus company operating in West Yorkshire , England. The company was formed in 1986 out of the bus operations of the West Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive . It was later bought by the Badgerline Group , who later became the FirstGroup , and the company trades today as First West Yorkshire . To comply with the Transport Act 1985 , the West Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive formed an arms length company named Yorkshire Rider in September 1986. West Yorkshire PTE's 'Metrobus' services were transferred to Yorkshire Rider upon
289-564: Was made defunct by FirstBus and split into separate divisions: In February 1998, these were all renamed to First Bradford, First Calderdale, First Huddersfield and First Leeds respectively as part of a rollout of the FirstBus brand to the company's subsidiaries across the United Kingdom. Today, these operate under First West Yorkshire , with Rider York also rebranded to First York . The company's central engineering works in Kirkstall , as well as
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