page_title: Yorkshire Traction
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Yorkshire Traction / History
caption_attribution_description: After the 901 had been operated by WYPTE Metrobus and Yorkshire Rider, it later passed to Yorkshire Traction. The connection with the Chesterfield Transport 403 service can by noted from the rear of the Spire Sprinter. This was also the first handy toilet stop after crossing the border as can been seen by the alighting Yorkshire folk + driver!
context_page_description: Yorkshire Traction was a bus operator in Yorkshire that operated from 1902 until 2005.
context_section_description: In March 1902 the Barnsley & District Electric Traction Company Limited was formed. It operated trams around the Barnsley area until around 1930. In 1928, prior to the trams being withdrawn, the company was renamed from the Barnsley & District Traction Company Limited (the 'electric' part of the name being dropped some years earlier). The company was affectionately referred to as 'Tracky'.
  In October 1968, Yorkshire Traction purchased Mexborough & Swinton Traction Company and County Motors.
  As part of the privatisation of the National Bus Company, Yorkshire Traction was sold in January 1987 to a management buyout. The business subsequently expanded through purchasing other operators including:
  Ridings Travel
  Barnsley & District formed in July 1990 when Yorkshire Traction bought the bus business of Tom Jowitt Travel, Wombwell
  Lincolnshire RoadCar Company
  Lincoln City Transport
  Yorkshire Terrier
  Andrews (merged with Yorkshire Terrier in 1998)
  Sheffield Omnibus (merged with Andrews in 1996)
  South Riding (merged with Andrews in 1995)
  Strathtay Scottish in May 1991
  Meffans Coaches (a subsidiary of Strathtay)
  London Traveller 35% shareholding, sold in to Thorpes in October 2001
  In December 2005, Yorkshire Traction was sold to Stagecoach Yorkshire. In May 2008, Stagecoach sold its Huddersfield operations to Centrebus Holdings and is now operated by Arriva Yorkshire as Yorkshire Tiger, while the part of the business remaining with Stagecoach was renamed Stagecoach Sheffield.
caption: MCW Metrobus
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