Arriva Scotland West
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| Parent | Arriva |
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| Founded | 1985 |
| Ceased operation | 2012 |
| Headquarters | Inchinnan |
| Service area |
Glasgow Renfrewshire |
| Service type | Bus operator |
| Hubs |
Inchinnan Johnstone |
| Fleet | 194 (June 2009) |
Arriva Scotland West was a bus company based in Inchinnan, near Paisley, Scotland. It was formed in 1997 as a rebranding of the former Clydeside 2000 company when purchased by Arriva. On 26 March 2012, the business was sold to McGill's Bus Services.
Clydeside was formed as Clydeside Scottish in June 1985 from the northern operations of Western SMT to prepare the state-owned parent company, the Scottish Bus Group, for deregulation.
At the time, Clydeside's operating area was much larger, covering Inverclyde (including the towns of Gourock and Greenock), the Isle of Bute and much of the south side of Glasgow. Clydeside was re-merged with Western Scottish (Western SMT's successor company) in 1989 in an attempt to make it more financially viable. However, on the privatisation of Western Scottish the Clydeside operations were sold in a management buyout as Clydeside 2000 plc with Luton & District taking a 23% stake. Clydeside began rationalising some of its operations, and depots at Largs, Paisley and Thornliebank were closed, the latter as a result of a reduction in operations within Glasgow.
In November 1994, Clydesdale 2000 was sold to British Bus, who had just completed the take over of shareholder Luton & District. The new parent company began investing heavily in the ageing fleet. A more vibrant red, white and yellow livery was introduced, and new "Flagship" routes were created to raise quality levels. Clydesdale Buses was included in the 1 August 1996 sale of British Bus to the Cowie Group, which in November 1997 was rebranded as Arriva.
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