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Gosport & Fareham Omnibus Co Ltd

Other Business Names:

  • Provincial Tramways Co Ltd
  • Gosport & Fareham Tramways Co
  • National Bus Co
  • People's Provincial
  • Provincial Traction Co Ltd

Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:

  • Fareham, Hampshire, Hampshire, South East, England

Sectors:

  • Transport services Road passenger transport services inc bus, street tram, coach & horse drawn

Notes:

Traced origins to a horse tram business established in c1878 as a subsidiary of Provincial Tramways Co Ltd. Subsequently electrified and known as Gosport & Fareham Tramways Co. Motor buses introduced from 1920. 1929 renamed Gosport & Fareham Omnibus Co Ltd and was by 1936 the only operating business of what had become Provincial Traction Co Ltd. 1970 acquired by National Bus Co and privatised late 1980s as People's Provincial

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