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Stagecoach in South Wales〔(Companies House extract company no 2555509 ) Red & White Services Limited〕 is a bus operator providing services in South East Wales. It is a subsidiary of Stagecoach. A number of operator's licences were used by the company to operate services, however in April 2013 all services were consolidated under the Red & White Services licence. The previous licences were as follows (the names of which generally come from companies which have been acquired in the past): *Aberdare Bus Company Limited〔(Companies House extract company no 2680742 ) Aberdare Bus Company Limited〕 (Aberdare Depot) *Crosskeys Coach Hire Limited〔(Companies House extract company no 2141867 ) Crosskeys Coach Hire Limited〕 (Pontllanfraith Depot) *Islwyn Borough Transport Limited〔(Companies House extract company no 2002020 ) Islwyn Borough Transport Limited〕 (Blackwood Depot) *Parfitts Motor Services Limited〔(Companies House extract company no 368004 ) Parfitts Motor Services Limited〕 (Caerphilly Depot) *Red & White Services Limited〔 (Brynmawr and Cwmbran Depots) *Rhondda Buses Limited〔(Companies House extract company no 2683764 ) Rhondda Buses Limited〕 (Porth Depot) *The Valleys Bus Company Limited〔(Companies House extract company no 2674158 ) The Valleys Bus Company Limited〕 (Brecon Depot and Merthyr Tydfil Depot) ==History== In January 1991 Western Travel〔(Companies House extract company no 2041677 ) Stagecoach West Limited formerly Western Travel Limited〕 purchased the eastern division of National Welsh Omnibus Services with 180 buses and depots in Brynmawr, Chepstow, Crosskeys, Cwmbran and Ross on Wye. The operation was renamed Red & White,〔 the area's services having traded as Red & White Services until 1978. In 1992 Western Travel purchased Cynon Valley Transport which operated services in the Aberdare and Merthyr Tydfil areas was purchased with 46 buses. In February 1992 a 10% shareholding in Rhondda Buses〔 was purchased. Following the December 1991 collapse of National Welsh Omnibus Services, Rhondda Buses was formed to purchase the Caerphilly and Porth depots from the administrators. Rhondda Buses was owned by a consortium of British Bus, Potteries Motor Traction, Stevensons of Uttoxeter and Julian Peddle. In order to quell competition from neighbouring Red & White, Western Travel were sold a 10% share.〔"What Julian did next" ''Buses'' magazine March 2009 issue 648 page 31〕 Services were operated under the Rhondda fleetname from the Porth depot and Caerphilly Busways from the Caerphilly depot. Rhondda had expanded by purchasing the services of Parfitts Motor Services of Rhymney Bridge, who operated in the Merthyr Tydfil (competing with Stagecoach Red & White) and upper Rhymney valley area. In November 1993 Western Travel was sold to Stagecoach.〔(Stagecoach acquires Western ) ''The Independent'' 27 November 1993〕 Red & White was rebranded as Stagecoach Red & White. In December 1997 Stagecoach bought out the other Rhondda Buses consortium members which were now Arriva, FirstBus and Julian Peddle. Rhondda services were operated under the Stagecoach Rhondda fleetname, whilst the Caerphilly and Rhymney Valley services were incorporated into Stagecoach Red & White. In February 2000 all operations were rebranded as Stagecoach in South Wales. The Ross on Wye based services were rebranded as Stagecoach in Wye & Dean and transferred to neighbouring Stagecoach West. In September 2000 the services of Phil Anslow Travel were purchased with 28 minibuses, giving Stagecoach a greater presence in the Eastern Valleys and Gwent.〔''Twenty-Five Years of Stagecoach'' by Doug Jack. Published by Ian Allan 2005 ISBN 0-7110-3103-7〕 In November 2004 Stagecoach in South Wales purchased the remaining part of Phil Anslow Travel〔(Companies House extract company no 3478868 ) Phil Anslow Group Travel Limited〕 with six minibuses and 15 coaches.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Phil Anslow joins the fleet )〕 The bus services were integrated into Stagecoach in South Wales, whilst the coaching business became Red & White Coaches. Subsequently Red & White Coaches failed to remain profitable and ceased in April 2006. In February 2006 Stagecoach purchased Eastern Valleys independent operator Crosskeys Coach Hire〔 who traded as Glyn Williams Travel.〔(Bus Company Owners Sell After 30 Successful Years ) ''Quadrant Media & Communications''〕 Glyn Williams' operating area was within that of Stagecoach in South Wales and many of their trunk services had been operated jointly with Stagecoach. In 2008 the outstation at Bulwark, Chepstow was closed.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=https://bristols.wordpress.com/2008/11/25/bulwark-closed/ )〕 In January 2010 Caerphilly County Borough Council sold its 33 bus Islwyn Borough Transport〔 subsidiary to Stagecoach.〔(Tiny bus company plans to sell up to national carrier ) ''Walesonline'' 5 November 2009〕〔(Anticipated acquisition by Stagecoach Bus Holdings Limited of Islwyn Borough Transport Limited ) Office of Fair Trading〕〔(Islwyn bus firm sold to Stagecoach ) ''South Wales Argus'' 12 January 2010〕 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「Stagecoach South Wales」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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