Companies Owned by Municipalities of the United Kingdom - Companies Owned by Municipalities of England (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 53. Chapters: Companies owned by municipalities of England, Companies owned by municipalities of Scotland, Companies owned by municipalities of Wales, Public transport executives in the United Kingdom, Transport for London, Cairngorm Mountain Railway, Warrington Borough Transport, Lothian Buses, West Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive, Reading Transport, West Midlands Passenger Transport Executive, Nottingham City Transport, Ipswich Buses, History of Lothian Buses, Transport for Greater Manchester, Rossendale Transport, Strathclyde Partnership for Transport, Thamesdown Transport, Cardiff Bus, Blackpool Transport, Newport Transport, Tyne and Wear Passenger Transport Executive, Merseyside Passenger Transport Executive, Halton Transport, Orkney Ferries, Strathclyde Buses, South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive, Bus na Comhairle, Manchester Airports Group, Municipal bus company, NEC Group. Excerpt: Warrington Borough Transport (WBT) is a bus operator running a network of services within the Borough of Warrington, England and into the surrounding area, including Altrincham, Leigh, Earlestown and Northwich. The network of services is marketed under the Network Warrington name, with both names appearing on vehicles and publicity. The limited company "Warrington Borough Transport Ltd" is wholly owned by Warrington Borough Council, which makes WBT one of the few remaining municipal bus companies in the United Kingdom today. The company was named UK Bus Operator of the Year at the 2008 UK Bus Awards, in part due to their success in increasing ridership by 20% over the past two years and attaining up to 98% satisfaction in customer surveys. Warrington Corporation Tramways started operating a network of five radial tramways from the town centre in 1902, with the first motor bus service starting in 1913. Buses replaced trams on ro...