Midland Bluebird

Midland Scottish Omnibuses Ltd was a bus operating subsidiary of the Scottish Transport Group formed in June 1985 from Walter Alexander and Sons (Midland) Ltd, and operated until 1991 when it became Midland Bluebird Ltd.

From its head office in Larbert, Midland Scottish had an operating area bounded by Oban in the west and north, Glasgow to the south and Grangemouth to the east.

Midland was the largest operator in Stirling, Clackmannanshire and Falkirk districts and was responsible for urban, rural and interurban services in and around Stirling, Falkirk, Linlithgow, Grangemouth, Bo'ness and Oban. Depots were located in Larbert, Bannockburn, Linlithgow, Balfron and Oban.

Midland also provided coaches for Scottish Citylink express work, mainly north west and central Scotland to other towns and cities in Scotland and England.

Though its predecessor company, Walter Alexander & Sons (Midland) Ltd can be traced back to 1923, Midland Scottish was created through reorganisation of the Scottish Bus Group in preparation for deregulation of the bus industry in 1986, and eventual privatisation. On creation, the Alexanders (Midland) depots of Milngavie, Kirkintilloch, Kilsyth, Stepps and Cumbernauld were ceded to a new company in the west, Kelvin Scottish, while Perth, Crieff, Blairgowrie and Pitlochry were ceded to a new company in the east, Strathtay Scottish. The traditional Alexander’s blue and cream livery was retained for Midland’s fleet, and some longer distance single deck vehicles continued to wear the bluebird logo that was used by Alexander’s coaching operations.

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