GM Buses

[St Helens Rider]

RE: GM Buses
GM Buses was what was previous GMPTE and was a hands off operation from October 1986. In the mid 90's the government of the day ordered that company should be split between North and South (even though West Midlands which was of a comparable size was allowed to be sold as one). Both North and South started life as employee buyouts but eventually First bought out North and after some aggressive competition on the 192 South was bought by Stagecoach. I'm sure people in the area (and with better memories than mine!) maybe able to correct/add more facts to the story but that is generally what happened in a nutshell.