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    Bus deregulation in Great Britain involved the abolition of Road Service Licensing for bus services outside of Greater London. It began in 1980 with long-distance...
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    Deregulation is the process of removing or reducing state regulations, typically in the economic sphere. It is the repeal of governmental regulation of...
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    Merseybus (category Former bus operators in Merseyside)
    (Merseyside PTE) out of its bus operations following bus deregulation in Great Britain and was later sold to Merseybus management and staff in a £5.9 million Employee...
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    The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off...
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  • Municipal bus companies (1988–present, bus companies sold individually) – see main article Bus deregulation in Great Britain National Bus Company (1986–1988...
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    De minimis (section In India)
    the Christian Gospels. Following bus deregulation in Great Britain in 1986, small contracts for supplementary local bus services could be let by local authorities...
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    government-owned National Bus Company and Scottish Bus Group elsewhere. The Transport Act 1985 brought about bus deregulation throughout Great Britain which opened...
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    (Report). Deregulation Staggers Rail Act (act that deregulated rail in the US) Privatisation of British Rail Bus deregulation in Great Britain Airline deregulation...
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    to an increase in competition between companies. The deregulation of buses applied throughout Great Britain, excluding bus services in Greater London...
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    in 1853 and such vehicles were motorised in the 1900s. Double-decker buses were popularised in Great Britain at the start of the 20th century and today...
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    RailAir (category Airport bus services in the United Kingdom)
    operated by coach operator Rickards from Heathrow to Woking. After bus deregulation, the existing Reading and Woking to Heathrow Railair services passed...
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    development in the British state from the absorption of Wales into the Kingdom of England after 1535 to the modern United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern...
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    Metro (Liverpool City Region) (category Use British English from September 2024)
    ordered the deregulation of bus services across Great Britain, as well as the break-up of the six passenger transport executives and the National Bus Company...
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    account for bus deregulation. Steps were taken to reduce the age of the fleet, and NBC quickly ordered 90 Park Royal bodied Leyland Atlanteans. In 1970/71...
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    Transport Act 1980 (category Bus transport in the United Kingdom)
    Parliament in the United Kingdom. It introduced deregulation of coach services in the United Kingdom and allow authorities to deregulate bus services on...
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    (Greater London was exempted from the bus deregulation in Great Britain). Transport companies may bid to run London bus services for a fixed price for several...
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  • Buses are the most widespread and most commonly used form of public transport in the United Kingdom. In Great Britain, bus transport is owned and governed...
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    after deregulation, and new operators also chose it as a distinctive-looking bus. Painted in a variety of colours, they were used in regular service in Bedford...
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  • Transport Direct (category E-government in the United Kingdom)
    Transport Direct portal. Bus deregulation in Great Britain in 1985 allowed operators to determine routes and frequencies (except in London) which were normally...
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    Clydeside Scottish (category Former bus operators in Scotland)
    Scottish Bus Group subsidiaries, lasting shortly under four years as a stand-alone company. Clydeside was created in preparation for the deregulation of the...
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    from 1978) In 1970, SBG took over all the routes of David MacBrayne. In 1985, SBG was restructured as follows in preparation for deregulation: Central Scottish...
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  • FirstGroup (redirect from FirstBus)
    deregulation of bus services in the United Kingdom during the 1980s. During April 1995, two acquisitive private bus operators, Badgerline and GRT Bus...
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    Timeline of Manchester history (category Use British English from March 2017)
    such a system which is seen as a part-reversal of bus deregulation in Great Britain which took place in the mid-1980s. The network's main goal is to reduce...
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    Kingston upon Hull City Transport (category Bus operators in the East Riding of Yorkshire)
    Council until bus deregulation in October 1986. Following purchase by the Stagecoach Group in 1994, the company today trades as Stagecoach in Hull. The Hull...
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    Eastern Scottish (category Former bus operators in Scotland)
    Victoria depot closed In preparation for deregulation in 1986, and eventual privatisation, the Scottish Bus Group was reorganised in 1985. The Scottish Omnibuses...
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    Buses was a bus company based in Morley, West Yorkshire. Founded in 1969 as a coach firm, it expanded into local bus operation following deregulation...
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    Company in January 1969 to become the National Bus Company. In preparation for bus deregulation, in September 1984, Eastern Counties' operations in Cambridgeshire...
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    buses and the unwillingness of these buses to stick to timetables makes travelling on this route an unpleasant and stressful one. Bus deregulation in...
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    part of Arriva Southern Counties and Arriva London. In the run-up to deregulation, London Country Bus Services was broken into four smaller companies on...
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    inter-station transit links for several years. After bus deregulation, the service was operated by GM Buses. In 1992, the new Metrolink light rail system began...
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