bodied volvo b5l in preston in may 2013 parent rotala founded june 1904 headquarters preston service area preston service type bus services fleet 102 february 2014 chief executive bob dunn website www.prestonbus.co.uk preston bus 1 is a bus operator running within the city of preston england . it is a subsidiary of rotala . it gained some notoriety in 2009 when the competition commission ordered stagecoach to sell it . contents 1 history 2 fleet 3 see also 4 references 5 external links history edit preserved leyland olympian in the livery introduced in the 1970s east lancs lolyne bodied dennis trident 2 in blackpool in april 2009 in preston bus livery with stagecoach signwriting optare solo leaving chorley interchange for preston in march 2013 preston bus was founded in june 1904 as preston district travel and operated a number of services in the preston area . to comply with the transport act 1985 in 1986 the assets were transferred to a new legal entity preston borough transport limited . 1 in 1993 it was sold in a management buyout . 2 in 2006 preston bus was subject to some high profile competition from stagecoach north west . competition escalated into a bus war 3 with stagecoach offering lower fares on the busiest routes . 4 the managing director of preston bus was concerned stagecoach could force his company out of business . 5 both companies accused each other of unprofessional behaviour . 6 on 10 june 2008 both companies agreed to a code of practice by the traffic commissioner . 7 the competition continued with stagecoach operating routes within preston and preston bus commencing a service between preston and penwortham and a limited service between preston and southport duplicating existing stagecoach routes . on 23 january 2009 preston bus was sold to stagecoach . 8 9 10 the routes operated by preston bus were rebranded as stagecoach in preston from march 2009 . in november 2009 the competition commission ruled that the takeover by stagecoach had adversely affected competition in the area and ordered stagecoach sell preston bus . 11 12 13 following this ruling the preston bus name and logo was reinstated and the company was operated at arms length from the main stagecoach business . in january 2011 preston bus was sold to rotala . 14 15 16 fleet edit the preston bus fleet was originally all double deckers but latterly the company moved to single deckers and minibuses with the most common vehicle in 2008 being the optare solo midibus . as at february 2014 the fleet consisted of 102 buses . 17 until the 1970s fleet livery was cream and red when a blue and cream scheme was introduced . upon the sale to rotala a cream green and blue livery was introduced in 2011 . see also edit list of bus operators of the united kingdom references edit a b companies house extract company no 2004022 preston bus limited formerly preston borough transport limited the history of public transport in preston preston bus how preston s bus wars have been fought lancashire evening post 8 october 2007 bus giant accused of dirty tactics lancashire evening post 19 october 2007 preston s bus war ... it won t be over for christmas lancashire evening post 9 november 2007 legal loophole delay for egg throwing drivers lancashire evening post 31 october 2007 preston bus and stagecoach agree a code of conduct preston bus stagecoach set to buy preston bus busandcoach.com 9 january 2009 stagecoach completes acquisition of preston bus stagecoach 23 january 2009 we were forced to sell lancashire evening post 26 january 2009 preston bus to be sold competition commission 11 november 2009 company must sell bus war rival bbc news 11 november 2009 stagecoach must sell preston bus lancashire evening post 11 november 2009 preston bus sold ... again lancashire evening news 19 january 2011 acquisition rotala plc 25 january 2011 stagecoach sells rival preston bus ltd for 3.2 m bbc news 25 january 2011 preston bus north west buses external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to preston bus . preston bus website showbus gallery v t e bus companies operating in north west england cheshire arriva north west d & g bus halton transport network warrington stagecoach merseyside & south lancashire cumbria mountain goat stagecoach cumbria & north lancashire greater manchester arriva north west bullocks coaches diamond bus north west first greater manchester jim stones coaches manchester community transport rosso stagecoach manchester & wigan stotts lancashire arriva north west blackburn bus company blackpool transport blue bus of penwortham john fishwick & sons pilkingtons buses preston bus preston park and ride rosso stagecoach cumbria & north lancashire stagecoach merseyside & south lancashire transdev in burnley & pendle merseyside arriva north west avon buses cumfybus htl buses stagecoach merseyside & south lancashire the green bus isle of man bus vannin national megabus national express v t e culture and infrastructure of the city of preston transport bus station bypass dick kerr & co. fishwicks guild wheel longridge railway preston corporation tramways park & ride preston bus ribble bus ribble link ribble link trust ribble steam stagecoach tramroad transport in preston united electric car company whittingham hospital railway railway stations preston disused stations deepdale deepdale street fishergate hill grimsargh lea road maudland bridge maudlands ribbleton education university of central lancashire schools archbishop temple ashton broughton cardinal newman christ the king corpus christi fulwood academy moor park our lady s preston s college preston muslim girls closed catholic college larkhill winckley square sport deepdale dick kerr s ladies f.c. preston speedway preston city wrestling preston grasshoppers r.f.c. preston mountaineering club preston north end f.c. preston north end w.f.c. west cliff history battles of preston 1648 1715 county borough of preston fulwood urban district preston castle preston pals preston passion preston rural district preston strike of 1842 preston tithebarn redevelopment media the bee 106.5 central radio farmers guardian lancashire evening post preston fm preston is my paris red rose radio rock fm rock fm 2 companies action records bae systems military air & information booths edugeek horrockses crewdson & co. recycling lives skiddle politics council elections 1945 46 47 49 50 95 96 98 99 2000 02 03 04 06 07 08 10 11 12 14 15 wards ashton brookfield cadley college deepdale greyfriars ingol larches lea moor park preston rural east preston rural north ribbleton riversway st george s st matthew s sharoe green town centre tulketh constituencies preston by elections 1929 36 40 46 2000 preston north preston south wyre and preston north retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title preston bus & oldid 733305278 categories bus operators in lancashirerotalatransport in prestoncompanies based in prestonhidden categories commons category with local link 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