Parent Halton Borough Council Service type Bus services | Service area CheshireMerseyside Chief executive Colin Stafford Fleet 73 | |
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Founded Widnes Corporation Motor Omnibus Department in 1909Halton Borough Council Passenger Transport Department in 1974Halton Borough Transport in 1986 Website www.haltontransport.co.uk Destinations | ||
Halton Transport is a bus operator running within the Borough of Halton (including the towns of Widnes and Runcorn) and into the surrounding area, including Warrington, St Helens, Prescot, Whiston, Huyton and Liverpool.
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History
Halton Transport's origins can be traced back to April 1909 when Widnes Corporation Motor Omnibus Department commenced operating a bus service. Over the next few decades the network expanded to most parts of Widnes and in 1961 following the opening of the Runcorn Bridge extended to Runcorn. As part of local government organisation in 1974 control passed to the Halton Council.
To comply with the Transport Act 1985, the operation was transferred into a separate legal entity. Unlike many other municipal operators it was not privatised and remains owned by Halton Borough Council. Bus deregulation saw Halton Transport expand its sphere of operation to other areas including Liverpool.
Fleet
As of January 2014, the fleet consists of 64 buses.
Halton Transport were a long time Leyland National operator, purchasing 20 new between 1972 and 1985 including the last one built. A further 27 were purchased second hand between 1986 and 1989. It then purchased 36 Leyland Lynxes between 1986 and 1992 including the last one built.
Between 1994 and 2005, Halton standardised on the Dennis Dart, purchasing a total of 80 new and three second hand. Bodywork for the majority was supplied by Marshall Bus, but the final 21, delivered between late 2002 and spring 2005, received East Lancs Myllennium bodywork.
From 2007 to 2010 sixteen examples of the Dart's successor, the Alexander Dennis Enviro200, were purchased, the first twelve having MCV Evolution bodywork.
Between 2013 and 2015 Halton purchased a number of second hand vehicles from various operators. These included 6 Optare Solo minibuses in 2013 and then 14 Scania Omnicities in 2014 from Metrobus, followed by 3 Plaxton Pointer darts in 2015 from Abellio Surrey.