... on Christmas Eve 1920; the first diesel engine motorbuses appeared in 1932. The Council expanded its motorbus services throughout the twenties and thirties. By the late forties Cardiff bus operated on a massive scale across the whole of the Cardiff area and its surrounding districts. The company and the routes it provided grew rapidly throughout the sixties, seventies and eighties until the 1985 transport act. The 1985 Transport Act deregulated all bus services, except those in London, and obliged Local Authorities to establish private "arm's length" bus companies. Accordingly in October 1986 Cardiff County Council established its own company - Cardiff City Transport Services Limited (trading as Cardiff Bus). Links with the County Council remain strong. The Council owns all the shares in Cardiff Bus and is represented on the board of directors. As a private company however Cardiff Bus is not permitted to receive subsidies and is expected to make a ...

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