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==Bus services== {{no sources section|date=March 2025}} [[File:James Street, Liverpool - James Street Interchange (10480953765).jpg|thumb|alt=Large metal-skinned streetside sign painted silver, white and yellow indicating an interchange of rail and bus services|Merseytravel bus and rail sign on St James Street]] From 1969 until 1986, the Merseyside Passenger Transport Executive (PTE) operated a large proportion of bus services on Merseyside under the ''Merseyside Transport'' brand. The PTE took over the provision of bus services in Liverpool, [[Birkenhead]] and [[Wallasey]] from their respective local authorities in 1970, and the bus services provided by [[St Helens, Merseyside|St Helens]] and [[Southport]] councils in 1974. The PTE also coordinated and jointly provided bus services on Merseyside with [[National Bus Company (UK)|National Bus Company]] subsidiaries [[Crosville Motor Services|Crosville]] and [[Ribble Motor Services|Ribble]]. These were services in Liverpool, Sefton and the Wirral, and longer-distance services to and from Cheshire and Lancashire. The PTE was also heavily involved in the running of Crosville and Ribble garages on Merseyside. Similar arrangements also existed with [[Lancashire United Transport]]/[[Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive|Greater Manchester Transport]] and [[Warrington's Own Buses|Warrington Borough Transport]] from services connecting Merseyside with Cheshire, [[Greater Manchester]] and Lancashire. The [[Transport Act 1985]] mandated the [[Bus deregulation in the United Kingdom|deregulation and privatisation of bus services]] in England (other than in [[Greater London]]). Following deregulation in 1986, Merseyside Transport services were rebranded as ''[[Merseybus]]'', and subsequently privatised as [[MTL (transport company)|MTL]]. The co-ordination of Merseyside's bus network disappeared: Crosville, Ribble, now known as [[North Western Road Car Company (1986)|North Western]] and Greater Manchester's [[GM Buses]], became competitors of Merseybus, along with new entrants like CMT Buses, Fareway, [[Halton Transport]], Liverbus, Liverline, [[First Potteries|PMT's Red Rider]], Village Group, and other smaller operators. Merseyside's popular bus corridors became a venue for intense competition, with less profitable services ignored and, in some cases, disappearing. A period of consolidation began in the mid-1990s: both Merseybus parent company MTL, and North Western - Β now owned by [[Arriva]] β took over a number of the new entrants and the remainder folded. In 2000 MTL was itself bought by Arriva and is now part of an enlarged [[Arriva North West]]. However, Arriva was required by the [[Competition Commission|Monopolies & Mergers Commission]] to divest some of its Liverpool services, which are now operated by [[Stagecoach Merseyside & South Lancashire]]. There are also smaller Merseyside operators like [[Cumfybus]] and [[HTL Buses]]. Today, Merseytravel is also responsible for providing bus services which are considered socially necessary but are not profitable; these are operated by other operators, using a best value tendering system. Fares are presently subsidised at levels lower than local commercial services.
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