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| country    = Scotland
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| formed    = 1929
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| disolved  = 1985
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| successor  = Clydeside Scottish<br />Western Scottish
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| image      = [[File:Westsmt.jpg|270px]]
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'''Western Scottish Motor Traction Co. Limited''' was a bus operator in south-west [[Scotland]] from 1929 to 1985.
 
'''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.
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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:
 
In 1984 the company operated buses from depots in the following locations:
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*[[Stranraer]], with sub-depot at [[Wigtown]]
 
*[[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
 
 
{{Defunct British Bus Companies}}
 
 
{{DEFAULTSORT:Western Smt}}
 
[[Category:Defunct companies of Scotland]]
 
[[Category:Former bus operators in Scotland]]
 
  
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[[Category:Bus Companies]]

Latest revision as of 23:33, 25 October 2015

Western SMT
Westsmt.jpg
Country
Scotland
Formed

1929

Disolved

1985

Successor

Clydeside Scottish
Western Scottish

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: