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Ribble Motor Services〔(Companies House extract company no 155849 ) Ribble Motor Services Limited〕 was a large regional bus operator in the North West England based in Preston. ==History== Ribble Motor Services commenced operating in 1919, and grew to be the largest operator in the region, with a territory stretching from Carlisle in Cumberland to southern Lancashire. In 1961, the Scout Motor Services business was purchased,〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=Ribble Vehicle Preservation Trust )〕 and absorbed into Ribble in 1968.〔(Ribble absorbs Scout ) ''Commercial Motor'' 18 October 1968 page 40〕 The Standerwick business had been purchased in 1932.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Coach Connections )〕 Ribble operated dark red liveried buses through its BET Group ownership and when it passed into the ownership of the nationalised operator National Bus Company. In 1972 the National Bus Company introduced a corporate livery and Ribble vehicles changed to poppy red. The first batch of Leyland Nationals were delivered from the factory finished in dark red paint but were repainted into poppy red by the company before they entered service. Prior to the deregulation of bus services in 1986, Ribble's territory was reduced with the company's north Cumbrian operations passing to Cumberland Motor Services, and the Merseyside operations to a recreated North Western.〔(NBC carve-up is settled ) ''Commercial Motor'' 22 March 1986 page 44〕 As part of the privatisation of the National Bus Company, Ribble was sold on 2 March 1988 in a management buyout.〔(Hansard ) House of Commons 18 April 1988〕 In May 1989, Ribble was purchased by Stagecoach Holdings.〔(OFT holds up Stagecoach ) ''Commercial Motor'' 27 April 1989 page 7〕〔(Stagecoach Holdings plc & Lancaster City Transport Limited ) Monopolies & Mergers Commission November 1993〕 In May 1989, Barrow Borough Transport was purchased.〔(Barrow to Stagecoach ) ''Commercial Motor'' 1 June 1989 page 9〕 In April 2001, Stagecoach sold the Ribble operations in Blackburn, Hyndburn, Clitheroe and Bolton to the Blazefield Group, which rebranded them as Lancashire United and Burnley & Pendle.〔(Stagecoach sells some North-West Operations for £13 Million ) Stagecoach 26 April 2001〕 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「Ribble Motor Services」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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