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ChesterBus〔(Companies House extract company no 2004962 ) Chester City Transport Limited〕 was an English municipal bus company operating services in Cheshire. It was owned by the Chester City Council. ==History== Chester City Transport commenced operating bus services in Chester in 1930.〔(A Decade of Municipal Bus Operation in an historic city ) ''Commercial Motor'' 20 April 1940 pages 236/237〕 It was operated as part of Chester City Council. To comply with the Transport Act 1985, the bus operation was transferred to a separate company in 1986.〔 It continued to trade as Chester City Transport until rebranded as ChesterBus in April 2005. In July 2006, Chester City Council placed the business up for sale.〔(Chester Bus sale attracts potential buyers ) ''Bus & Coach Professional'' 30 August 2006〕 In October 2006, Arriva North West & Wales registered a network of services to commence in January 2007, which duplicated a number of ChesterBus's routes.〔(Arriva plans Chester assault ) ''Bus & Coach Professional'' 25 September 2006〕〔(Notices & Proceedings ) Traffic Commissioner for the North Western Traffic Area 6 October 2006〕 On 11th October 2006, Chester City Council commenced an action in the High Court against Arriva, claiming that the registrations were anti-competitive under the Competition Act 1998, and asking for an injunction requiring Arriva to de-register them.〔(Chester council takes Arriva to court ) ''Bus & Coach Professional'' 14 October 2006〕〔(Chester cries foul as bus firm muscles in on existing routes ) ''Local Government Chronicle'' 18 October 2006〕In December, the registrations were cancelled〔(Notices & Proceedings ) Traffic Commissioner for the North Western Traffic Area 15 December 2006〕 though revised registrations for the (1/1A ) and (15 ) were made in January 2007. The claim centred on the allegation that Arriva were abusing a dominant position, but in a judgement dated 15 June 2007, it was held that Arriva had not been demonstrated to hold a dominant position, and the claim was therefore dismissed.〔(Chester City Council & Anor vs Arriva plc & Ors Judgement ) Royal Courts of Justice 15 June 2007〕 On 19 June 2007, ChesterBus was sold to First Chester & The Wirral with 84 buses.〔(FirstGroup agree purchase of Chester City Transport ) First Chester & Wirral 19 June 2007〕〔(FirstGroup agree purchase of Chester City Transport ) FirstGroup 19 June 2007〕〔(First trumps Arriva with Chester Bus purchase ) ''Bus & Coach Professional'' 20 June 2007〕 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「ChesterBus」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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