History
Lincolnshire RoadCar was formed in 1928. Under the 1968 Transport Act it became part of the National Bus Company. Lincolnshire RoadCar ran services from throughout the county of Lincolnshire including some services over the county boundaries to such towns as Newark-on-Trent. Many rural services ran from Lincoln St Marks Bus Station to the outlying villages surrounding the city. Although these services ran through the city, passengers were not allowed to use them for internal journeys within the city. Bus services within the city of Lincoln were provided by Lincoln City (Corporation) Transport. Lincolnshire RoadCar not only provided long distance services within the county but also town services within many towns in the county, such as Louth and Sleaford,
When the Transport Act of 1985 deregulated bus services, the National Bus Company was broken up and RoadCar was acquired by the Yorkshire Traction Group in 1988. From this date passengers were also permitted to use RoadCar services for journeys wholly within the city of Lincoln, After the 1985 Act the RoadCar and city Busses started competing on many routes in Lincoln and around the surrounding villages, the City busses leaving the confines of the city for rural routes for the first time. Lincolnshire RoadCar/Yorkshire Traction took over Lincoln City Transport in 1993.
RoadCar became a subsidiary of the Stagecoach Group in December 2005, when that company purchased RoadCar's parent company, Traction Group. The company now trades as Stagecoach in Lincolnshire.
From March 2006, Stagecoach issued new buses to the company, in a bid to improve services, gradually phasing out the older of RoadCar's buses, including 4 Alexander Dennis Dart SLF's, and 5 MAN 18.220LF ALX-300 buses for the Gainsborough area. The new vehicles had a temporary RoadCar logo stuck to the front and side windows, and buses from other Stagecoach areas were seen in the area during the transition. The existing fleet then had their RoadCar logos removed.
At the beginning of August 2006, Stagecoach caused considerable controversy with their decision to make major changes to the bus network in Lincoln. Some services were withdrawn without replacement while others benefited from frequency increases. Following a local media campaign, the company agreed to make some changes to return services to those areas which had lost them. At the same time, the company also lost a majority of its service work in Nottinghamshire to Veolia Transport's subsidiary Dunn-Line and local company KJB.
In Autumn 2007 Stagecoach announced the withdrawal of some services in Louth, Lincoln and Gainsborough. The threatened services survived after successful negotiations with the district councils over subsidies.
In August 2008, the company's depot in Louth was closed, with some routes being taken over by Skegness and Grimsby depots, but a number of contracted routes were surrendered.
The company opened their brand new depot in Skegness in September 2009. It is located on Burgh Roada and cost £2.2 million.
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