Cleveland Transit
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| Founded | April 1, 1974 |
|---|---|
| Defunct | 1994 |
| Headquarters | Middlesborough |
| Locale | Cleveland, England |
| Alliance | Hartlepool Borough Transport |
Cleveland Transit was a municipally-owned bus operator based in the former county of Cleveland in northern England, operating from 1974 until its purchase by the Stagecoach Group in 1994.
History
The non-metropolitan county of Cleveland was formed by the Local Government Act 1972, incorporating the County Borough of Teesside districts of Hartlepool, Stockton-on-Tees, Middlesbrough and Langbaurgh-on-Tees as its non-metropolitan districts, with Middlesborough becoming Cleveland's county town. Upon Cleveland's inauguration as a county in April 1974, the six-year old Teesside Municipal Transport's operations were brought together with bus operators in the other three boroughs, with the exception of Hartlepool Borough Transport, and a joint council committee named Cleveland Transit was formed.[1][2]
The municipally-owned company would operate bus and coach services across the new county for the next twelve years, adopting a green and primrose livery for its fleet.[1] Cleveland Transit standardised on a fleet of Northern Counties-bodied Leyland Fleetlines, Bristol VRs and Dennis Dominators double-decker buses and Leyland Leopard single-decks in this period,[2] although in 1974, the company experimentally had a Rolls Royce-engined Leyland Fleetline converted to run on liquid petroleum gas.[3]
References
- ^ a b "Transit tees up". Buses. Stamford: Key Publishing. 20 April 2017. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
- ^ a b Millier, Noel (25 May 1979). "Municipal buses with a difference". Commercial Motor. Temple Press. pp. 35–37. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
- ^ Hayes, Martin (14 March 1975). "Cleveland's Rolls-powered Fleetline is a gas". Commercial Motor. Temple Press. pp. 37–40. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
External links
Media related to Cleveland Transit (bus company) at Wikimedia Commons
