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dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Bus operator in Tyne and Wear, England</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox"><caption class="infobox-title">Busways Travel Services</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:NEWCASTLE_BUSWAYS_-_Flickr_-_secret_coach_park.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/NEWCASTLE_BUSWAYS_-_Flickr_-_secret_coach_park.jpg/250px-NEWCASTLE_BUSWAYS_-_Flickr_-_secret_coach_park.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="148" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/NEWCASTLE_BUSWAYS_-_Flickr_-_secret_coach_park.jpg/375px-NEWCASTLE_BUSWAYS_-_Flickr_-_secret_coach_park.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/NEWCASTLE_BUSWAYS_-_Flickr_-_secret_coach_park.jpg/500px-NEWCASTLE_BUSWAYS_-_Flickr_-_secret_coach_park.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1617" data-file-height="960" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">A Newcastle Busways <a href="/wiki/Alexander_PS_type" title="Alexander PS type">Alexander PS</a> bodied <a href="/wiki/Scania_N113" title="Scania N113">Scania N113</a> in <a href="/wiki/Newcastle_upon_Tyne" title="Newcastle upon Tyne">Newcastle upon Tyne</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">October 1986<span class="noprint">; 38 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1986-10</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Ceased operation</th><td class="infobox-data">July 1994<span class="noprint">; 30 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend">1994-07</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Sunderland,_Tyne_and_Wear" class="mw-redirect" title="Sunderland, Tyne and Wear">Sunderland</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tyne_and_Wear" title="Tyne and Wear">Tyne and Wear</a><br />England</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Service area</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Tyne_and_Wear" title="Tyne and Wear">Tyne and Wear</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Service type</th><td class="infobox-data">Bus and coach</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Depots</th><td class="infobox-data">4</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Fleet</th><td class="infobox-data">600+ (July 1994)</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Busways Travel Services</b> was a bus operator formed in 1986 which operated local and regional bus services in <a href="/wiki/Tyne_and_Wear" title="Tyne and Wear">Tyne and Wear</a>, England. The company was purchased by the <a href="/wiki/Stagecoach_Group" title="Stagecoach Group">Stagecoach Group</a> in July 1994. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Busways_Travel_Services&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Formation">Formation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Busways_Travel_Services&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Formation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In October 1986, to comply with the <a href="/wiki/Transport_Act_1985" title="Transport Act 1985">Transport Act 1985</a>, the bus operations of the <a href="/wiki/Tyne_and_Wear_Passenger_Transport_Executive" class="mw-redirect" title="Tyne and Wear Passenger Transport Executive">Tyne and Wear Passenger Transport Executive</a> were transferred to a new legal entity named Busways Travel Services.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Busways_bus_268_Leyland_Atlantean_SCN_268S_Metrocentre_rally_2009_pic_1.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Busways_bus_268_Leyland_Atlantean_SCN_268S_Metrocentre_rally_2009_pic_1.JPG/220px-Busways_bus_268_Leyland_Atlantean_SCN_268S_Metrocentre_rally_2009_pic_1.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Busways_bus_268_Leyland_Atlantean_SCN_268S_Metrocentre_rally_2009_pic_1.JPG/330px-Busways_bus_268_Leyland_Atlantean_SCN_268S_Metrocentre_rally_2009_pic_1.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Busways_bus_268_Leyland_Atlantean_SCN_268S_Metrocentre_rally_2009_pic_1.JPG/440px-Busways_bus_268_Leyland_Atlantean_SCN_268S_Metrocentre_rally_2009_pic_1.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3648" data-file-height="2736" /></a><figcaption>Preserved South Shields Busways <a href="/wiki/Walter_Alexander_Coachbuilders" title="Walter Alexander Coachbuilders">Alexander</a> bodied <a href="/wiki/Leyland_Atlantean" title="Leyland Atlantean">Leyland Atlantean</a> at the 2009 <a href="/wiki/MetroCentre_(shopping_centre)" title="MetroCentre (shopping centre)">MetroCentre</a> Bus Rally</figcaption></figure> <p>Busways divided its main services into four colour-coded divisions. Services operated out of <a href="/wiki/Slatyford" title="Slatyford">Slatyford</a> and <a href="/wiki/Byker" title="Byker">Byker</a> depots were branded as Newcastle and City Busways respectively, taking on a maroon livery, while <a href="/wiki/South_Shields" title="South Shields">South Shields</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sunderland" title="Sunderland">Sunderland</a> depots' Busways operations were branded blue and green respectively. These divisions were eventually reduced to three with the merger of City Busways into Newcastle Busways in 1993.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> White-painted <a href="/wiki/Minibus" title="Minibus">minibuses</a> operated by each division were branded "Mini Busways" to allow them to be quickly transferred between divisions,<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> while low-cost subsidiaries, such as Blue Bus, Economic and The Favourite,<sup id="cite_ref-Favourite90_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Favourite90-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> were also set up by Busways to compete with rival operators, such as Trimdon Motor Services, <a href="/wiki/Go-Ahead_Northern" class="mw-redirect" title="Go-Ahead Northern">Go-Ahead Northern</a>, the Tyne and Wear Omnibus Company (TWOC) and Welcome Passenger Service, on services across Tyne and Wear for passengers. </p><p>In May 1989, Busways Travel Services was sold to its employees in an <a href="/wiki/Employee_stock_ownership" title="Employee stock ownership">employee share ownership plan</a> (ESOP), with management owning 51% of shares and employees owning 49%.<sup id="cite_ref-ESOP_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ESOP-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The newly privatised Busways made their first acquisition of a competing bus operator on 17 November 1989, purchasing the Tyne & Wear Omnibus Company, which had then recently been engaged in a <a href="/wiki/Bus_war" class="mw-redirect" title="Bus war">bus war</a> with Busways, from Go-Ahead Northern for £2 million (equivalent to £6,285,000 in 2023).<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-TWOC1_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TWOC1-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-TWOC2_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TWOC2-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The sale of the Tyne and Wear Omnibus Company to Busways proved highly controversial with TWOC's 187 workers, with the company's Gateshead depot announced to close and workers being issued "precautionary" 90-day redundancy notices,<sup id="cite_ref-TWOC1_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TWOC1-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-TWOC2_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TWOC2-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> before later being made to apply for new jobs at Busways; only two workers out of 33 applicants would get engineering jobs at Busways, while no ex-TWOC drivers were hired by Busways to operate former TWOC services.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This eventually resulted in Busways being ruled to have <a href="/wiki/Unfair_dismissal" title="Unfair dismissal">unfairly dismissed</a> TWOC workers by an <a href="/wiki/Industrial_tribunal" class="mw-redirect" title="Industrial tribunal">industrial tribunal</a> in June 1992.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>By March 1994, the company was considering options of geographic expansion, merger, acquisition or sale to a national group. The company had become concerned at its proximity to the recently floated <a href="/wiki/Go-Ahead_Group" title="Go-Ahead Group">Go-Ahead Group</a>, and the fact that <a href="/wiki/United_Automobile_Services" title="United Automobile Services">United Automobile Services</a> to the south, and Northumbria to the north, were also possible targets for the larger groups. It believed that independently it would struggle to defend the company against expansion by these neighbours in the future. The Busways board came to the conclusion that a merger with one of the larger groups was the only viable option.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Stagecoach_ownership">Stagecoach ownership</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Busways_Travel_Services&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Stagecoach ownership"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Stagecoach_North_East" title="Stagecoach North East">Stagecoach North East</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Stagecoach_Busways_28903.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Stagecoach_Busways_28903.jpg/220px-Stagecoach_Busways_28903.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Stagecoach_Busways_28903.jpg/330px-Stagecoach_Busways_28903.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Stagecoach_Busways_28903.jpg/440px-Stagecoach_Busways_28903.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="600" /></a><figcaption>Alexander PS bodied Scania N113 in the first version of <a href="/wiki/Stagecoach_Group" title="Stagecoach Group">Stagecoach</a> corporate livery with Busways fleet names</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Stagecoach_Holdings" class="mw-redirect" title="Stagecoach Holdings">Stagecoach Holdings</a> acquired Busways Travel Services for £27.5 million (equivalent to £69,088,000 in 2023) in July 1994.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Burt94_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Burt94-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-BCB262_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BCB262-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This takeover had to be accepted against two other national groups by Busways' 1,700 employee shareholders, 99% of which accepted, receiving between £4,700 (equivalent to £12,000 in 2023) and £13,800 (equivalent to £35,000 in 2023) in <a href="/wiki/Windfall_gain" title="Windfall gain">windfall gains</a> based on their length of service.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Similar to Stagecoach subsidiaries such as <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Transit" title="Cleveland Transit">Cleveland Transit</a> and <a href="/wiki/GM_Buses_South" class="mw-redirect" title="GM Buses South">GM Buses South</a>, Busways initially retained its identity as an autonomous unit of the group between 1994 and 1995, with the fleet carrying new straplines reading 'Part of the Stagecoach Group'.<sup id="cite_ref-Burt94_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Burt94-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On eventual adoption of Stagecoach's group livery of base white with red, orange and blue stripes from July 1995, the Busways, Blue Bus Service and Economic names were retained by the company.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This rebrand was accelerated with a £6 million (equivalent to £15,783,000 in 2023) investment in 40 Alexander RL bodied <a href="/wiki/Volvo_Olympian" title="Volvo Olympian">Volvo Olympians</a> and 17 <a href="/wiki/Alexander_PS_type" title="Alexander PS type">Alexander PS type</a> bodied <a href="/wiki/Volvo_B10M" title="Volvo B10M">Volvo B10Ms</a> that were delivered between late 1995 and early 1996, the largest single purchase of new vehicles by Busways since deregulation.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Busways, Economic and Blue Bus names were eventually dropped with rebranding of the Stagecoach Group in 2000, with operations continuing under <a href="/wiki/Stagecoach_North_East" title="Stagecoach North East">Stagecoach North East</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Busways name is retained today as the registered company name for the Stagecoach subsidiary.<sup id="cite_ref-company2295227_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-company2295227-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Darlington_Bus_War_involvement">Darlington Bus War involvement</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Busways_Travel_Services&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Darlington Bus War involvement"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In January 1994, employee owned Busways had been considering expanding in the Darlington area, although by March this study was suspended while other possible futures were being considered. In the months following the Stagecoach takeover, the Busways subsidiary was a key player in the <a href="/wiki/Darlington_Bus_War" title="Darlington Bus War">Darlington Bus War</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Operations">Operations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Busways_Travel_Services&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Operations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Economic">Economic</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Busways_Travel_Services&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Economic"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Economic_647.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Economic_647.jpg/220px-Economic_647.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="149" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Economic_647.jpg/330px-Economic_647.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Economic_647.jpg/440px-Economic_647.jpg 2x" data-file-width="850" data-file-height="575" /></a><figcaption>Economic-branded Alexander bodied <a href="/wiki/Leyland_Olympian" title="Leyland Olympian">Leyland Olympian</a> in 1993</figcaption></figure> <p>The name "Economic" had been used by the associated businesses of GR Anderson and EW Wilson of Whitburn for their services between Sunderland and South Shields. These had been acquired by Tyne & Wear PTE on 1 January 1975. Prior to deregulation, TWPTE had painted a <a href="/wiki/Leyland_Atlantean" title="Leyland Atlantean">Leyland Atlantean</a> <a href="/wiki/Double-decker_bus" title="Double-decker bus">double-decker bus</a> in the old Economic colours of maroon and off-white with black lining to mark the 60th anniversary of the business, and as deregulation approached, two brand-new <a href="/wiki/Leyland_Olympian" title="Leyland Olympian">Leyland Olympian</a> double-deckers were delivered to the PTE in those colours, bearing gold "ECONOMIC" fleetnames. At deregulation, Economic was revived as the low-cost competitive operation of South Shields Busways, with Sunderland to South Shields services 505 and 506 becoming Economic routes E1 and E2.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Armstrong_Galley">Armstrong Galley</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Busways_Travel_Services&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Armstrong Galley"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 24 August 1973, Tyne & Wear PTE acquired two associated Newcastle-based businesses, R Armstrong (Bus Proprietor) Ltd. and Galley's Coaches Ltd., and immediately the "Armstrong Galley" name was adopted for the PTE's coaching and private hire division. Initially retaining the original PTE yellow and cream colours (of Newcastle Corporation), a new colour scheme of mid-blue with yellow, orange and red stripes was adopted around 1980. Armstrong Galley introduced a flagship service to London in the early 1980s, competing with <a href="/wiki/National_Express_Coaches" title="National Express Coaches">National Express</a>, using <a href="/wiki/MCW_Metroliner" title="MCW Metroliner">MCW Metroliner</a> coaches branded as the "Non-Stop Clipper".<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Armstrong Galley operations continued unchanged with the creation of Busways in October 1986, however in the early 1990s, it expanded into low-cost bus operation, culminating in an "Armstrong Galley Buses" operation being set up. After the Stagecoach takeover, Armstrong Galley's bus operations were closed down, with the coach operation later sold to <a href="/wiki/East_Yorkshire_Motor_Services" class="mw-redirect" title="East Yorkshire Motor Services">East Yorkshire Motor Services</a>' Tyneside Coach Travel subsidiary in late 1996.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Fleet">Fleet</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Busways_Travel_Services&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Fleet"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Busways_330.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Busways_330.jpg/220px-Busways_330.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="167" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Busways_330.jpg/330px-Busways_330.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Busways_330.jpg/440px-Busways_330.jpg 2x" data-file-width="850" data-file-height="646" /></a><figcaption>Newcastle Busways <a href="/wiki/Walter_Alexander_Coachbuilders" title="Walter Alexander Coachbuilders">Alexander</a> bodied <a href="/wiki/Leyland_Atlantean" title="Leyland Atlantean">Leyland Atlantean</a> with Stagecoach ownership logo straplines in 1996</figcaption></figure> <p>As of the purchase by Stagecoach in July 1994, Busways Travel Services was operating a fleet of over 600 buses based at four depots.<sup id="cite_ref-BCB262_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BCB262-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Busways inherited a large fleet of panoramic windowed <a href="/wiki/Leyland_Atlantean" title="Leyland Atlantean">Leyland Atlanteans</a> and <a href="/wiki/Daimler_Fleetline" title="Daimler Fleetline">Daimler Fleetlines</a> from Tyne and Wear PTE, although these had been supplemented in 1986 by 65 <a href="/wiki/Walter_Alexander_Coachbuilders" title="Walter Alexander Coachbuilders">Alexander RH</a> bodied <a href="/wiki/Leyland_Olympian" title="Leyland Olympian">Leyland Olympians</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Busways also inherited several <a href="/wiki/Bristol_LH" title="Bristol LH">Bristol LH</a> single-deckers from the PTE, many of which were scrapped or converted to driver trainers. Some examples survived into 1994, used in the main fleet, Blue Bus Services and Favourite Services, and the type was added to in this time with many second hand examples. In PTE ownership the company acquired several 1987 <a href="/wiki/Mercedes-Benz_T2" title="Mercedes-Benz T2">Mercedes-Benz 709D</a> minibuses, and 1989 <a href="/wiki/Leyland_Lynx" title="Leyland Lynx">Leyland Lynxes</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ESOP_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ESOP-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1989 and 1991, employee owned Busways standardised on the <a href="/wiki/Scania_N113" title="Scania N113">Scania N113</a> chassis, on <a href="/wiki/Northern_Counties_Motor_%26_Engineering_Company" class="mw-redirect" title="Northern Counties Motor & Engineering Company">Northern Counties</a> and <a href="/wiki/Walter_Alexander_Coachbuilders" title="Walter Alexander Coachbuilders">Alexander</a> RH double-deck bodies,<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Alexander_PS_type" title="Alexander PS type">Alexander PS</a> single-deck bodies.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The double deck fleet was also added to with the purchase of Northern Counties-bodied 1987 Leyland Olympians from <a href="/wiki/London_Regional_Transport" title="London Regional Transport">London Transport's</a> <a href="/wiki/Bexleybus" title="Bexleybus">Bexleybus</a> operation. In November 1992, Busways moved into the midibus market, purchasing 20 <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Dash" title="Alexander Dash">Alexander Dash</a> bodied <a href="/wiki/Dennis_Dart" title="Dennis Dart">Dennis Darts</a> during a period of direct competition with Welcome Passenger Services,<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> although 1993 batches were augmented with <a href="/wiki/Plaxton" title="Plaxton">Plaxton</a> bodied examples. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Busways_Travel_Services&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width reflist-columns-2"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation magazine cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.commercialmotor.com/article/26th-july-1986/18/11-tyne-and-wear-passenger-transport-executive-and">"[untitled]"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Commercial_Motor" title="Commercial Motor">Commercial Motor</a></i>. 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Blue</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Red_%26_White_Services" title="Red & White Services">Red & White Services</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ribble_Motor_Services" title="Ribble Motor Services">Ribble Motor Services</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shearings" title="Shearings">Shearings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Speedwellbus" title="Speedwellbus">Speedwellbus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Transdev_Northern_Blue" title="Transdev Northern Blue">Transdev Northern Blue</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UK_North" title="UK North">UK North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yelloway_Motor_Services" title="Yelloway Motor Services">Yelloway Motor Services</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="7" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:OK_Motor_Services_17_LJX_17.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/OK_Motor_Services_17_LJX_17.JPG/120px-OK_Motor_Services_17_LJX_17.JPG" decoding="async" 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scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/North_East_England" title="North East England">North East England</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Black_Prince_Buses" title="Black Prince Buses">Black Prince Buses</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BrightBus" title="BrightBus">BrightBus</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Busways Travel Services</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Transit" title="Cleveland Transit">Cleveland Transit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Durham_Travel_Services" class="mw-redirect" title="Durham Travel Services">Durham Travel Services</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jolly_Bus" title="Jolly Bus">Jolly Bus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingston_upon_Hull_City_Transport" title="Kingston upon Hull City Transport">Kingston upon Hull City Transport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mexborough_and_Swinton_Traction_Company" title="Mexborough and Swinton Traction Company">Mexborough and Swinton Traction Company</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_General_Transport_Company" title="Northern General Transport Company">Northern General Transport Company</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/OK_Motor_Services" title="OK Motor Services">OK Motor Services</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Ledgard" title="Samuel Ledgard">Samuel Ledgard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scarlet_Band" title="Scarlet Band">Scarlet Band</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Yorkshire_Transport" title="South Yorkshire Transport">South Yorkshire Transport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tates_Travel" title="Tates Travel">Tates Travel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Automobile_Services" title="United Automobile Services">United Automobile Services</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Venture_Transport" title="Venture Transport">Venture Transport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Riding_Automobile_Company" title="West Riding Automobile Company">West Riding Automobile Company</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Yorkshire_Road_Car_Company" title="West Yorkshire Road Car Company">West Yorkshire Road Car Company</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yorkshire_Rider" title="Yorkshire Rider">Yorkshire Rider</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yorkshire_Terrier_(bus_company)" class="mw-redirect" title="Yorkshire Terrier (bus company)">Yorkshire Terrier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yorkshire_Traction" title="Yorkshire Traction">Yorkshire Traction</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Midlands" title="Midlands">Midlands</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Barton_Transport" title="Barton Transport">Barton Transport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Birmingham_City_Transport" title="Birmingham City Transport">Birmingham City Transport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diamond_West_Midlands#Birmingham_Motor_Traction" title="Diamond West Midlands">Birmingham Motor Traction</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_Buses" title="Central Buses">Central Buses</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chase_Coaches" title="Chase Coaches">Chase Coaches</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Northampton" title="First Northampton">First Northampton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glossopdale_Bus_Company" class="mw-redirect" title="Glossopdale Bus Company">Glossopdale Bus Company</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Go_West_Midlands" title="Go West Midlands">Go West Midlands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diamond_West_Midlands#Ludlows" title="Diamond West Midlands">Ludlows</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diamond_West_Midlands#North_Birmingham_Busways" title="Diamond West Midlands">North Birmingham Busways</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Express" title="People's Express">People's Express</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Premiere_Travel" title="Premiere Travel">Premiere Travel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Probus_Management" title="Probus 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title="Devon General">Devon General</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greyhound_Motors" title="Greyhound Motors">Greyhound Motors</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/GWR_road_motor_services" title="GWR road motor services">Great Western Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hants_%26_Dorset" title="Hants & Dorset">Hants & Dorset</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nippy_Bus" title="Nippy Bus">Nippy Bus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shamrock_Buses" title="Shamrock Buses">Shamrock Buses</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Silver_Star_Motor_Services" title="Silver Star Motor Services">Silver Star Motor Services</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Gloucestershire_Bus_%26_Coach" title="South Gloucestershire Bus & Coach">South Gloucestershire Bus & Coach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southern_National" title="Southern National">Southern National</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sureline" class="mw-redirect" title="Sureline">Sureline</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trathens_Travel_Services" title="Trathens Travel Services">Trathens Travel 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Transit">Thames Transit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thames_Valley_Traction" title="Thames Valley Traction">Thames Valley Traction</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tillingbourne_Bus_Company" title="Tillingbourne Bus Company">Tillingbourne Bus Company</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Velvet_(bus_company)" title="Velvet (bus company)">Velvet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yellow_Bus_Services" title="Yellow Bus Services">Yellow Bus Services</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Greater_London" title="Greater London">Greater London</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abellio_Surrey" title="Abellio Surrey">Abellio Surrey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bexleybus" title="Bexleybus">Bexleybus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Birch_Brothers" title="Birch Brothers">Birch Brothers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boro%27line_London" 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