Midland General Omnibus Company
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    • Tansey & Severn Ltd. of Underwood
    • Williamson's Garage Ltd. of Heanor

Welcome !

Midland General, Notts & Derby and Mansfield District, as they are more familiarly known, formed a single group of companies called the
Midland General Group which was owned by Balfour Beatty & Co. Ltd.

From the early 1900s the ‘Group’ provided the main means of transportation for the people of the Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Coalfield; the largest coalfield in Britain.

This website charts the development of tramways, trolleybuses and buses provided by the main constituent companies within the group up until, as part of the National Bus Company, Midland General was merged with the
Trent Motor Traction Co. Ltd. in 1972; when Midland General ceased to be,
​with all stock, buildings and staff being transferred to Trent.

At that same time, Mansfield District was merged with East Midland Motor Services Ltd.
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Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Tramways Company
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Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Traction Company
This website focuses, in particular, on the following companies:

Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Tramways Company

Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Traction Company

Midland General Omnibus Company Limited

Mansfield and District Light Railway Company Limited

Mansfield District Traction Company Ltd.

as well as the companies who were ‘acquired’ along the way as the group rapidly expanded in the early years. Other operators who provided bus services to the area covered by the Midland General group are also featured and, in future, there will be sections on East Midland Motor Services Ltd. and Trent Motor Traction Co. Ltd. with others to follow.
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Tansey & Severn Ltd. of Underwood - acquired by the Midland General Omnibus Company

Latest updates :

October 2016 - Notts & Derby Trams - new pictures and
​information updated

October 2016 - Mansfield Trams - new pictures added
The website is still in its infancy and more new pictures will be added soon.
​So, please come back and look again at what’s new as the website develops.
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Midland General Omnibus Company Limited
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Midland General Omnibus Company Limited
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Midland General Omnibus Company Limited
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Mansfield District / Midland General
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Midland General Omnibus Company Limited - National Bus Company
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Mansfield District Traction Company Ltd.
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East Midland Motor Services Ltd.
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Trent Motor Traction Co. Ltd.
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