Editing Scottish Bus Group (section)

{{Short description|Scottish business}}
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{{Infobox Bus transit
|name           = Scottish Bus Group
|logo           = Scottish Bus Group logo.svg
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|image          = Eastern Scottish bus DD65 (OSG_65V), September 1979.jpg
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|image_caption  = [[Eastern Scottish]] [[Eastern Coach Works]] bodied [[Daimler Fleetline|Leyland Fleetline]] in September 1979
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|parent         = [[Scottish Transport Group]]
|founded        = 1961
|ceased         = 1991
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|locale         = 
|service_area   = [[Scotland]]
|service_type   = Bus operator
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|routes         = 
|fleet           = 4,700 (January 1969)
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[[File:Scottish Bus Group Alexander Y-Types, SVBM, 17 August 2014.jpg|thumb|Coaches showing the unified "Midland Scottish" (blue), "Northern Scottish" (yellow) and "Eastern Scottish" (green) livery and branding styles introduced in the late 1970s.]]

The '''Scottish Bus Group''' (SBG) was a [[Sovereign state|state]]-owned group of bus operators covering the whole of mainland [[Scotland]].

The origin of the grouping was the operators owned by and including the [[Scottish Motor Traction]] company, which were transferred to [[Scottish Omnibuses]] after [[nationalisation]] in 1948 under control of the [[British Transport Commission]]. [[Highland Scottish#History|Highland Omnibuses]] was added to the group in 1952.

A new holding company, Scottish Omnibuses Group (Holdings) was formed in 1961, and this was renamed Scottish Bus Group<ref name=CompanySC13181>{{cite web|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180927012218/http://data.companieshouse.gov.uk/doc/company/SC013181|archivedate=2018-09-27|url=http://data.companieshouse.gov.uk/doc/company/SC013181|title=Companies House extract company no SC13181 - Scottish Bus Group Limited}}</ref> in 1963. Meanwhile, the group had come under control of the [[Transport Holding Company]] in 1962 when the British Transport Commission was wound up. It went on to become part of the [[Scottish Transport Group]] on 1 January 1969 along with [[David MacBrayne]]. At the time it operated 4,700 buses.<ref>[http://archive.commercialmotor.com/article/3rd-january-1969/27/scottish-transport-group Scottish Transport Group] ''[[Commercial Motor]]'' 3 January 1969</ref>