M.T.L. Holdings Ltd

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M.T.L. Holdings Ltd was the employee-owned parent company of the former Merseyside, UK, bus and railway operator MTL. Its two railway franchises, Northern Spirit (inc Transpennine Express) & Merseyrail Electrics were awarded in 1996 but the company went bankrupt in 1999. Arriva Trains, First, and Serco-Ned railways have operated the franchises since then.

Their bus division, Merseybus evolved into several new brand names, many outside of Merseyside, expanding into Manchester, London, Lancaster, Warrington and South Lancashire. The company also owned Sightseers, a coach holiday business and had a full ABTA travel agency "The TravelShop" in Williamson Square, Liverpool. MTL Services employed many cleaning, maintenance and security staff, in London, and on Merseyside whilst MTL Engineering refurbished many hundreds of vehicles at the Edge Lane plant in Liverpool.

Bus companies included:

Wirral Peninsula Buses,
Silver Service,
MTL North,
Southport & District,
Lancashire Travel,
MTL Manchester,
MTL London Northern,
MTL Fareway,
MTL Liverbus,
Coach 2000,
Heysham Travel,
MerseyRider,
Merseymaid, and
Sightseers Holidays.

Despite criticism from many within the industry, MTL at one point had potential to become a major player within the transport sector.

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