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Stagecoach in Manchester〔(Companies House extract company no 2818654 ) Greater Manchester Buses South Limited〕 is a bus operator in Greater Manchester. It is the largest UK bus subsidiary of Stagecoach, carrying 98 million passengers in 2012.〔(Stagecoach Manchester Provides £11.3 Million Boost for 192 Bus Route ) Stagecoach 8 February 2013〕 ==History== A timeline overview of public transport in Manchester, prior to 1993, is given here. In December 1993 GM Buses was split in two, GM Buses North〔(Companies House extract company no 2818607 ) First Manchester Limited formerly Greater Manchester Buses North Limited〕 and GM Buses South.〔 It was planned that the two companies would compete against one another, but in reality they stuck to the sides of Manchester as indicated by their names. In April 1994 GM Buses South was sold to a management buyout. It faced an uphill struggle as over 40 competitors were operating GM Buses routes following deregulation, although most of those competed with GM Buses (North). However Bee Line and MTL Manchester did go south, and Finglands, Mayne and Walls were established competitors on lucrative South Manchester routes. GMBS suffered from operating an elderly fleet, as a stand-alone (nil subsidy) arms' length company, GM Buses had not been able to buy new buses, and thus Daimler Fleetlines and Leyland Atlanteans, the newest by then 15 years old, had to soldier on. Competitors were expanding and GMBS could not make the investment needed. Stagecoach set up Stagecoach Manchester as a Ribble Motor Services subsidiary, to compete on GMBS's main route 192 with brand new Volvo B6 buses that were far more appealing than GMBS's rundown fleet. In response to increasing competition by Merseyside Transport, GMBS set up Birkenhead & District〔(Companies House extract company no 1858001 ) Birkenhead & District Transport Limited〕 in Liverpool, running Daimler Fleetlines in Birkenhead Corporation livery. Throughout 1994 GMBS bought a large number of second hand buses, mainly Atlanteans and Leyland Nationals. Stagecoach responded with more new buses in the shape of new Alexander PS bodied Volvo B10M-55s. GMBS used its Charterplan coach fleet to compete with Stagecoach Ribble's route X43 to Burnley. By the end of 1994 everything turned peaceful, Stagecoach agreed to no further competition on route 192, and hired 20 Volvo B6s to GMBS. In February 1996 Stagecoach purchased the business and rebranded it Stagecoach Manchester. The original Stagecoach Manchester was sold to Finglands. On 21 January 2008, Stagecoach Manchester purchased the bus operations of A Mayne & Son with 38 buses all transferred to Hyde Road garage.〔(Anticipated Acquisition by Greater Manchester South Buses Limited of A Mayne & Son Limited ) Office of Fair Trading 16 January 2008〕〔(Stagecoach starts Mayne integration ) ''busandcoach.com'' 30 January 2008〕 On 10 August 2008, Stagecoach Manchester purchased Bullocks Coaches.〔(Stagecoach Announces Bullocks Acquisition ) Stagecoach 8 August 2008〕 Bullocks retained route route 147 ''Oxford Road Link'' operated as a subsidised university and hospital link. Bullocks' services included route 157 between Woodford and Manchester, which has since been renumbered X57 and made limited stop between East Didsbury and Manchester. In March 2011, Stagecoach started running the Stockport Metroshuttle service.〔 (【引用サイトリンク】title=GMPTE - Buses - Latest Changes )〕 On 2 December 2012, Stagecoach Manchester purchased First Greater Manchester's Wigan operation.〔(Stagecoach buys FirstGroup's Wigan bus arm for £12 million ) ''BBC News'' 31 October 2012〕〔(Acquisition of Wigan Bus Operations from First Manchester ) Stagecoach 31 October 2012〕 The transaction saw 300 employees, 120 vehicles (although 20 were owned by Transport for Greater Manchester) and the Wigan depot purchased by the former Mayne legal entity.〔(Companies House extract company no 308157 ) Greater Manchester Buses West Limited〕 The business was rebranded ''Stagecoach in Wigan'' although it is managed by Stagecoach Manchester. On 3 March 2013 Stagecoach purchased Bluebird with 40 buses, 80 staff and its depot lease at Greengate.〔(Anticipated acquisition by Greater Manchester Buses (South) Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Stagecoach plc, of Bluebird Bus & Coach ) Office of Fair Trading 27 February 2013〕〔(Bluebird bus services are now part of Stagecoach Manchester ) Stagecoach〕 On 26 April 2014 Stagecoach took over the business of JPT Bus Company with 41 buses.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.stagecoachbus.com/tis-service-update-details.aspx?id=1695 )〕〔(Stagecoach takes over from JP Travel ) ''busandcoach.com'' 6 May 2014〕 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 Manchester」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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