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style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">July 2010</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Northampton" title="Northampton">Northampton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Northamptonshire" title="Northamptonshire">Northamptonshire</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Service area</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Northamptonshire" title="Northamptonshire">Northamptonshire</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Warwickshire" title="Warwickshire">Warwickshire</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Leicestershire" title="Leicestershire">Leicestershire</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Milton_Keynes" title="Milton Keynes">Milton Keynes</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Birmingham" title="Birmingham">Birmingham</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Service type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Bus_service" class="mw-redirect" title="Bus service">Bus service</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Stops</th><td class="infobox-data">100+</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Fleet</th><td class="infobox-data">323 (June 2024)<sup id="cite_ref-About_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-About-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="official-website"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.stagecoachbus.com/northants/">Official website</a></span></span> <span class="mw-valign-text-top" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16932890#P856" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/HAC628D_Stratford_Blue_62_Leyland_Leopard_with_Marshall_bodywork.jpg/220px-HAC628D_Stratford_Blue_62_Leyland_Leopard_with_Marshall_bodywork.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/HAC628D_Stratford_Blue_62_Leyland_Leopard_with_Marshall_bodywork.jpg/330px-HAC628D_Stratford_Blue_62_Leyland_Leopard_with_Marshall_bodywork.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/HAC628D_Stratford_Blue_62_Leyland_Leopard_with_Marshall_bodywork.jpg/440px-HAC628D_Stratford_Blue_62_Leyland_Leopard_with_Marshall_bodywork.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2400" data-file-height="1600" /></a><figcaption>Preserved Stratford Blue <a href="/wiki/Marshall_Bus" title="Marshall Bus">Marshall</a> bodied <a href="/wiki/Leyland_Leopard" title="Leyland Leopard">Leyland Leopard</a> at Showbus 2022</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Midland_Red_South_Leyland_National_NOE_551R.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Midland_Red_South_Leyland_National_NOE_551R.jpg/220px-Midland_Red_South_Leyland_National_NOE_551R.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="169" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Midland_Red_South_Leyland_National_NOE_551R.jpg/330px-Midland_Red_South_Leyland_National_NOE_551R.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Midland_Red_South_Leyland_National_NOE_551R.jpg/440px-Midland_Red_South_Leyland_National_NOE_551R.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2617" data-file-height="2008" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/National_Bus_Company_(UK)" title="National Bus Company (UK)">NBC</a> Midland Red South <a href="/wiki/Leyland_National" title="Leyland National">Leyland National</a> in <a href="/wiki/Tamworth,_Staffordshire" title="Tamworth, Staffordshire">Tamworth</a> in 1986</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:NOE_602R_@_Wirral_Bus_%26_Tram_Show_2019.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/NOE_602R_%40_Wirral_Bus_%26_Tram_Show_2019.jpg/220px-NOE_602R_%40_Wirral_Bus_%26_Tram_Show_2019.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/NOE_602R_%40_Wirral_Bus_%26_Tram_Show_2019.jpg/330px-NOE_602R_%40_Wirral_Bus_%26_Tram_Show_2019.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/NOE_602R_%40_Wirral_Bus_%26_Tram_Show_2019.jpg/440px-NOE_602R_%40_Wirral_Bus_%26_Tram_Show_2019.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4272" data-file-height="2848" /></a><figcaption>Preserved Stagecoach Midland Red Leyland National at the <a href="/wiki/Wirral_Transport_Museum" title="Wirral Transport Museum">Wirral Transport Museum</a> in October 2019</figcaption></figure> <p>Stagecoach Midlands can trace its origins back to April 1927, when Stratford-on-Avon Motor Services was founded with a single blue-liveried 14-seat <a href="/wiki/Chevrolet_Series_AA_Capitol" title="Chevrolet Series AA Capitol">Chevrolet LM</a> bus.<sup id="cite_ref-StratfordBlue_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-StratfordBlue-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Later that year, amid expansions to its operating area, the company began operating a service between <a href="/wiki/Stratford-on-Avon" class="mw-redirect" title="Stratford-on-Avon">Stratford-on-Avon</a> and <a href="/wiki/Royal_Leamington_Spa" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal Leamington Spa">Royal Leamington Spa</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1931, Stratford-on-Avon Motor Services was acquired by <a href="/wiki/Balfour_Beatty" title="Balfour Beatty">Balfour Beatty</a>, where as a subsidiary of the company's <a href="/wiki/Wellglade_Group#Midland_General" title="Wellglade Group">Midland General</a> operation, it would become Stratford-upon-Avon Blue Motors Limited, operating under the <a href="/wiki/Trading_name" class="mw-redirect" title="Trading name">trading name</a> Stratford Blue.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In June 1935, <a href="/wiki/British_Electric_Traction" title="British Electric Traction">British Electric Traction</a> (BET) subsidiary <a href="/wiki/Midland_Red" title="Midland Red">Midland Red</a> purchased both Stratford Blue and the Leamington Green Bus Company from Balfour Beatty.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Stratford Blue was kept separate from the main Midland Red operation and continued to operate as an independent subsidiary,<sup id="cite_ref-BusesStratford_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BusesStratford-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> surviving into Midland Red becoming the largest bus operator within the <a href="/wiki/National_Bus_Company_(UK)" title="National Bus Company (UK)">National Bus Company</a> (NBC) on 1 January 1969, following the passing of the <a href="/wiki/Transport_Act_1968" title="Transport Act 1968">Transport Act 1968</a> which merged the government-owned <a href="/wiki/Transport_Holding_Company" title="Transport Holding Company">Transport Holding Company</a> with the BET.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, in January 1971, the NBC would merge the Stratford Blue operation into Midland Red's southern division as part of a cost-saving rationalisation of some of the NBC's operations' subsidiaries.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-StratfordBlue_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-StratfordBlue-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-BusesStratford_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BusesStratford-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Midland Red was split by the NBC into five separate companies on 1 September 1981, with Midland Red South, headquartered in <a href="/wiki/Rugby,_Warwickshire" title="Rugby, Warwickshire">Rugby</a>, formed with a fleet of 163 buses operating from five depots in the counties of <a href="/wiki/Buckinghamshire" title="Buckinghamshire">Buckinghamshire</a>, Northamptonshire, <a href="/wiki/Oxfordshire" title="Oxfordshire">Oxfordshire</a> and Warwickshire. Some administrative assistance would be provided to the new company by neighbouring NBC operator <a href="/wiki/United_Counties_Omnibus" title="United Counties Omnibus">United Counties</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Prior to <a href="/wiki/Bus_deregulation_in_Great_Britain" title="Bus deregulation in Great Britain">deregulation</a> and the ensuing break-up of the National Bus Company, Midland Red South would be threatened in 1984 with competition in Stratford-upon-Avon by The Best of British (Travel UK) Ltd, which traded as Shakespeare Country Bus Services. The operator aimed to operate an hourly service from the Dove House Farm estate into Stratford town centre, as well as a town service within Stratford, which were both to compete with Midland Red South's existing network. However, the registration of these services was strongly opposed by the <a href="/wiki/Traffic_Commissioner" class="mw-redirect" title="Traffic Commissioner">Traffic Commissioners</a> for the West Midlsnds following the appeals of Midland Red South, David R. Grasby Coach Hire, <a href="/wiki/Warwickshire_County_Council" title="Warwickshire County Council">Warwickshire County Council</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wellesbourne" title="Wellesbourne">Wellesbourne</a> Parish Council.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Following deregulation on 26 October 1986, in December 1987, Midland Red South was sold by the National Bus Company in a <a href="/wiki/Management_buyout" title="Management buyout">management buyout</a> to the Western Travel Group, the holding company of former NBC operator <a href="/wiki/Stagecoach_West" title="Stagecoach West">Cheltenham & Gloucester Omnibus</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During Western Travel ownership, Midland Red South opened a garage in <a href="/wiki/Coventry" title="Coventry">Coventry</a> and also revived the Stratford Blue name, and following the acquisition of <a href="/wiki/Bedworth" title="Bedworth">Bedworth</a> coach operator Vanguard Coaches in September 1989,<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> began operating its first <a href="/wiki/Minibus" title="Minibus">minibus</a> services in Coventry in competition with <a href="/wiki/West_Midlands_Travel" class="mw-redirect" title="West Midlands Travel">West Midlands Travel</a>, using a fleet of eleven <a href="/wiki/Ford_Transit" title="Ford Transit">Ford Transits</a> based at Vanguard's depot.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Midland Red South was included in the sale of Western Travel to <a href="/wiki/Stagecoach_Group" title="Stagecoach Group">Stagecoach</a> in November 1993 for £9.25 million (equivalent to £23,800,000 in 2023).<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Stagecoach re-branded part of the company as Stagecoach Midland Red, adopting the company's national livery scheme, and set about simplifying the routes and improving the profitability of the operation, which included the closure of the depots in Coventry and Stratford in 1999. Upon the national rebranding of the Stagecoach Group in November 2000,<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Stagecoach Midland Red became Stagecoach in Warwickshire for operations from Leamington Spa, <a href="/wiki/Nuneaton" title="Nuneaton">Nuneaton</a> and Rugby and <a href="/wiki/Stagecoach_Oxfordshire" class="mw-redirect" title="Stagecoach Oxfordshire">Stagecoach in Banbury</a> for operations in Banbury. For a long time, Midland Red shared a management team with <a href="/wiki/Stagecoach_Oxfordshire" class="mw-redirect" title="Stagecoach Oxfordshire">Stagecoach Oxford</a>, but this was split in July 2002 with the Banbury operations becoming part of <a href="/wiki/Stagecoach_in_Oxfordshire" title="Stagecoach in Oxfordshire">Stagecoach in Oxfordshire</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template noprint noexcerpt Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:NOTRS" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:NOTRS"><span title="None of this detail is featured on the website (June 2024)">better source needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Meanwhile, Guide Friday, a nationwide operator of open-top sightseeing bus tours which ran such services in Stratford, had established a small number of local and tendered bus services in the town following Stagecoach's closure of Stratford depot. Guide Friday was eventually purchased by <a href="/wiki/Ensignbus" title="Ensignbus">Ensignbus</a>, who rebranded the Stratford services by once again reviving the Stratford Blue fleetname. In February 2007, Stagecoach in Warwickshire purchased the Stratford operation from Ensignbus, once again giving them a depot in the town.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2010, Stagecoach in Warwickshire merged with <a href="/wiki/Stagecoach_East" title="Stagecoach East">Stagecoach East</a> and Stagecoach in Northants to create Stagecoach Midlands. The Warwickshire headquarters was moved from Rugby to Northampton after a management restructure. However, the legal name for the Warwickshire operations remained as Midland Red (South) Ltd. with the other Stagecoach Midlands operations in Banbury maintained the historic legal name of United Counties Omnibus Company Ltd. until 2021,<sup id="cite_ref-Press_release_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Press_release-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> when Banbury's operations were moved under the Midland Red (South) licence.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In December 2022, Stagecoach Midlands became a <a href="/wiki/Transport_for_West_Midlands" title="Transport for West Midlands">Transport for West Midlands</a> contractor, taking on three former <a href="/wiki/National_Express_West_Midlands" title="National Express West Midlands">National Express West Midlands</a> routes in <a href="/wiki/Acocks_Green" title="Acocks Green">Acocks Green</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chelmsley_Wood" title="Chelmsley Wood">Chelmsley Wood</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kings_Heath" title="Kings Heath">Kings Heath</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sutton_Coldfield" title="Sutton Coldfield">Sutton Coldfield</a> from 1 January 2023. The contract gain marks the first time the Stagecoach Group have operated regular bus services in Birmingham for many years.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Operations">Operations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stagecoach_Midlands&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Operations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Gold_network">Gold network</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stagecoach_Midlands&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Gold network"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Stagecoach_Gold" title="Stagecoach Gold">Stagecoach Gold</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Stagecoach_26219_(SN67_XDM)_(53761525086)_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Stagecoach_26219_%28SN67_XDM%29_%2853761525086%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/220px-Stagecoach_26219_%28SN67_XDM%29_%2853761525086%29_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Stagecoach_26219_%28SN67_XDM%29_%2853761525086%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/330px-Stagecoach_26219_%28SN67_XDM%29_%2853761525086%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Stagecoach_26219_%28SN67_XDM%29_%2853761525086%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/440px-Stagecoach_26219_%28SN67_XDM%29_%2853761525086%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3653" data-file-height="2437" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Stagecoach_Gold" title="Stagecoach Gold">Stagecoach Gold</a> <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Dennis_Enviro200_MMC" title="Alexander Dennis Enviro200 MMC">Alexander Dennis Enviro200 MMC</a> operating service 148 in <a href="/wiki/Leicester" title="Leicester">Leicester</a> in May 2024</figcaption></figure> <p>As of December 2022, Stagecoach Midlands operates <a href="/wiki/Stagecoach_Gold" title="Stagecoach Gold">Stagecoach Gold</a> services 148, <a href="/wiki/Stagecoach_Gold_bus_route_X4" title="Stagecoach Gold bus route X4">X4</a> and services X46 and X47. </p><p>Stagecoach Midlands was one of two Stagecoach Group operations, the other being <a href="/wiki/Stagecoach_West_Scotland" title="Stagecoach West Scotland">Stagecoach West Scotland</a>, which would be the first to launch a Stagecoach Gold (then branded 'Goldline') high-specification express bus service. The 'Goldline' G1 service from Warwick to South Farm commenced operations on 12 November 2007 following the launch of a fleet of 11 <a href="/wiki/Optare_Solo" title="Optare Solo">Optare Solo</a> <a href="/wiki/Midibus" title="Midibus">midibuses</a> by Stagecoach Group chief executive Brian Souter. The route operated at a frequency of around every 10 minutes Monday to Saturday during the day, running every half-hour on evenings and on Sundays.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From mid-2015, the G1's fleet was replaced with 14 new <a href="/wiki/Optare_Solo_SR" class="mw-redirect" title="Optare Solo SR">Optare Solo SRs</a>, featuring a new livery to reflect the revised 'Gold' branding.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Service G1 would eventually lose its Gold branding and vehicles from 5 January 2019, renumbered to service 1 as part of wide-ranging service changes across the Stagecoach Midlands network.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Service 48 between <a href="/wiki/Coventry" title="Coventry">Coventry</a> and <a href="/wiki/Nuneaton" title="Nuneaton">Nuneaton</a> via <a href="/wiki/Bedworth" title="Bedworth">Bedworth</a> was originally launched in 2000 as part of <a href="/wiki/Coventry_City_Council" title="Coventry City Council">Coventry City Council</a>'s <a href="/wiki/PrimeLines_(Coventry)" title="PrimeLines (Coventry)">PrimeLines</a> scheme, operating using a fleet of <a href="/wiki/Alexander_ALX200" title="Alexander ALX200">Alexander ALX200</a> bodied <a href="/wiki/Dennis_Dart_SLF" class="mw-redirect" title="Dennis Dart SLF">Dennis Dart SLF</a> <a href="/wiki/Single-deck_bus" title="Single-deck bus">single-deck buses</a> bought new for the service. After the PrimeLines branding had been dropped, service 48 became part of the Stagecoach Gold network in February 2018 with the delivery of a fleet of Gold specification <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Dennis_Enviro200_MMC" title="Alexander Dennis Enviro200 MMC">Alexander Dennis Enviro200 MMCs</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During 2020, the 48 service was split into 3 different routes, with the Nuneaton to Atherstone segment becoming the 48A, the main Coventry to Nuneaton service becoming the 48C, and the Nuneaton to <a href="/wiki/Leicester" title="Leicester">Leicester</a> service becoming the 48L. In March 2023, services 48C and 48L were merged back together with funding from the Warwickshire Enhanced Bus Partnership to form the 148 service, serving Coventry and Leicester.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 148 reuses the same Gold-specification Enviro200 MMCs that were delivered for the original 48. </p><p>Service X4 was launched in 2000 as a Stagecoach Express service named "Cross Country", sharing the name with <a href="/wiki/Stagecoach_East" title="Stagecoach East">Stagecoach East</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Stagecoach_bus_route_X5" class="mw-redirect" title="Stagecoach bus route X5">X5 service</a>, which the X4 once connected with at Milton Keynes. The X4 became a Stagecoach Gold route in November 2011 with the delivery of 13 <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Dennis_Enviro400" title="Alexander Dennis Enviro400">Alexander Dennis Enviro400</a> bodied <a href="/wiki/Scania_N230UD" class="mw-redirect" title="Scania N230UD">Scania N230UD</a> <a href="/wiki/Double-decker_bus" title="Double-decker bus">double-decker buses</a>. Running from Peterborough to Milton Keynes via <a href="/wiki/Kettering" title="Kettering">Kettering</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the X4 was formerly the longest bus route in Northamptonshire, however from May 2018, the X4 was shortened to run only between Northampton and Peterborough via <a href="/wiki/Corby" title="Corby">Corby</a>, with the Milton Keynes section dropped in favour of the X7 service to Leicester; this route would itself be replaced by the X6 service in July 2019.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Services X46 and X47 are also Stagecoach Gold services, serving <a href="/wiki/Northampton" title="Northampton">Northampton</a> and <a href="/wiki/Raunds" title="Raunds">Raunds</a> via <a href="/wiki/Wellingborough" title="Wellingborough">Wellingborough</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rushden" title="Rushden">Rushden</a> and <a href="/wiki/Higham_Ferrers" title="Higham Ferrers">Higham Ferrers</a>. The services formerly travelled further to <a href="/wiki/Thrapston" title="Thrapston">Thrapston</a>, though this part of the route was dropped due to low passenger numbers.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Unibus">Unibus</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stagecoach_Midlands&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Unibus"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Stagecoach_Midlands_ADL_Enviro_400_10038_KX12_GXG_on_route_U1_to_University_of_Warwick_(39279938354).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Stagecoach_Midlands_ADL_Enviro_400_10038_KX12_GXG_on_route_U1_to_University_of_Warwick_%2839279938354%29.jpg/220px-Stagecoach_Midlands_ADL_Enviro_400_10038_KX12_GXG_on_route_U1_to_University_of_Warwick_%2839279938354%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Stagecoach_Midlands_ADL_Enviro_400_10038_KX12_GXG_on_route_U1_to_University_of_Warwick_%2839279938354%29.jpg/330px-Stagecoach_Midlands_ADL_Enviro_400_10038_KX12_GXG_on_route_U1_to_University_of_Warwick_%2839279938354%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Stagecoach_Midlands_ADL_Enviro_400_10038_KX12_GXG_on_route_U1_to_University_of_Warwick_%2839279938354%29.jpg/440px-Stagecoach_Midlands_ADL_Enviro_400_10038_KX12_GXG_on_route_U1_to_University_of_Warwick_%2839279938354%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4608" data-file-height="3456" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Dennis_Enviro400" title="Alexander Dennis Enviro400">Alexander Dennis Enviro400</a> in former <i>Unibus</i> livery in January 2018</figcaption></figure> <p>The <i>Unibus</i> brand is used for services U1, U2, U12 and U17, operating predominantly between Leamington Spa and the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Warwick" title="University of Warwick">University of Warwick</a> via the <a href="/wiki/A46_road" title="A46 road">A46</a>, although weekend variations of the routes take services away from the A46. From its launch in 2005, the service used specially branded <a href="/wiki/Walter_Alexander_Coachbuilders" title="Walter Alexander Coachbuilders">Alexander</a> bodied <a href="/wiki/Volvo_Olympian" title="Volvo Olympian">Volvo Olympians</a>, however in October 2012, these were replaced with a fleet of ten new <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Dennis_Enviro400" title="Alexander Dennis Enviro400">Alexander Dennis Enviro400s</a>, coinciding with services being increased in frequency to cope with rising student demand.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These buses were complemented with part of an order of eight <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Dennis_Enviro400_MMC" title="Alexander Dennis Enviro400 MMC">Alexander Dennis Enviro400 MMCs</a> in conventional fleet livery in November 2016.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Following an investment in 17 Enviro400 MMCs featuring revised Unibus branding in late 2019, replacing the Enviro400s on the service,<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Stagecoach Midlands launched the U12 service on 2 January 2020, which runs between Coventry and the University of Warwick at a frequency of up to every 15 minutes, as well as launching a term-long bus pass for £99.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The route and bus pass operated in direct competition with <a href="/wiki/National_Express_Coventry" title="National Express Coventry">National Express Coventry</a>'s 11, 11U and 12X services, which operated every 10 to 15 minutes with a fleet of similar-specification Enviro400 MMCs delivered during 2019, as well as their £125.90 term-long bus pass.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Discontinued_brands">Discontinued brands</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stagecoach_Midlands&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Discontinued brands"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Corby_Star">Corby Star</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stagecoach_Midlands&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Corby Star"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Stagecoach_Midlands_East_Lancs_Omnidekka_(Scania_N94UD)_15405_KX04_RDV_on_route_X1_to_Stephenson_Way_(40081406774).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Stagecoach_Midlands_East_Lancs_Omnidekka_%28Scania_N94UD%29_15405_KX04_RDV_on_route_X1_to_Stephenson_Way_%2840081406774%29.jpg/220px-Stagecoach_Midlands_East_Lancs_Omnidekka_%28Scania_N94UD%29_15405_KX04_RDV_on_route_X1_to_Stephenson_Way_%2840081406774%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Stagecoach_Midlands_East_Lancs_Omnidekka_%28Scania_N94UD%29_15405_KX04_RDV_on_route_X1_to_Stephenson_Way_%2840081406774%29.jpg/330px-Stagecoach_Midlands_East_Lancs_Omnidekka_%28Scania_N94UD%29_15405_KX04_RDV_on_route_X1_to_Stephenson_Way_%2840081406774%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Stagecoach_Midlands_East_Lancs_Omnidekka_%28Scania_N94UD%29_15405_KX04_RDV_on_route_X1_to_Stephenson_Way_%2840081406774%29.jpg/440px-Stagecoach_Midlands_East_Lancs_Omnidekka_%28Scania_N94UD%29_15405_KX04_RDV_on_route_X1_to_Stephenson_Way_%2840081406774%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4608" data-file-height="3456" /></a><figcaption><i>Corby Star</i>-branded <a href="/wiki/East_Lancs_OmniDekka" title="East Lancs OmniDekka">East Lancs OmniDekka</a> bodied <a href="/wiki/Scania_N94UD" class="mw-redirect" title="Scania N94UD">Scania N94UD</a> in March 2018</figcaption></figure> <p><i>Corby Star</i> was the brand name for a network of bus services operating within the town of <a href="/wiki/Corby" title="Corby">Corby</a> in Northamptonshire. Bus services based at the town's depot ran to all estates in Corby, with opportunities provided for passengers to transfer onto the X4 service, using a fleet of orange, red and blue-branded buses. The Corby Star was unique within the Stagecoach Group due to the purchase of five <a href="/wiki/East_Lancs_OmniDekka" title="East Lancs OmniDekka">East Lancs OmniDekka</a> bodied <a href="/wiki/Scania_N94UD" class="mw-redirect" title="Scania N94UD">Scania N94UD</a> double-deckers for use on the network, a body and chassis combination which the group did not ordinarily purchase.<sup id="cite_ref-CorbyDepot_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CorbyDepot-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>From 2018, however, the Corby depot was reduced to being an outstation for only local bus services, with the main intertown services being transferred to Kettering depot. Buses painted in Corby Star livery would slowly begin to be painted into standard fleet livery following this transfer of services.<sup id="cite_ref-CorbyDepot_35-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CorbyDepot-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Incidents">Incidents</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stagecoach_Midlands&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Incidents"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Stagecoach Midlands was fined £2.3 million in December 2018 and later had its vehicle authorisation cut from 227 to 200 for 28 days in March 2019 by the West Midlands Traffic Commissioner for violating health and safety laws. On 3 October 2015, bus driver Kailash Chander mistook the brake pedal of his <a href="/wiki/Dennis_Trident_2" title="Dennis Trident 2">Dennis Trident 2</a> double-decker bus for the accelerator, hitting a parked bus on Trinity Street and driving across a grass verge before the bus accelerated down the street and crashed into a <a href="/wiki/Sainsbury%27s" title="Sainsbury's">Sainsbury's</a> branch. 76-year-old pedestrian Dora Hancox and 7-year-old top-deck bus passenger Rowan Fitzgerald were pronounced dead on scene while other passengers suffered serious injuries. Chander, aged 77 at the time, was found to have worked over 60 hours per week and had previously been warned by Stagecoach bosses after four bus crashes three years beforehand, however he had been allowed to continue driving buses with the company; he was diagnosed with <a href="/wiki/Dementia" title="Dementia">dementia</a> following the crash and was found unfit to stand trial before the Traffic Commissioner.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Fleet">Fleet</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stagecoach_Midlands&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Fleet"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As of June 2024, Stagecoach Midlands operates 323 buses from seven depots and outstations in Corby, Kettering, Leamington Spa, Nuneaton, Northampton, Rugby and Stratford-upon-Avon.<sup id="cite_ref-About_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-About-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stagecoach_Midlands&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media 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