page_title: Southampton Citybus
section_title: Privatisation
hierarchical_section_title: Southampton Citybus / History / Privatisation
caption_attribution_description: English: Dennis Dart 9SDL Carlyle adapted to use Liquified Natural Gas. Scanned from a Fujichrome 35mm slide.
context_page_description: Southampton Citybus was a bus operator which operated local services throughout the English city of Southampton. It was formed in 1898 as Southampton Corporation Transport. In 1986, as a result of deregulation an 'arms-length' limited company was formed in the name of Southampton Citybus and the coat of arms of the City of Southampton was removed, and replaced with the new branding. The company was owned by the town council until 1954, and the city council until 1993. It was then bought by its employees, in 1997 it was purchased by FirstGroup and is now part of First Hampshire & Dorset.
context_section_description: The council sold the company to its employees in 1993 for around £3 million. Following this Citybus introduced sixteen natural gas powered Dennis Dart buses into regular service, the largest such fleet in the UK. Much of the fleet of 160 buses was replaced during this period, and the company was profitable.
caption: Dennis Dart 9SDL Carlyle adapted to use LNG
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