Stotts Tours (Oldham)
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| Parent | Stott family |
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| Founded | 1963 |
| Headquarters | Oldham |
| Service area | Greater Manchester |
| Service type | Bus services |
| Routes | 6 (October 2013) |
| Fleet | 32 (September 2013) |
| Website | www.stottstours.com |
Stotts Tours (Oldham) is a bus company based in Oldham.
Stotts is a family-owned company, which was established in 1963 in Oldham as a coach business.
When deregulation was introduced in 1986, Stotts decided to enter the bus service market. Two former West Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive buses were initially purchased followed by three former South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive Daimler Fleetlines. Later a large fleet of former Greater Manchester Transport Fleetlines were purchased along with four Fleetlines from the West Midlands. The company would run several services, all based in the Oldham area. The services were:
The 414/424 circulars was the last route started by Stotts for which it purchased four Dodge S56 minibuses from South Yorkshire Transport, Sheffield. It also went on to acquire several Leyland Atlanteans from South Yorkshire and Merseyside to replace the older Fleetlines.
The company was popular with passengers, as they offered cheaper fares than GM Buses, who were the main bus operator in Oldham and Greater Manchester as well as regular drivers who got to know their passengers. The company would continue to operate buses until 1997 when First Manchester purchased some of Stotts services, a restraint of trade clause preventing Stotts from operating route services for five years.
In March 2003, Stotts resumed operating bus services on route 427 between Grotton and Hollinwood via Lees, Oldham and Garden Suburb. Stotts' service competed with First's 427/429 services. First ran a Monday-Saturday daytime service of every 10 minutes, while Stotts' only ran every 20 minutes, with some services during the day not running, so it could run school bus services, which it had been doing for a few years before.
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