Scottish Bus Group
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| Parent | Scottish Transport Group |
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| Founded | 1961 |
| Ceased operation | 1991 |
| Service area | Scotland |
| Service type | Bus operator |
| Fleet | 4,700 (January 1969) |
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The Scottish Bus Group (SBG) was a state-owned group of bus operators covering the whole of mainland Scotland.
The origin of the grouping was the operators owned by and including the Scottish Motor Traction company, which were transferred to Scottish Omnibuses after nationalisation in 1948 under control of the British Transport Commission. Highland Omnibuses was added to the group in 1952.
A new holding company, Scottish Omnibuses Group (Holdings) was formed in 1961, and this was renamed Scottish Bus Group[1] in 1963. Meanwhile, the group had come under control of the Transport Holding Company in 1962 when the British Transport Commission was wound up. It went on to become part of the Scottish Transport Group on 1 January 1969 along with David MacBrayne. At the time it operated 4,700 buses.[2]
Member companies
- Central SMT Company[3](branded as Central Scottish from 1978)
- Highland Omnibuses[4](branded as Highland Scottish from 1978)
- Scottish Omnibuses[5] (branded as Eastern Scottish from 1964)
- W Alexander & Sons (Fife)[6] (branded as Fife Scottish from 1978)
- W Alexander & Sons (Midland)[7] (branded as Midland Scottish from 1978)
- W Alexander & Sons (Northern)[8] (branded as Northern Scottish from 1978)
- Western SMT[9] (branded as Western Scottish from 1978)
In 1970, SBG took over all the routes of David MacBrayne.[10]
In 1985, SBG was restructured as follows in preparation for deregulation:[11][12]
- Central Scottish[13]
- Clydeside Scottish Omnibuses[14]
- Eastern Scottish Omnibuses[5]
- Fife Scottish Omnibuses[6]
- Highland Scottish Omnibuses[4]
- Kelvin Scottish Omnibuses[15]
- Lowland Scottish Omnibuses[16]
- Midland Scottish Omnibuses[7]
- Northern Scottish Omnibuses[8]
- Scottish Citylink Coaches[17]
- Scottish Bus Group Engineering, became part of Midland Scottish in 1988,[18] closed in March 1990[19]
- Strathtay Scottish Omnibuses[20]
- Western Scottish Omnibuses[9]
In May 1988, it was decided to privatise the operating companies with this occurring in 1990/91.[21] Central Scottish and Kelvin Scottish were merged as Kelvin Central Buses,[22] while Clydeside Scottish was merged into Western Scottish so as to provide a healthier prospect for potential buyers, both companies ended up being sold as separate entities.[23][24]
The holding company, Scottish Bus Group Limited, was dissolved in 2006.[1]
References
- 1 2 Companies House extract company no SC13181 Scottish Bus Group Limited
- ↑ Scottish Transport Group Commercial Motor 3 January 1969
- ↑ Companies House extract company no SC331915 Central SMT Company Limited
- 1 2 Companies House extract company no SC15912 Highland Scottish Omnibuses Limited formerly Highland Omnibuses Limited
- 1 2 Companies House extract company no SC26792 Eastern Scottish Omnibuses Limited formerly Scottish Omnibuses Limited
- 1 2 Companies House extract company no SC26126 Fife Scottish Omnibuses Limited formerly W Alexander & Sons (Fife) Limited
- 1 2 Companies House extract company no SC16923 Midland Bluebird Limited formerly Midland Scottish Omnibuses Limited formerly W Alexander & Sons (Midland) Limited
- 1 2 Companies House extract company no SC19039 Bluebird Buses Limited formerly Bluebird Northern Limited formerly Northern Scottish Omnibuses Limited formerly W Alexander & Sons (Northern) Limited
- 1 2 Companies House extract company no 131237 Western Buses Limited formerly Western Scottish Buses Limited formerly Western Scottish Limited formerly Western SMT Company Limited
- ↑ SBG absorbs McBrayne Commercial Motor 5 June 1970
- ↑ SBG dereg plans Commercial Motor 15 September 1984
- ↑ Coach and Bus News Commercial Motor 3 November 1984
- ↑ Companies House extract company no SC14210 KCB Limited formerly Kelvin Central Buses Limited formerly Central Scottish Omnibuses Limited formerly Central SMT Company Limited
- ↑ Companies House extract company no SC91904 Schoolbus Limited formerly Stagecoach Western Scottish Limited formerly Western Engineering Limited formerly Clydesdale Scottish Omnibuses Limited
- ↑ Companies House extract company no SC91921 Kelvin Scottish Omnibuses Limited
- ↑ Companies House extract company no SC91923 First Scotland East Limited formerly First Edinburgh Limited formerly Lowland Omnibuses Limited formerly Lowland Scottish Omnibuses Limited
- ↑ Companies House extract company no SC91931 Scottish Citylink Coaches Limited
- ↑ SBG's bus repair unit transferred Commercial Motor 22 September 1988
- ↑ Workshop shutdown Commercial Motor 25 January 1990
- ↑ Companies House extract company no SC91932 Strathtay Scottish Omnibuses Limited
- ↑ SBGs split decision Commercial Motor 2 June 1988
- ↑ Companies House extract company no SC127012 First Glasgow (No 2) Limited formerly Kelvin Central Buses Limited
- ↑ All clear for SBG sale Commercial Motor 3 August 1989
- ↑ SBG sale rules prepared Commercial Motor 8 February 1990
External links
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