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Aldershot & District Traction Co Ltd

Other Business Names:

  • Aldershot & Farnborough Motor Omnibus Co Ltd
  • British Electric Traction Co Ltd
  • British Automobile Traction Co Ltd
  • National Bus Co

Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:

  • Aldershot, Hampshire, Hampshire, South East, England

Sectors:

  • Transport services Road passenger transport services inc bus, street tram, coach & horse drawn

Notes:

Traced origins to 1912 when British Electric Traction Co Ltd (BET), via its British Automobile Traction Co Ltd subsidiary, acquired Aldershot & Farnborough Motor Omnibus Co Ltd and reformed it as Aldershot & District Traction Co Ltd. Subsequently grew organically and by acquisition into a major district bus business. Sold by BET to state owned Transport Holding Co in 1968 and subsequently transferred to National Bus Co. Subsequently merged with Thames Valley Traction Co Ltd

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