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1798:Quality Line
1713:First London
1550:Countryliner
1525:Alder Valley
1507:Yellow Buses
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1218:Tates Travel
1208:Scarlet Band
1106:Speedwellbus
1086:Pennine Blue
981:Bu-Val Buses
872:Fraser Eagle
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219:between the
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100:Bus operator
97:Service type
71:Service area
63:Headquarters
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2113:GHA Coaches
2035:Western SMT
1728:Kentish Bus
1366:Zak's Buses
1011:GHA Coaches
857:British Bus
718:Buses Focus
202:Dennis Dart
35:Bristol VRT
16:Bus Company
2169:Categories
2128:Padarn Bus
2005:McKindless
1985:Dart Buses
1980:A1 Service
1733:Limebourne
1723:Harris Bus
1718:Grey-Green
1575:Invictaway
1570:Fleet Buzz
1492:Wessex Bus
1417:Badgerline
1056:Maynes Bus
986:ChesterBus
956:Avon Buses
776:Ian Allan
768:071537771X
733:FirstGroup
475:References
445:FirstGroup
430:Badgerline
411:Stagecoach
277:Cheltenham
269:Trowbridge
196:Preserved
163:Bristol VR
157:Preserved
141:Preserved
33:Preserved
2096:Companies
1793:NSL Buses
1678:Bexleybus
1487:WebberBus
1452:Nippy Bus
1183:Jolly Bus
1163:BrightBus
1101:Shearings
1066:Merseybus
882:HCT Group
877:GRT Group
646:0007-6392
619:0007-6392
592:0007-6392
434:GRT Group
285:Wiltshire
225:steam bus
1879:Scotland
1838:Scotland
1823:Westlink
1477:Sureline
1412:Alexcars
1389:MK Metro
1263:Midlands
1116:UK North
1021:GM Buses
840:National
463:See also
438:FirstBus
436:to form
293:Plymouth
281:Penzance
259:(1927).
257:Cornwall
247:(1920),
245:Somerset
243:(1919),
239:(1919),
235:(1913),
206:Penzance
186:Weymouth
91:Somerset
75:Cornwall
39:Penzance
2020:Rapsons
1873:Former
1803:Thorpes
1361:Yourbus
1311:Ludlows
939:England
901:England
704:Hansard
366:Swanage
297:Bristol
289:Taunton
267:around
200:bodied
188:in 1978
182:Sealink
176:bodied
161:bodied
143:Bristol
55:Founded
1703:Connex
1650:Velvet
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229:London
113:Depots
83:Dorset
66:Exeter
47:Parent
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2050:Wales
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634:Buses
607:Buses
580:Buses
253:Devon
233:Essex
180:with
145:H at
79:Devon
1407:Abus
778:ISBN
764:ISBN
642:ISSN
615:ISSN
588:ISSN
271:and
105:Hubs
58:1929
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1071:MTL
1041:JPT
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