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Arriva Yorkshire〔(Companies House extract company no 84167 ) Arriva Yorkshire Limited formerly West Riding Automobile Company Limited〕 is a bus operator providing services in West Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, East Riding of Yorkshire and the southern areas of North Yorkshire. It is a subsidiary of Arriva. ==History== Arriva Yorkshire was formed as a combination of mergers of previous companies based in West and North Yorkshire. In 1904 Yorkshire (West Riding) Electric Tramways began operating tram services in Wakefield followed in 1906 by Castleford. In November 1923 the West Riding Automobile Company began operating bus services in West Riding.〔(Arriva Yorkshire History ) Arriva〕 Yorkshire Woollen District Transport〔(Companies House extract company no 2284553 ) Arriva Yorkshire West Limited formerly Yorkshire Woollen District Transport Company Limited〕 operated services around Dewsbury〔 Both companies were acquired by the National Bus Company, along with Selby & District〔(Companies House extract company no 2225132 ) Arriva Yorkshire North Limited formerly Selby & District Bus Company Limited〕 with the companies maintaining separate identities. In 1987 West Riding Automobile and Yorkshire Woollen District were sold in a management buyout to Caldaire,〔(Companies House extract company no 2066896 ) Yorkshire Bus Holdings Limited formerly Caldaire Holdings Limited〕 under whose ownership they traded as West Riding Buses and Yorkshire Buses respectively. In 1994 South Yorkshire Road Transport, based in Pontefract, was purchased.〔〔(Companies House extract company no 1090790 ) Arriva Yorkshire South Limited formerly South Yorkshire Road Transport Limited〕 The four companies were taken over by British Bus in 1995〔 which itself was purchased by Cowie Group in August 1996.〔(Cowie Group plc and British Bus Group Limited: A report on the merger situation ) Competition Commission 31 October 1996〕〔(Principal operating subsidiaries of British Bus ) Competition Commission 1997〕 All were rebranded under the Arriva brand in 1997. Although Arriva Yorkshire trades as one entity, it is formed of three companies: Arriva Yorkshire West〔 (the former Yorkshire Woollen District company), Arriva Yorkshire〔 (the former West Riding and South Yorkshire Road Transport companies) and Arriva Yorkshire North〔 (the former Selby & District company). Since May 2008 there has been a sister company in Huddersfield. Centrebus Holdings, in which Arriva held a 40% stake, was formed when the Huddersfield operations of Stagecoach Yorkshire was purchased along with the separate K-Line bus company.〔(Stagecoach operation is sold - but not to Arriva ) ''Huddersfield Daily Examiner'' 3 May 2008〕 In September 2013, Arriva took full ownership of Centrebus Holdings and K-Line with the former rebranded Yorkshire Tiger and the latter as Tiger Blue.〔(Centrebus (Holdings) Limited ) Arriva 9 September 2013〕〔(Arriva takes joint venture control ) ''Bus & Coach Professional'' 12 September 2013〕〔(Arriva unleases its Yorkshire Tiger ) ''Bus & Coach Professional'' 9 October 2013〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Arriva Yorkshire」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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