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Solent Blue Line Ltd,〔(Companies House extract company no 2103030 ) Solent Blue Line Limited formerly Musterphantom Limited〕 which trades primarily under the name Bluestar, is a bus operator providing services in South Hampshire. It is a subsidiary of the Go South Coast sector of the Go-Ahead Group. ==History== Solent Blue Line was formed by Southern Vectis in May 1987 to compete with Southampton Citybus on some of its major routes with some Bristol VRTs. In October 1987 Solent Blue Line purchased the Hants & Sussex〔(Companies House extract company no 3203900 ) Hants & Sussex Omnibus Limited〕 business from Basil Williams and the Eastleigh and Southampton routes which had previously been part of Hants & Dorset, from Stagecoach in Hampshire. This expanded the fleet from 16 to 115 buses. New buses began to be purchased with Leyland Olympians for the Southampton to Winchester service and minibuses for the Eastleigh to Winchester service. Some services were operated under franchise by Brijan Tours and Marchwood Motorways.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.freewebs.com/colinsplace/buses/sbl/history.html#top )〕 From here the network expanded until in 2003 the network underwent a change, involving a new name and the launch of the Bluestar brand soon after, as a name for their premier services〔 (Please Note: due to archiving problems, the text is white and therefore not visible without highlighting the text)〕 with Bluestar services one and two launching in 2004, the three and four service launching a year later and the waterside services eight and nine having fully launched by 2006. In July 2005 Solent Blue Line was included in the sale of Southern Vectis to the Go-Ahead Group〔(Recommended Cash for Southern Vectis plc ) Go-Ahead Group 11 July 2005〕 and subsequently the head office functions of the company were consolidated with those of the other Go South Coast companies, Southern Vectis and Wilts & Dorset, in Poole. In October 2006 Solent Blue Line purchased Marchwood Motorways〔(Companies House extract company no 2201331 ) Marchwood Motorways (Services) Limited〕〔(Companies House extract company no 1622531 ) Marchwood Motorways (Southampton) Limited〕〔(Acquisition of Marchwood Buses ) Go-Ahead Group 24 March 2006〕 After the withdrawal of the Red Rocket brand on 25 February 2008, most of the company's services began to run under the Bluestar brand. The fleet has recently undergone several updates, including the introduction of a smartcard system called the key,〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.bluestarbus.co.uk/the-key.php )〕 and the introduction of free Wi-Fi internet to all buses. 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「Bluestar (bus company)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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