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'''Western Scottish Motor Traction Co. Limited''' was a bus operator in south-west [[Scotland]] from 1929 to 1985.

The company was formed in 1929 by the renaming of '''Scottish General Transport Co. Ltd''', after the [[British Electric Traction]] subsidiary formed in 1913 was acquired by the [[Scottish Motor Traction]] group. The SMT group was nationalised in 1949, and Western SMT became part of the [[Scottish Bus Group]]. In preparation for privatisation, the company was split into [[Clydeside Scottish]] and [[Western Scottish]] in 1985.

In 1984 the company operated buses from depots in the following locations:
*[[Ayr]], with sub-depot at [[Girvan]]
*[[Cumnock]]
*[[Dumfries]], with sub-depots at [[Annan, Dumfries and Galloway|Annan]], [[Kirkcudbright]] and [[Lockerbie]]
*[[Carlisle, Cumbria|Carlisle]]
*[[Greenock]]
*[[Inchinnan]]
*[[Johnstone]], with sub-depot at [[Largs]]
*[[Kilmarnock]]
*[[Thornliebank]], with sub-depot at [[Ardrishaig]]
*[[Paisley]]
*[[Port Ellen]] on the [[Isle of Islay]]
*[[Rothesay, Argyll and Bute|Rothesay]]
*[[Stranraer]], with sub-depot at [[Wigtown]]

==Sources==
*{{cite book |editor-first=David G. |editor-last=Wilson |publisher=A.M. Witton |title=Fleetbook 13: Buses of Western Scotland |edition=2nd |location=Manchester |date=April 1980 |isbn=0-86047-132-2 |ref=harv }}
*A.W. Neuls, ''National Bus Company and Scottish Bus Group Fleet List'', Shepperton, 1984

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Admin at 21:33, 25 October 2015

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