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Capital Citybus〔(Companies House extract company no 2218277 ) First Capital East Limited formerly Capital Citybus Limited formerly Frontrunner Buses South East Limited〕 was a bus operator in London operating services under contract to London Regional Transport. ==History== Capital Citybus was established on 29 December 1990, with the purchase of the London tendered bus services of Ensignbus by the Hong Kong businessman Tsui Tsin-tong's CNT Group, which also owned bus operator Citybus.〔(From Hong Kong by bus ) ''Commercial Motor'' 10 January 1991〕〔(The History of Ensignbus ) Ensignbus〕 Citybus purchased the London tendered routes, Dagenham garage and 87 buses and rebranded the operation as Capital Citybus. In 1991, it gained a large number of routes after the collapse of London Regional Transport subsidiary London Forest and further tendering and opened Northumberland Park garage. On 21 December 1995, CNT Group sold Capital Citybus in a management buyout backed by Lloyds Development Capital.〔(FirstGroup finds London bus firm is just the ticket ) ''Herald Scotland'' 9 July 1998〕 On 8 July 1998, Capital Citybus was sold to FirstGroup.〔〔(Tendered Bus Services ) Select Committee on Environment, Transport & Regional Affairs March 1999〕〔(Annual Report Year Ended 31 March 1999 ) FirstGroup〕 After a period of initially operating separately, the company was integrated into the other First London operations. 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「Capital Citybus」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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