bodied volvo b7rle in haslingden in may 2011 parent rossendale borough council founded 1907 headquarters haslingden service area greater manchester lancashire west yorkshire service type bus services fleet 109 may 2014 chief executive phil smith website www.rossobus.com rosso 1 is the trading name of rossendale transport ltd a bus operator providing services in greater manchester lancashire and west yorkshire . it is owned by rossendale borough council . contents 1 history 2 services 3 depots 4 fleet 5 references 6 bibliography 7 external links history edit optare solo in bury in june 2008 east lancs spryte bodied dennis dart slf in rawtenstall in september 2008 rosso can trace its history back to 1907 when both rawtenstall and haslingden corporations both independently ran a motor bus within their boroughs . both undertakings merged in 1968 to form rossendale joint transport committee and later in 1974 with the local government reorganisation the boroughs were merged along with bacup which was already served by rossendale buses ; bacup borough not having its own bus company and whitworth to form the present borough of rossendale . to comply with the transport act 1985 in 1986 the assets were transferred to a new legal entity . 1 it expanded over the following 20 years and now operates buses throughout rossendale bury and rochdale as well as operating into burnley blackburn bolton and todmorden . in august 2013 the rossendale transport bus network was rebranded with a new livery design of red orange yellow and white as rosso . 2 services edit rosso operates services within the borough of rossendale including the towns of rawtenstall bacup whitworth and haslingden and into surrounding areas including rochdale bury burnley accrington blackburn and todmorden . the network of services is branded as rosso with vehicles and publicity carrying this name . 3 depots edit rosso s main depot and office facilities are in haslingden that replaced the previous bacup road depot in rawtenstall in september 2008 . 4 the company also operates from a depot on corporation road rochdale which was established in september 1990 to support new routes introduced in the town following bus deregulation . 5 the site is on the western outskirts of the town centre located next to the river roch . around 40 vehicles are based there . fleet edit as at may 2014 the fleet consisted of 109 buses . 6 references edit a b companies house extract company no 2004970 rossendale transport limited new look fleet of rossendale buses ready to roll lancashire telegraph 21 august 2013 network map rosso all change at rawtenstall bus depot . lancashire telegraph . 11 september 2008 . retrieved 16 september 2009 . postlethwaite p. 36 rossendale transport limited fleet list bibliography edit postlethwaite harry 2007 rossendale transport a centenary celebration 1907 2007 venture publications . isbn 978 1 905304 19 6 external links edit media related to rosso at wikimedia commons company website pictures of 100 years centenary event rossendale transport society website 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 borough of rossendale transport east lancashire railway rosso rawtenstall corporation tramways heritage railway stations irwell vale rawtenstall disused railway stations bacup britannia clough fold ewood bridge and edenfield facit haslingden helmshore shawforth stacksteads stubbins waterfoot whitworth schools alder grange all saints bacup and rawtenstall grammar fearns haslingden whitworth sport bacup borough f.c. bacup cricket club haslingden cricket club lee quarry ramsbottom cricket club ramsbottom united f.c. rawtenstall athletic f.c. rawtenstall cricket club rossendale rufc rossendale united f.c. media rossendale radio politics council council elections 1998 99 2000 02 03 04 06 07 08 10 11 12 14 15 constituencies rossendale by elections 1892 1900 04 17 rossendale and darwen retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title rosso bus company & oldid 735457886 categories bus operators in greater manchesterbus operators in lancashirecompanies owned by municipalities of england1907 establishments in englandrossendalehidden categories use dmy dates from april 2014commons category with local link same as on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages add links this page was last modified on 20 august 2016 at 21 21 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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