When the metropolitan county of Greater Manchester was created on 1 April 1974 the executive was replaced by GMPTE, with the Greater Manchester County Council replacing the joint transport authority. The PTE also acquired the bus operations of Wigan Corpor

In March 1996, GM Buses North was sold to FirstBus for £47 million (equivalent to £111,432,942 in 2023) and rebranded First Manchester. After a period of experimentation with the livery, a deep orange livery featuring a blue stripe was adopted. First Manch

Tame Valley Motor Services: formed in 1991, the fledgling company too expanded by means of tendered services, particularly in the Tameside area (one of which were evening journeys on the 343 route). Former GMT Standard buses and Volvo Ailsa’s formed part o

Arriva North West was originally formed following the split of Ribble Motor Services in preparation for privatisation in 1986, with the operations in Merseyside, West Lancashire and Wigan trading as North Western. The name was taken from the former North W

Stagecoach Manchester is a major bus operator in Greater Manchester, operating franchised Bee Network bus services on contract to Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM). It is the largest UK bus subsidiary of Stagecoach Group outside of Greater London, as

UK North was an English bus operator in Manchester. In early 2005, it revived the GM Buses name. It operated services including on routes 42, 86 and 192. However, this was to be short lived as services were suspended during the 2006 Christmas period, over

Blue Bus was a large independent bus company serving Greater Manchester, Lancashire and Merseyside. Blue Bus was formed in 1991 by former Shearings managers Roger Jarvis and Alan Turner. It was based at a former railway works in Horwich, six miles to the w

The Company, Belle Vue (Manchester) Ltd originally world famous for pleasure rides including 'The Bobs' and the beautiful zoological gardens, is now one of the UK’s leading brands in Coach Hire Management Services. Based on the theme of a fun-packed day ou

SuperFox Bus Ltd is a fictional bus company based out of Carrington, South West Manchester. Established in 1991, they run routes all over South Manchester. This company was originally made for Transport Fever 2, and has been brought over to C.B.M