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successive withdrawals and fares revisions further weakened what had now become marginal rural services. During the 1980s, Hants & Dorset's financial position was so precarious that it had to be propped up by an inter-company loan from fellow NBC subsidiary
Amalgamated Passenger Transport Ltd in order to remain solvent.
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There re-emerged the name Wilts & Dorset, albeit with a significantly different operating area from that of the old company (from 1983, covering
Bournemouth, Poole, Lymington, Salisbury, with a head office remaining at Bournemouth). Wilts & Dorset was sold to its management in 1987 and bought
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In the early- to mid-1980s, the
National Bus Company, with an eye to the future, began dismantling its larger operating subsidiaries, of which Hants & Dorset was one. The goal was the formation of units that could better serve their local markets, although later splits were to ensure a successful
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Recognizing the increasing level of joint working, Hants & Dorset's
Fareham activities merged with the Gosport and Fareham undertaking, under the Provincial name, trading from Hoeford, Gosport Road, Fareham, and all but closing the former Hants & Dorset Fareham garage other than for storage.
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Hants & Dorset had a reputation among NBC subsidiaries as somewhat loss-making. While routes in the Poole-Bournemouth, Southampton, Basingstoke and
Salisbury areas made reasonable returns, those elsewhere were weaker. The impact of the private car throughout the 1960s and 1970s together with
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The company operated from the higher level of a unique two-tier bus & coach station in
Bournemouth, dating from 1930. Having been rebuilt in the 1950s, it was rendered unsafe following a fire in 1976, and demolished and replaced with a car park in the early
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315:(THC) when the railway company was nationalised in 1948. British Automobile Traction sold its shares to the Tilling Group in 1942, who in turn sold out to British Associated Transport in 1949, and thus Hants & Dorset became 100% government owned.
429:) in 1970. It passed under the head office control of Hants & Dorset but Provincial remained a separate entity, in part under its own control, owing to the terms of a 1929 Act under which it was established. Provincial retained a green livery.
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projects. These helped identify viable networks where the local authorities concerned, which by now not only had the power to subsidise bus services but were actually facing resultant financial constraints, could subsidise additional mileage.
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company in 1977 and was applied throughout Hants & Dorset's territory, culminating in redrafted timetables and an attempt at fostering local support through the use of sub-brands identifiable to specific, local markets. These were:
390:) passed to Hants & Dorset, along with an eclectic mix of vehicles, most of which were withdrawn from service as non-standard. Chisnell had operated Winchester city services and a country service to Basingstoke.
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Freeman, J.D.F.; Jowitt, Robert E.; Murphy, R.J. (1984).
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1564:Maidstone & District Motor Services
1167:Mexborough and Swinton Traction Company
609:. Ian Allan Publishing Ltd. p. 6.
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445:MAP, as it was known, emerged from the
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160:British Associated Transport (1948-62)
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1446:South Gloucestershire Bus & Coach
1060:North Western Road Car Company (1986)
1055:North Western Road Car Company (1923)
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46:adding citations to reliable sources
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1172:Northern General Transport Company
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717:. Kingfisher Railway Productions.
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253:Company) and others formed the
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2508:1920 establishments in England
1212:West Riding Automobile Company
1030:Manchester Community Transport
985:First Chester & The Wirral
607:Glory Days: Hants & Dorset
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950:Blue Bus & Coach Services
494:Preserved Hants & Dorset
2391:First Hampshire & Dorset
2379:Somerset Passenger Solutions
2295:First Hampshire & Dorset
753:Hants & Dorset A History
536:First Hampshire & Dorset
319:Common management and merger
1722:London Country Bus Services
1025:Lancashire United Transport
668:archive.commercialmotor.com
530:Provincial was acquired by
331:in the poppy red livery in
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1737:London Country South West
1732:London Country North West
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1192:South Yorkshire Transport
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466:South Hants (Southampton)
313:Transport Holding Company
251:British Electric Traction
163:Transport Holding Company
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2097:Islwyn Borough Transport
2082:Crosville Motor Services
1757:London Pride Sightseeing
1604:Southdown Motor Services
1524:Cavendish Motor Services
1461:Trathens Travel Services
1406:Crosville Motor Services
1295:North Birmingham Busways
1070:Red & White Services
1015:John Fishwick & Sons
975:Crosville Motor Services
955:Bluebird Bus & Coach
755:Croydon: DTS Publishing
460:Winton Line (Winchester)
2401:Quantock Motor Services
2004:Scottish Motor Traction
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1401:Bristol Omnibus Company
1320:Stevensons of Uttoxeter
1315:South Notts Bus Company
1280:Glossopdale Bus Company
1147:Busways Travel Services
1100:Yelloway Motor Services
644:9 November 1934 page 76
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1619:Thames Valley Traction
1584:New Enterprise Coaches
1157:Durham Travel Services
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688:Harris, Chris (2021).
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2192:First West of England
2122:South Wales Transport
1421:Great Western Railway
1075:Ribble Motor Services
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866:National Bus Company
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738:Bus buy for Go-Ahead
363:National Bus Company
168:National Bus Company
57:"Hants & Dorset"
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1969:First Scotland East
1634:Yellow Bus Services
1599:Southampton Citybus
1574:Marchwood Motorways
1519:Boro'line Maidstone
980:Finglands Coachways
945:Blackburn Transport
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2338:Oxford Bus Company
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1979:Gibson's of Moffat
1924:Strathtay Scottish
1879:Clydeside Scottish
1866:Scottish Bus Group
1496:South East England
1426:Hants & Dorset
1378:South West England
1232:Yorkshire Traction
1137:Black Prince Buses
1129:North East England
1010:Jim Stones Coaches
995:Glenvale Transport
927:North West England
751:Morris, C. (1996)
653:Morris, 1996, p.68
595:Morris, 1996, p.13
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1677:Capital Logistics
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1330:Travel Merry Hill
1325:Travel de Courcey
1310:Probus Management
1275:First Northampton
1227:Yorkshire Terrier
1207:Venture Transport
1177:OK Motor Services
1152:Cleveland Transit
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1777:Quality Line
1692:First London
1529:Countryliner
1504:Alder Valley
1486:Yellow Buses
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1197:Tates Travel
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1085:Speedwellbus
1065:Pennine Blue
960:Bu-Val Buses
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2014:Western SMT
1707:Kentish Bus
1345:Zak's Buses
990:GHA Coaches
836:British Bus
447:Midland Red
387:King Alfred
375:Shaftesbury
352:Basingstoke
348:Porton Down
289:Southampton
281:Bournemouth
259:Southampton
211:Southampton
195:Bournemouth
2502:Categories
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1984:McKindless
1964:Dart Buses
1959:A1 Service
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1702:Harris Bus
1697:Grey-Green
1554:Invictaway
1549:Fleet Buzz
1471:Wessex Bus
1396:Badgerline
1035:Maynes Bus
965:ChesterBus
935:Avon Buses
583:References
547:Stagecoach
532:FirstGroup
512:Provincial
427:Provincial
417:Preserved
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379:Warminster
333:Winchester
329:Bristol VR
327:Preserved
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215:Winchester
132:Preserved
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2421:Wiltshire
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2075:Companies
1772:NSL Buses
1657:Bexleybus
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1431:Nippy Bus
1162:Jolly Bus
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1080:Shearings
1045:Merseybus
861:HCT Group
856:GRT Group
543:Eastleigh
538:in 2003.
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203:Lymington
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148:(1929-48)
98:July 2014
2469:National
2351:Somerset
2221:Cornwall
1858:Scotland
1817:Scotland
1802:Westlink
1456:Sureline
1391:Alexcars
1368:MK Metro
1242:Midlands
1095:UK North
1000:GM Buses
819:National
673:1 August
571:See also
2487:FlixBus
2477:Megabus
2300:Morebus
2184:Bristol
1999:Rapsons
1852:Former
1782:Thorpes
1340:Yourbus
1290:Ludlows
918:England
880:England
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399:Swanage
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199:Fareham
175:Founded
82:scholar
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