Yorkshire Rider

Yorkshire Rider^[1] was a bus company in West Yorkshire.

History

To comply with the Transport Act 1985, the West Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive transferred its bus operations to an arms length company named Yorkshire Rider on 26 October 1986.^[2]

On 21 October 1988, Yorkshire Rider was privatised, being sold to a management buyout.^[3][4][5] In August 1989, West Yorkshire purchased West Yorkshire Road Car Company from AJS Holdings.^[6]

In August 1990, the York businesses of Reynard Buses, Target Travel and York City & District were purchased.^[7] On 15 April 1994, Yorkshire Rider was purchased by Badgerline. It was included in the merger of Badgerline with GRT Group on 16 June 1995 to form FirstBus.^[8][9][10]

In September 1995, Yorkshire Rider was split into separate divisions:^[11]

• Bradford Traveller: covering Bradford with a depot at Bowling Back Lane
• Calderline: covering Halifax and Calderdale with depots in Halifax and Todmorden
• Kingfisher Huddersfield: covering Kirklees with a depot at Old Fieldhouse Lane
• Leeds City Link: covering the Leeds area with depots in Bramley, Hunslet and Cherry Row

In February 1998 all were renamed as First Bradford, First Calderdale, First Huddersfield and First Leeds as part of the rollout of the FirstGroup brand.^[12] Today these operate as First West Yorkshire and First York.

The Yorkshire Rider Social Club still exists in Leeds but no longer has formal connection with any bus operator. It also no longer receives any financial subsidy from such. It is one of the few remaining buildings where the Yorkshire Rider logo is still on display.^[13]

In 2015 one First bus was repainted into Yorkshire Rider livery, Volvo B9TL 37674 (7674) to commemorate previous liveries.

References

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