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=== AJS Group ===
In September 1987, [[West Yorkshire Road Car Company]] was sold to [[AJS Group]] in a [[Management buyout|management buy-out]] from the [[National Bus Company (UK)|National Bus Company]], with the participation of former [[East Yorkshire (bus company)|East Yorkshire Motor Services]] managing director, Alan Stephenson.<ref>{{cite web |date=3 September 1987 |title=West Yorks goes private |url=https://archive.commercialmotor.com/article/3rd-september-1987/24/west-yorks-goes-private |website=[[Commercial Motor]] |page=24}}</ref> In April 1988, AJS acquired [[London Country North East]] from the [[National Bus Company (UK)|National Bus Company]], the last of 72 subsidiaries to be privatised.<ref>{{cite web |date=7 April 1988 |title=NBC sale is completed with London Country NE |url=https://archive.commercialmotor.com/article/7th-april-1988/16/nbc-sale-is-completed-with-london-country-ne |website=[[Commercial Motor]] |page=16}}</ref><ref name="BusesFocusSep96">{{cite magazine |last=Morris |first=Stephen |date=September 1996 |title=NBC since NBC: a history of the former NBC subsidiaries |magazine=Buses Focus |page=46}}</ref> Prior to the sale, the company was split in two, with [[London Country North East#County Bus & Coach|County Bus & Coach]] and [[London Country North East#Sovereign Bus & Coach|Sovereign Bus & Coach]].{{Efn|County Bus & Coach was not included in the later sale to Blazefield Group.}}

In August 1989, operations in [[Bradford]] and [[Leeds]] were transferred to [[Yorkshire Rider]]. The remaining operations of the former West Yorkshire Road Car Company were subsequently split into smaller companies: [[Keighley Bus Company|Keighley & District]], [[Harrogate Bus Company|Harrogate & District]] and [[First York|York City & District]].<ref>{{cite web |date=27 July 1989 |title=WYRC in takeover deal |url=https://archive.commercialmotor.com/article/27th-july-1989/16/wyrc-in-takeover-deal |website=[[Commercial Motor]] |page=16}}</ref>{{Efn|Local bus operations within York later became part of First York.}} In July 1990, operation of local bus services in [[York]] were also transferred to Yorkshire Rider.<ref>{{cite web |date=26 July 1990 |title=Rider takes control |url=https://archive.commercialmotor.com/article/26th-july-1990/19/rider-takes-control |website=[[Commercial Motor]] |page=19}}</ref>

AJS also acquired Cambridge Coach Services, which operated coach services from [[Cambridge]], day tours, short breaks and charters.<ref>{{cite book |last=Neale |first=Jim |title=Cambridge Coach Services from the Driver's Seat |date=2013 |publisher=Burbus Publications |isbn=978-0-9575996-0-4 |location=Burwell |page=15}}</ref> The company began operations on 20 May 1990,<ref>{{cite book |last=Neale |first=Jim |title=Cambridge Coach Services from the Driver's Seat |date=2013 |publisher=Burbus Publications |isbn=978-0-9575996-0-4 |location=Burwell |page=20}}</ref> following the sale of Premier Travel Services bus operations to [[Stagecoach in Cambridge|Cambus Holdings]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Neale |first=Jim |title=Cambridge Coach Services from the Driver's Seat |date=2013 |publisher=Burbus Publications |isbn=978-0-9575996-0-4 |location=Burwell |page=32}}</ref>