Which independent operator do you miss the most?

[Bevan Price]

RE: Which independent operator do you miss the most?
Quite a few, for example

Lancashire United Transport (LUT) - sadly swallowed into Greater Manchester.
Mayne (Manchester)
West Riding (swallowed into NBC Yorkshire group.)
In their day, they were all good quality operators, with good / distinctive fleets.
Sadly, Fishwicks have followed them into history.

Liverbus, Liverline, CMT, etc. all flourished briefly, but all eventually sold out to the "big boys".

But even more, I miss a lot of the municipal operators, who generally provides better services at lower fares than many of their successors. (RIP St. Helens, Wigan, Leigh, Bolton Corporations & all the other long departed municipals)