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Chester City Council
Founded1930
Ceased operationJune 2007
HeadquartersChester
Service areaCheshire
Service typeBus operator
Depots1
Fleet84 (June 2007)

ChesterBus

Chester City Council
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History

Chester City Transport commenced operating bus services in Chester in 1930.

Chester City Council. To comply with the Transport Act 1985, the bus operation was transferred to a separate company in 1986.[1]
It continued to trade as Chester City Transport until rebranded as ChesterBus in April 2005.

In July 2006, Chester City Council placed the business up for sale.[3]

In October 2006,

Arriva North West & Wales registered a network of services to commence in January 2007, which duplicated a number of ChesterBus's routes.[4][5] On 11 October 2006, Chester City Council commenced an action in the High Court against Arriva, claiming that the registrations were anti-competitive under the Competition Act 1998, and asking for an injunction requiring Arriva to de-register them.[6][7] In December, the registrations were cancelled[8] though revised registrations for the 1/1A and 15
were made in January 2007.

The claim centred on the allegation that Arriva were abusing a dominant position, but in a judgement dated 15 June 2007, it was held that Arriva had not been demonstrated to hold a dominant position, and the claim was therefore dismissed.[9]

On 19 June 2007, ChesterBus was sold to First Chester & The Wirral with 84 buses.[10][11][12]

References

  1. ^ a b Companies House extract company no 2004962 Chester City Transport Limited
  2. ^ A Decade of Municipal Bus Operation in an historic city Commercial Motor 20 April 1940 pages 236/237
  3. ^ Chester Bus sale attracts potential buyers Archived 26 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine Bus & Coach Professional 30 August 2006
  4. ^ Arriva plans Chester assault Archived 12 August 2014 at the Wayback Machine Bus & Coach Professional 25 September 2006
  5. ^ Notices & Proceedings Traffic Commissioner for the North Western Traffic Area 6 October 2006
  6. ^ Chester council takes Arriva to court Archived 12 August 2014 at the Wayback Machine Bus & Coach Professional 14 October 2006
  7. ^ Chester cries foul as bus firm muscles in on existing routes Local Government Chronicle 18 October 2006
  8. ^ Notices & Proceedings Traffic Commissioner for the North Western Traffic Area 15 December 2006
  9. ^ Chester City Council & Anor vs Arriva plc & Ors Judgement Royal Courts of Justice 15 June 2007
  10. ^ FirstGroup agree purchase of Chester City Transport First Chester & Wirral 19 June 2007
  11. ^ FirstGroup agree purchase of Chester City Transport Archived 3 August 2014 at archive.today FirstGroup 19 June 2007
  12. ^ First trumps Arriva with Chester Bus purchase Archived 12 August 2014 at the Wayback Machine Bus & Coach Professional 20 June 2007


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