Editing Preston, Lancashire (section)

====Local bus services====
Many services between Preston and the surrounding area are operated by [[Ribble Motor Services]] which became part of the [[Stagecoach Group]], using the name [[Stagecoach in Lancashire]].

[[Preston Bus]], formerly the city's [[municipal bus company]], operate local services within the city.

In October 2006, Preston Bus started operating two orbital bus routes.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wsWeedUr5QkC&pg=PA145 |title=Stagecoach Group Plc/Preston Bus Limited: A Report on the Completed Acquisition by Stagecoach Group Plc of Preston Bus Limited |author=[[Competition Commission]] |publisher=The Stationery Office |page=145 |isbn=978-0-11-706375-4 |year=2009 |access-date=29 April 2012 }}{{Dead link|date=January 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
[[Preston Bus#History|Competition]] for routes and passengers resulted in a [[bus war]] between the two companies after buses were [[Bus deregulation in the United Kingdom|deregulated]]. On 23 January 2009, Preston Bus was sold to Stagecoach<ref name=bus-hist>{{cite web |url=http://www.prestonbus.co.uk/about/TheHistoryofPublicTransportinPreston_3.html |title=The History of Public Transport in Preston |publisher=Preston Bus |access-date=25 April 2012 |archive-date=9 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210109145017/http://www.prestonbus.co.uk/about/TheHistoryofPublicTransportinPreston_3.html |url-status=live }}</ref> for over £10.4 million. Routes were changed and the services were branded [[Stagecoach in Preston]]. Following a lengthy investigation which began soon after the takeover, the Competition Commission ruled on 11 November 2009 that the action by Stagecoach had adversely affected competition in the area and ordered it to sell Preston Bus. In January 2011, [[Rotala]] announced it had agreed to take over Preston Bus.<ref name=bus-hist/>