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| Parent | Scottish Transport Group |
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| Founded | 1961 |
| Ceased operation | 1991 |
| Service area | Scotland |
| Service type | Bus operator |
| Fleet | 4,700 (January 1969) |
TheScottish Bus Group (SBG) was astate-owned group of bus operators covering the whole of mainlandScotland.
The origin of the grouping was the operators owned by and including theScottish Motor Traction company, which were transferred toScottish Omnibuses afternationalisation in 1948 under control of theBritish Transport Commission.Highland Omnibuses was added to the group in 1952.
A new holding company, Scottish Omnibuses Group (Holdings) was formed in 1961, and this was renamed Scottish Bus Group[1] in 1963. Meanwhile, the group had come under control of theTransport Holding Company in 1962 when the British Transport Commission was wound up. It went on to become part of theScottish Transport Group on 1 January 1969 along withDavid MacBrayne. At the time it operated 4,700 buses.[2]
In 1970, SBG took over all the routes ofDavid MacBrayne.[10]
In 1985, SBG was restructured as follows in preparation forderegulation:[11][12]
In May 1988, it was decided to privatise the operating companies with this occurring in 1990/91.[19]Central Scottish andKelvin Scottish were merged asKelvin Central Buses,[20] whileClydeside Scottish was merged intoWestern Scottish so as to provide a healthier prospect for potential buyers, both companies ended up being sold as separate entities.[21][22]
SBG Engineering had been formed to operate the central repair workshops inherited from six of the original seven operating subsidiaries (Alexander (Northern) not having had a separate engineering works). The company undertook heavy overhauls, refurbishment and accident repairs on behalf of the operating subsidiaries, and also offered these services commercially to other operators. Latterly it also owned a small fleet of rental buses. The Larbert works was transferred to Midland Scottish in 1988[23] and the rest of the company was dissolved in March 1990 as a prelude to privatisation. Edinburgh and Motherwell works were closed, while Inverness, Kilmarnock and Kirkcaldy works were transferred to Highland Scottish, Western Scottish and Fife Scottish respectively[24]
The holding company, Scottish Bus Group Limited, was dissolved in 2006.[1]
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