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Go Bus Transport Ltd is a large bus company in New Zealand owned by Tainui and Ngai Tahu. The company is based in Hamilton, New Zealand, but also runs bus services in Hawke's Bay, Tauranga, Christchurch, Gisborne, Dunedin and Invercargill. ==History== Original constituent companies - Buses Ltd ran Hamilton buses from at least 1928. About 1980 it was bought by Hamilton City Council and renamed Hamilton City Buses Ltd〔(Omnibus Society )〕 Simpsons ran Huntly buses since at least 1929. Hodgsons of Te Awamutu were granted a licence in 1932. Merger - In 2004 Go Bus was formed by the merger of C.J. Worth Ltd., trading as Blue Worth Coachlines and Hamilton City Buses (privatised in the 1990s), Simpsons and Hodgsons.〔(Omnibus Society )〕 Craig Worth was still managing director in 2014. Controlling shareholders - Wellington investment group Morrison and Co. had become a 41% shareholder by 2005. In 2007 Direct Capital bought 87% of GoBus. The other 13% remained with GoBus managers and directors.〔 GoBus then had 410 vehicles, 4 workshops, 8 depots.〔 and 460 staff. By 2010 it had 650 buses and over 700 staff. From 2007 to 2012 GoBus more than doubled its fleet and increased its staff to 950. Direct put GoBus up for sale, saying it needed more capital to continue expanding.〔 In 2012 another private equity fund, Australia's Next Capital, bought Direct's 86.8% of GoBus〔(Stuff 2/6/2012 Aussies board GoBus )〕 for $84.6m. In 2014 Ngai Tahu Holdings Corp (⅔) and Tainui Group Holdings (⅓) bought Go Bus for a reported $170m.〔(NBR AUGUST 12, 2014 )〕 Expansion - some growth has been by acquisition of bus companies (see below), some by winning new contracts. Among the latter have been - * 2009 contract for Napier and Hastings, renewed in 2015 after a 60% growth in passengers. * 2009 Tauranga $7.5m ($3m less than previous operator, Bayline Coaches) 5½ year contract with Environment Bay of Plenty Bay. Bayline had run 25 buses daily, but the new service used 35 buses and 42 staff, with depots in Tauranga, Mt Maunganui and Te Puke. * 2013 won Gisborne contract by cutting the $320,000 a year Waipawa Red Bus service to $217,776 (plus $5,000 for cycle racks in the first year), with two air-conditioned 27-seat 'GizzyBuses' and a reduced timetable. GoBus also tendered for large buses at $225,941 a year.〔 * 2015 won 8 bus Gisborne school contract from Waipawa. 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「Go Bus Transport」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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