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Glenvale Transport〔(Companies House extract company no 3990677 ) Glenvale Transport Limited formerly MTL (Gilmoss) Limited〕 (GTL) was a bus company that operated services in Liverpool between July 2001 and July 2005. ==History== During the privatisation of the National Bus Company, North Western Road Car Company was sold to the Drawlane Group, which was restructured in 1992 as British Bus.〔(North Western Road Car flies National Bus Company nest ) ''Commercial Motor'' 24 March 1988 page 17〕〔(Competition Commission report 1996 ) paragraphs 3.5 to 3.7〕 On 1 August 1996 British Bus was purchased by the Cowie Group〔(Cowie buys British Bus for £282m ) ''Herald Scotland'' 1 August 1996〕 and in 1997 was rebranded as Arriva. North Western expanded by purchasing substantial parts of the former Crosville Motor Services〔(Drawlane snaps up CMS ) ''Commercial Motor'' 23 February 1989 page 16〕 operations and acquired or created other companies - most notably Amberline, City Plus and Liverline in Liverpool, Beeline Buzz Company〔(Bee Line Buzz Spreads Wings ) ''Commercial Motor'' 5 October 1988 page 18〕 and Star Line Travel in Greater Manchester, Dee Line, Leigh Line, Little White Buses in West Lancashire, Runcorn Busways, South Lancashire Transport in St Helens, Warrington Gold Line and Wigan Bus. By 2000, Arriva North West & Wales (as North Western had become) had built up a substantial presence in many parts of Merseyside, Cheshire, Greater Manchester and West Lancashire. In February 2000, Merseyside's largest bus operator MTL Trust Holdings was purchased by Arriva.〔(There'll be £13,500 along for bus drivers employees ) ''The Guardian'' 25 January 2000〕〔(Recommended Cash Offer for MTL Services ) Arriva 18 February 2000〕〔(Final Results Year Ended 31 December 1999 ) Arriva 8 March 2000〕 The acquisition and subsequent merger of the former MTL companies into Arriva North West gave Arriva a dominant position on Merseyside and in Liverpool in particular. A condition of the sale was that Arriva dispose of the MTL Gillmoss garage.〔(Statement re Arriva plc/MTL ) Department of Trade & Industry 28 March 2000〕〔(Statement re Arriva plc/MTL ) Department of Trade & Industry 23 May 2000〕 The bus corridors of South/East Liverpool were lucrative and had experienced more competition than those to the North of Liverpool and it was Liverpool's Gillmoss depot on the East Lancashire Road that Arriva offered for sale. The sale of Gillmoss, however, would turn out to be a rather protracted process. Its most profitable routes - 12/13 (Stockbridge Village Circular - Liverpool), 14 (Croxteth - Liverpool) and 53/55 (Thornton/Old Roan - Liverpool) were allowed to remain with Arriva Merseyside/North West and were transferred to its Green Lane and Bootle garages. It is unknown whether this deterred prospective buyers but an early buyer did emerge in the form of Go-Ahead Group who considered Gillmoss as similar to its Go North East operation and therefore almost came to an agreement to buy Gillmoss in 2001. However at the 11th hour, Go-Ahead pulled out of the deal. Arriva was having difficulty selling Gillmoss and put a proposal to the Competition Commission to re-invest in Gillmoss if it were allowed to keep the depot. The Competition Commission refused and the search for a buyer continued. In the Spring/Summer of 2001 a number of bids began to emerge. Merseyside's largest independent operator, CMT Buses, DelGro Corporation, Stagecoach and a management buyout fronted by ex-MTL managers Dominic Brady and Ian Campbell lodged bids. The latter was successful and Glenvale Transport took over from Arriva in July 2001. 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「Glenvale Transport」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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