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Entry TypeCorporate
Corporate NameBarton Transport
Also Known AsBartons Gliders
PlaceChilwell, Nottinghamshire
Long Eaton
PlaceChilwell, Nottinghamshire
Long Eaton
Epithetbus company
Dates1908-1989
Key Events1914-1918: Pioneers of use of town gas to fuel motors 1970s: Barton was Britain’s largest independent bus company
1981: tried to compete with National Express via short lived amalgamation with British Coachways
1989: became part of Wellglade group merging with Trent buses to form Trent Barton
Authorised Form of NameChilwell, Nottinghamshire; Barton Transport; 1908-1989; bus company

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