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 (or with) the formation of PTE bus operations.
Of the remaining municipal operators, post-1986 many were sold off or collapsed in the process of bus deregulation, 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.
| Local authorities | Company | Routes | Number of vehicles | Private shareholdings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aberdeenshire Council | Aberdeenshire Council Buses | Operates route 212 (Tarland to Torphins) | ||
| Beaminster Town Council | Beaminster Town Council Buses | Operates route CB3 (Bridport to Crewkerne) | None | |
| Blackpool Borough Council | Blackpool Transport | Operates local bus services throughout Blackpool and surrounding areas | 158 buses and 75 trams (September 2013)[1] | None |
| Caerphilly County Borough Council | Caerphilly County Borough Council Buses | Operates routes 15 (Cefn Glas to Blackwood), C1 (Nelson Town Service), J (Caerphilly to Rudry), and L (Caerphilly to Nantddu) | None | |
| Cardiff City Council | Cardiff Bus | Operates local bus services throughout Cardiff and surrounding areas | 240 | None |
| City of Edinburgh Council (91%), East Lothian Council (3%), Midlothian Council (3%), West Lothian Council (3%) | Lothian Buses | Operates local bus services throughout Edinburgh as well as longer distance bus routes to the surrounding areas (branded as East Coast Buses for services to the east of Edinburgh and Lothian Country Buses for services to the west of Edinburgh) | 721 buses and 27 trams (December 2012)[2] | None |
| Cogenhoe & Whiston Parish Council | Cogenhoe & Whiston Parish Council Buses | Operates route VH1 (Northampton to Wollaston) | None | |
| Comhairle nan Eilean Siar | Bus Na Comhairle | Operates routes W5 (Stornoway to Point) and W5A (Stornoway to Tolsta) and W7 (Stornoway town service) | 7 | None |
| Denbighshire County Council | Denbighshire Council Buses | Operates local bus services throughout Denbighshire and surrounding areas | None | |
| Dumfries and Galloway Council | DGC Buses | Operates local bus services throughout Dumfries and surrounding areas | 40 (February 2010)[3] | None |
| Highland Council | Highland Council Buses | Operates local bus services around Inverness and surrounding areas | ||
| Ipswich Borough Council | Ipswich Buses | Operates local bus services throughout Ipswich and surrounding areas | 76 (September 2013)[4] | None |
| Monmouthshire County Council | Monmouthshire County Council Buses | Operates one journey a day in each direction on route 65 (Monmouth to Chepstow) | None | |
| Moray Council | Moray Council Buses | Operates various local bus routes around the Elgin and Keith areas | None | |
| Newport City Council | Newport Bus | Operates local bus services throughout Newport and surrounding areas | 90 | None |
| North Lincolnshire Council | North Lincolnshire Council Buses | Operates routes 96 (Barton to Brigg) and 97 (Sandtoft to Garthorpe) and 97A (Sandtoft to Crowle) | ||
| North Yorkshire Council | North Yorkshire Council Buses | Operates many local rural bus routes around the Skipton area | None | |
| Northern Ireland | Translink | Operates entire Northern Ireland bus network | None | |
| Nottingham City Council | Nottingham City Transport | Operates local bus services throughout Nottingham and surrounding areas | 315 (November 2019)[5] | 18% owned by Transdev[6] |
| Nottinghamshire County Council | Notts Bus | Operates many local bus routes in towns and rural areas throughout Nottinghamshire | None | |
| Oxfordshire County Council | Oxfordshire County Council Buses | Operates many local bus routes throughout Oxfordshire | ||
| Pembrokeshire County Council | Pembrokeshire County Council Buses | Operates many local bus routes throughout Pembrokeshire | None | |
| Reading Borough Council | Reading Buses | Operates local bus services throughout Reading and surrounding areas, as well as local buses around Slough, Bracknell and Maidenhead (branded as Thames Valley Buses), local buses around Newbury (branded as Newbury & District), express services to London (branded as Greenline), contracts for Green Park Business Park (branded as Greenwave) and private contracts for Vodafone | 165 (May 2013)[7] | None |
| Scottish Borders Council | Scottish Borders Council Buses | Operates the Hawick town services and other local bus routes around the Galashiels and Hawick areas | None | |
| Somerset Council | Somerset Council Buses | Operates local bus service throughout Somerset and surrounding areas | None | |
| Stirling Council | Stirling Council Buses | Operates route C60 (Callander to Killin) | ||
| Warrington Borough Council | Warrington's Own Buses | Operates local bus services throughout Warrington and surrounding areas | 102 (March 2017)[8] | None |
| West Berkshire Council | West Berkshire Council Buses | Operates local bus services throughout West Berkshire and surrounding areas | None |
See also
edit- Bus Vannin a municipal bus operator fully owned by the Isle of Man Government
- East Thames Buses established and owned by Transport for London after deregulation
- Former municipal bus companies of the United Kingdom
- History of the PTE bus operations
- List of bus operating companies
- List of bus companies of the United Kingdom
- London Buses a municipal body owned by Transport for London that regulates bus services operated by private companies
- Uno Bus a bus company fully owned by the University of Hertfordshire
- Wightbus established and owned by the Isle of Wight Council after deregulation
References
edit- ^ Blackpool North West Buses
- ^ Annual Report 2012 Lothian Buses
- ^ Three new Solos for DGC Buses Archived 2013-11-04 at the Wayback Machine busandcoach.com 15 February 2010
- ^ Ipswich Buses Fleetlist Ipswich Bus Page
- ^ Our Fleet Nottingham City Transport Fleet Page
- ^ Final Statement of Accounts 2012/13 Nottingham City Council 2 October 2013
- ^ Fleet List Archived 2013-10-29 at the Wayback Machine Reading Transport May 2013
- ^ Network Warrington Fleet List Network Warrington 10 March 2017