Coventry Transport was the trading name of the former Coventry Corporation
Transport Department. It was first used in January 1937 on bus 162 and continued
in use until 31 March 1974. On that date, the bus operations of the Corporation
were transferred to the West Midlands Passenger Transport Executive.
As Coventry Transport ceased to exist before the implementation of the
Transport Act 1985, with the requirement for local authority bus
operations to be put at arms length as private companies, the name
never needed to be registered by the Corporation.
In other parts of the country, bus operators and others have revived
and registered the names historically used by local authorities for their
former bus operations. Examples include Kingston-upon-Hull Corporation
Transport Ltd by City Central of Hull, Leeds City Transport Ltd by
Black Prince of Morley and Glasgow Corporation Transport Ltd by the
Glasgow Bus Museum.
Enquiries showed that Coventry Transport Limited was available and
accordingly was registered as a private limited company in February
2002 as company no. 04358706. The intentions were:
- To ensure the name would not be used in association with poor quality services
- To protect the name for possible future use by the Company itself
Coventry Transport Limited would consider entering into a licensing, franchising or
other arrangement which would allow the name to be used by a third party provided
terms and conditions covering quality, standards, commercial and legal matters could
be agreed upon.
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