Who owns the buses in the UK?

70% of our buses in the UK are owned and run by the 'Big 5' bus companies: Arriva: owned by I Squared Capital, a company registered in the tax-haven Cayman Islands. First: Listed on the London Stock Exchange, mostly owned by institutional investors - global and UK based asset management firms.



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Stagecoach is the UK's biggest bus operator, with services connecting more than 100 major towns and cities across England, Scotland, and Wales. We also operate a number of coach and tram services.

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The current operator, London Underground Limited (LUL), is a wholly owned subsidiary of Transport for London (TfL), the statutory corporation responsible for the transport network in London.

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Why don't city buses in most UK cities have rear doors? Because almost all buses now in use are single manned - you have to pay your fare to the driver and s/he has to sit at the front for obvious reasons! Rear doors are simply not practical with driver-only operation.

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Average operating profits have been consistently higher in the largest metropolitan areas (former PTEs) outside of London than elsewhere. In the latest year available, operating profits in the former PTEs were 8.6%, compared to 6.1% in London and 6.9% elsewhere.

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Operator Stagecoach has denied claims some of its drivers are racist after reports they stopped asylum seekers boarding its buses in North Somerset. One driver told me 'we don't pick up refugees'. I was left waiting an hour for the next bus, an asylum seeker, who wished to remain anonymous, said.

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Greyhound Lines, Inc. (Greyhound) operates the largest intercity bus service in North America. Services include Greyhound Mexico, charter bus services, and Amtrak Thruway services. Greyhound operates 1,700 coaches produced mainly by Motor Coach Industries and Prevost serving 230 stations and 1,700 destinations.

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The legal identity of London Buses is London Bus Services Limited (LBSL), a wholly owned subsidiary of Transport for London.

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The deepest station is Hampstead on the Northern line, which runs down to 58.5 metres. 15. In Central London the deepest station below street level is also the Northern line. It is the DLR concourse at Bank, which is 41.4 metres below.

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He points out that most of the funding of the Elizabeth line comes not from central government but from business rates, levies on development and other sources within the capital. Also, that London has large areas of deprivation that are as much in need of levelling up as anywhere else.

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