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National Express West Midlands〔(Companies House extract company no 2652253 ) West Midlands Travel Limited〕 (NXWM) is a bus operator in the West Midlands. It is a subsidiary of the National Express Group. ==History== On 26 October 1986 as part of the deregulation of bus services, West Midlands Travel was formed. It was previously the bus operations of the West Midlands Passenger Transport Executive. West Midlands Travel remained in public ownership under the West Midlands Passenger Transport Authority until December 1991, when it was sold in a management buyout to its management and employees. In April 1995 the company was purchased by the National Express, and in September 1996 rebranded as ''Travel West Midlands''. In November 2002 the Coventry services were rebranded Travel Coventry.〔(About Us ) National Express〕 The former Travel Your Bus and Travel Merry Hill subsidiaries have been merged into the main fleet. In February 2008 as part of a rebranding of all National Express subsidiaries, it was renamed National Express West Midlands.〔(TWN buses in name change ) ''Express & Star'' 10 January 2008〕〔(New brand, new name, new era ) National Express]〕 The Coventry service was rebranded as National Express Coventry. The current red and white is the sixth livery to be used by the company. A seventh livery of crimson and maroon is being introduced from 2015 starting with Birmingham routes 9 and 50. Previously garages in Stourbridge, Dudley, Merry Hill (Part of Travel Merry Hill), Harts Hill, Sutton Coldfield, Hockley, Cotteridge, Selly Oak, Wolverhampton, Washwood Heath and Quinton have been operated. The Dudley garage closed on 28 August 1993 to make way for the Dudley Southern By-Pass (which opened in 1999) and was replaced, along with the former Travel Merry Hill depot, by a depot at Pensnett. In July 2010, Lea Hall depot closed. National Express West Midlands aimed for the whole fleet to be low floor by March 2010. This was achieved in July 2010, with the withdrawal of the final MCW Metrobuses in operation at Acocks Green garage.〔http://nxbus.co.uk/west-midlands/news/metrobus-farewell/〕 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「National Express West Midlands」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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