National Bus Company

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Bus_Company_(UK)

I wonder how many mourn the passing of the National Bus Company. I, for one, certainly do.
Here was a network of bus companies, covering England and Wales, together with coach services to Scotland, Ireland and the continent.
There were co-ordinated services between neighbouring subsidiaries, and for the most part, a more intensive service than that operated nowadays.