The goodwill of Hanson's bus services and the NBC share of the JOC were both acquired by Huddersfield Corporation on 01.10.69 (courtesy of a c£240 000 government loan, to be repaid over the following ten years). The Hanson Huddersfield-Oldham route was offered to North Western (who operated a similar [sic] Huddersfield-Oldham route), but as the route was unremunerative North Western declined the offer. The Hanson route (Huddersfield 65) ran via Diggle and Uppermill, whereas North Western's route (160) ran via Delph. By 1969, both routes ran three-times each way Monday-Friday, and roughly two-hourly on Saturday/Sunday, on a co-ordinated timetable (but without inter-availability of return tickets).
During the summer of 1970 North Western asked Colne Valley UDC for financial support to continue their service. When this was not forthcoming North Western surrendered their licence to the Traffic Commissioner on 31.12.70, after which Huddersfield continued alone.