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Yorkshire Rider〔(Companies House extract company no 1990370 ) First West Yorkshire Limited formerly Yorkshire Rider Limited formerly West Yorkshire Transport Company Limited〕 was a bus company in West Yorkshire. ==History== To comply with the Transport Act 1985, the West Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive transferred its bus operations to an arms length company named Yorkshire Rider on 26 October 1986.〔(West Yorks routes taken over by Rider ) ''Commercial Motor'' 4 October 1986 page 16〕 On 21 October 1988, Yorkshire Rider was privatised, being sold to a management buyout.〔(Yorkshire's riding high ) ''Commercial Motor'' 3 November 1988 page 19〕〔(Power to the People ) ''Commercial Motor'' pages 24-26〕〔(Part 3 - 1986 to 1990 Yorkshire Rider the early days ) ''West Yorkshire Buses''〕 In August 1989, West Yorkshire purchased West Yorkshire Road Car Company from AJS Holdings.〔(WYRC in takeover deal ) ''Commercial Motor'' 27 July 1989 page 16〕 In August 1990, the York businesses of Reynard Buses, Target Travel and York City & District were purchased.〔(Rider takes control ) ''Commercial Motor'' 26 July 1990 page 19〕 On 15 April 1994, Yorkshire Rider was purchased by Badgerline. It was included in the 16 June 1995 merger of Badgerline with GRT Group to form FirstBus.〔(Badgerline links with GRT ) ''The Independent'' 5 April 1995〕〔(Link-up creates second largest bus group: GRT and Badgerline in agreed £265m merger ) ''Herald Scotland'' 5 April 1995〕〔(Part 4 - 1991 to 1994 Rider Group expansion ) ''West Yorkshire Buses''〕 In September 1995, Yorkshire Rider was split into separate divisions:〔( Part 5 - 1995 to 1997 Badgerline & FirstBus, new names, new liveries ) ''West Yorkshire Buses''〕 *Bradford Traveller: covering Bradford with a depot at Bowling Back Lane *Calderline: covering Halifax and Calderdale with depots in Halifax and Todmorden *Kingfisher Huddersfield: covering Kirklees with a depot at Old Fieldhouse Lane *Leeds City Link: covering the Leeds area with depots in Bramley, Hunslet and Cherry Row In February 1998 all were renamed as First Bradford, First Calderdale, First Huddersfield and First Leeds as part of the rollout of the FirstGroup brand.〔(Part 6 - 1997 to 1999 The early Metrobus era ) ''West Yorkshire Buses''〕 Today these operate as First West Yorkshire and First York. The Yorkshire Rider Social Club still exists in Leeds but no longer has formal connection with any bus operator. It also no longer receives any financial subsidy from such. It is one of the few remaining buildings where the Yorkshire Rider logo is still on display.〔 (Yorkshire Rider Social Club ) Leeds Social Clubs〕 In 2015 one first bus was repainted into Yorkshire Rider livery, Volvo B9TL 37674,(7674) to commemorate previous liveries. 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「Yorkshire Rider」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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