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In 20 months of existence London Country North East had lost £5.5 million, on a turnover of £14 million. Two operating subsidiaries were created to help improve the situation, under the control of a single holding company, initially called the London Country Travel Group and later renamed to South of
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Early difficulties with staff conditions and wages, which the company was attempting to simplify from the complex contracts arranged by LCBS, led to strike action by staff in February 1988. Performance levels on contracted routes were already below those expected by the local councils who had awarded
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AJS group was wound up in 1991, and the company's director Bob Howells bought County Bus & Coach through a new holding company, Lynton Travel Group. County Bus & Coach was relaunched with three new local identities: Grays garage became ThameSide, Harlow became TownLink, and Hoddesdon became
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depot of Jubilee Coaches, an independent which had previously taken several contracted routes from LCNE, but found it had bid too low for the routes and could no longer fulfil its operations. Hatfield garage was closed in 1989, and a new site established at
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A month later LCNE was banned from registering new services for six months by the Traffic Commissioner for failing to operate service in accordance with registrations made. Following poor financial results, AJS decided to split the company in two.
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operation in 2002. The rest of County Bus & Coach's routes, garages and vehicles became Arriva East Herts & Essex. This was later combined with the former Luton & District and
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opened and when two London contracted routes were run; there is some evidence that passengers did not like these vehicles, and their use is thought to have reduced patronage in the area.
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taking over the old site. Finally, in January 2005, the remainder of Sovereign was sold to Arriva Shires & Essex. Having previously acquired the successors to the former
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subsidiary Westlink. In November 1994 County Bus & Coach became only the tenth operator in the UK to introduce low-floor vehicles into service, when four
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were bought in February 1989; however, as a result of this, Hertford garage was vacated and sold for redevelopment by its owners Parkdale Holdings. The
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England Travel Group. Its chief executive, Bob Howells, had previously been West Yorkshire Road Car Company's traffic manager. A third company,
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By 2002, Sovereign's fleet amounted to just 45 vehicles. Stevenage depot was closed and a smaller garage in the same town acquired, with
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contracts won by the company. In August 1994, the company's position in London strengthened with the acquisition of the 43-vehicle
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The company's fleet and operations remained largely static until 3 November 2002, when Blazefield sold Sovereign London to
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which replaced that at Hoddesdon. Two more operators were taken over in 1994, namely coach operators Airport Coaches of
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Some expansion followed. In October 1991 a new offshoot, Sovereign Buses (Harrow), was formed to operate a number of
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in 1995, and the new owners decided not to keep their London companies. Westlink was the first to be sold, to
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owned Frontrunner operation were acquired in July 1989. County Bus & Coach's fleet policy was to use
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to be privatised, being sold to the AJS Group on 22 April 1988. Later in the same year it was split into
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in 1991. Both subsidiaries continued to be owned by AJS until 1991, when they were sold to new owners.
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in 1986 and operated a fleet of around 350 buses from six garages, with its headquarters located in
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Morris, Stephen (September 1996). "NBC since NBC: a history of the former NBC subsidiaries".
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in September 1995. One year later, County Bus & Coach was sold to the rapidly expanding
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took over three former London Country North East depots in the 1989 split, namely
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companies as well as County Bus & Coach, Arriva now owned all of the former
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based Premier Travel Services, was added to the group in 1989 but was sold to
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Jarosz, Andrew (November 1991). "The rise & fall of the AJS empire".
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However, on 7 October 1994 County Bus & Coach was sold to
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County Bus & Coach's garage at Grays was transferred to
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The company was one of the beneficiaries of the collapse of
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On 22 April 1988, London Country North East was sold by the
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company; in November 1997 the Cowie Group was rebranded as
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Morris, Stephen (Autumn 1995). "The Lowfloor Experience".
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Sovereign contracted further in 2002 with the sale of the
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took over the former London Country North East garages at
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formed the new London Country North East (LCNE) company.
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on 1 August 1996, who owned most of the other former
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Former bus operator in South East England and London
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Temple Press. 7 December 1989. p. 18 956: 954: 952: 950: 931:London Buses 1985-1995: Managing The Change 914: 912: 910: 908: 906: 904: 902: 900: 898: 896: 829:depots apart from the St Albans operation. 467:depots and some local routes of the former 232: 193: 2940: 2926: 2728: 2714: 1791: 1777: 1697:Former bus companies of the United Kingdom 1689: 1675: 1612:"Competition referral for Arriva takeover" 1206: 1204: 1202: 1087:. Temple Press. 5 October 1989. p. 18 563:bodywork were purchased with funding from 1432:. Temple Press. 8 August 1991. p. 16 928: 846:"London Country Bus (North East) Limited" 575:. West Midlands Travel was taken over by 334: 1451: 1449: 1447: 1011:. Temple Press. 7 April 1988. p. 16 947: 893: 716: 481: 2448:Maidstone & District Motor Services 2051:Mexborough and Swinton Traction Company 1400:"Welwyn co-op sells out to competition" 1215:. Capital Transport. pp. 163–165. 1199: 870: 227:The company was the last subsidiary of 14: 3032: 1252: 1042: 960: 359:of County Bus & Coach's successor 3060:Former bus operators in Hertfordshire 3040:Arriva Group bus operators in England 2921: 2709: 2330:South Gloucestershire Bus & Coach 1944:North Western Road Car Company (1986) 1939:North Western Road Car Company (1923) 1772: 1670: 1550:"Transdev turnover grows by over 64%" 1444: 1267: 1210: 1270:Buses in Britain 2: The Mid Nineties 1236:"Essex low-floor service launched". 31: 1455: 1211:Brown, Stewart J (September 1993). 551:, who had also acquired the former 103:in London Country North East livery 24: 2948:Former bus companies operating in 2056:Northern General Transport Company 1799:Former bus companies operating in 1294:"Cowie buys British Bus for £282m" 1272:. Capital Transport. p. 163. 1268:Brown, Stewart J (November 1995). 216:. It was formed from the split of 25: 3071: 2393:Aldershot & District Traction 1376:. Companies House. Archived from 871:Millier, Noel (6 December 1986). 848:. Companies House. Archived from 2821: 2473:Portsmouth Corporation Transport 2247:Eastern National Omnibus Company 2002: 1997: 1992: 1648:. 7 January 2005. Archived from 635: 345: 89: 36: 2986:National Welsh Omnibus Services 2453:Maidstone Corporation Transport 2101:West Yorkshire Road Car Company 1634: 1618:. 6 August 2004. Archived from 1604: 1574: 1542: 1516: 1494: 1472: 1426:"AJS sells remaining bus firms" 1418: 1392: 1366: 1340: 1314: 1286: 1261: 1246: 1229: 1177: 1151: 1121: 1099: 308:West Yorkshire Road Car Company 3050:1986 establishments in England 2096:West Riding Automobile Company 1914:Manchester Community Transport 1869:First Chester & The Wirral 1642:"Sovereign takeover clearance" 1073: 1051: 997: 971: 881:. Temple Press. pp. 54–55 864: 838: 802:. Centrebus sold the depot to 567:for use on route 502, serving 13: 1: 3055:Former bus operators in Essex 1834:Blue Bus & Coach Services 1458:"London Country Bus Services" 1322:"Bamber Forsyth unites Cowie" 832: 378:Lynton Travel Group (1991–97) 1646:Bus & Coach Professional 1616:Bus & Coach Professional 7: 3045:Former London bus operators 2606:London Country Bus Services 1909:Lancashire United Transport 827:London Country Bus Services 774:Borehamwood Travel Services 596:London Country Bus Services 453:London Country Bus Services 317: 283:LCNE the contracts, and by 253:London Country Bus Services 243:Formation and early history 218:London Country Bus Services 10: 3076: 2423:East Kent Road Car Company 2325:Silver Star Motor Services 2086:United Automobile Services 1582:"Uno Expands in St Albans" 721:Sovereign Bus & Coach 641:Sovereign Bus & Coach 512:, gaining three routes in 3001:Rhondda Transport Company 2958: 2912: 2830: 2819: 2748: 2700: 2631:London Electrobus Company 2621:London Country South West 2616:London Country North West 2611:London Country North East 2526: 2508:Tillingbourne Bus Company 2378: 2260: 2237: 2144:Birmingham Motor Traction 2139:Birmingham City Transport 2124: 2076:South Yorkshire Transport 2011: 1990: 1809: 1763: 1730:British Electric Traction 1702: 1348:"The Arriva Story so far" 823:London Country South East 819:London Country South West 815:London Country North West 811:Arriva Shires & Essex 776:, which brought tendered 770:London Regional Transport 759:London Country North West 734:Sovereign Bus & Coach 707: 693: 683: 675: 667: 654: 634: 630:Sovereign Bus & Coach 625:Sovereign Bus & Coach 619:Arriva Shires & Essex 615:London Country North West 426: 408: 398: 390: 382: 372: 361:Arriva Shires & Essex 344: 285:London Regional Transport 275:and the isolated base at 237:Sovereign Bus & Coach 206:London Country North East 198:Sovereign Bus & Coach 189: 181: 173: 165: 147: 137: 129: 121: 108: 88: 84:London Country North East 60:Sovereign Bus & Coach 18:Sovereign Bus & Coach 2996:Red & White Services 2981:Islwyn Borough Transport 2966:Crosville Motor Services 2641:London Pride Sightseeing 2488:Southdown Motor Services 2408:Cavendish Motor Services 2345:Trathens Travel Services 2290:Crosville Motor Services 2179:North Birmingham Busways 1954:Red & White Services 1899:John Fishwick & Sons 1859:Crosville Motor Services 1839:Bluebird Bus & Coach 1302:. 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