Buses in the Midlands: 1990s and 2000s

During the 1990s and 2000s the bus and coach scene across the Midlands evolved at a much greater rate to that of the preceding decades. From 1986 the subsidiaries of the National Bus Company were privatized along with several municipally-owned companies across the region, the largest of which was the bus operations of West Midlands PTE. Independent companies came to try their hand by setting up new routes or networks and were joined by some established coach operators wishing to exploit new...