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class="infobox ib-company vcard"><caption class="infobox-title fn org" style="font-size: 125%;">Stagecoach Group Limited</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image ib-company-logo logo"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:StagecoachGroup.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/StagecoachGroup.svg/220px-StagecoachGroup.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="46" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/StagecoachGroup.svg/330px-StagecoachGroup.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/StagecoachGroup.svg/440px-StagecoachGroup.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="108" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Formerly</th><td class="infobox-data nickname">Stagecoach Group plc</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Company type</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/Privately_held_company" title="Privately held company">Private</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Industry</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/Public_transport" title="Public transport">Public transport</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">9 April 1980<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1980-04-09</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founders</th><td class="infobox-data agent"><a href="/wiki/Brian_Souter" title="Brian Souter">Brian Souter</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Ann_Gloag" title="Ann Gloag">Ann Gloag</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Robin_Gloag" title="Robin Gloag">Robin Gloag</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="/wiki/Perth,_Scotland" title="Perth, Scotland">Perth, Scotland</a>, UK</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Area served</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Key people</div></th><td class="infobox-data agent">Ray O'Toole (Chairman)<br />Claire Miles (Chief Executive)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Products</th><td class="infobox-data">Bus, coach, tram and train services</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Revenue</th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> £1,372.6 million (2023)<sup id="cite_ref-results_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-results-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Earnings_before_interest_and_taxes" title="Earnings before interest and taxes">Operating income</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, 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data-file-height="300" /></span></span> £23.2 million (2023)<sup id="cite_ref-results_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-results-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Number of employees</div></th><td class="infobox-data">24,000 (2023)<sup id="cite_ref-current_operations_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-current_operations-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Parent_company" class="mw-redirect" title="Parent company">Parent</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Inframobility</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="nowrap"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.stagecoachgroup.com">www<wbr />.stagecoachgroup<wbr />.com</a></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Stagecoach Group</b> is a transport group based in <a href="/wiki/Perth,_Scotland" title="Perth, Scotland">Perth, Scotland</a>. It operates buses and express coaches in the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a>. </p><p>Stagecoach was originally founded in 1976 as <i>Gloagtrotter</i>, a <a href="/wiki/Recreational_vehicle" title="Recreational vehicle">recreational vehicle</a> and minibus hire business. During the early 1980s, it took advantage of the <a href="/wiki/Coach_transport_in_the_United_Kingdom#Privatisation_and_competition" title="Coach transport in the United Kingdom">deregulation of the British express coach market</a>, launching services from <a href="/wiki/Dundee" title="Dundee">Dundee</a> to London using second-hand <a href="/wiki/Neoplan" title="Neoplan">Neoplan</a> coaches, competing against the then state-owned <a href="/wiki/National_Express_Coaches" title="National Express Coaches">National Express Coaches</a> and <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Citylink" title="Scottish Citylink">Scottish Citylink</a>. Stagecoach purchased several recently-privatised national bus groups from <a href="/wiki/London_Regional_Transport" title="London Regional Transport">London Regional Transport</a>, the <a href="/wiki/National_Bus_Company_(UK)" title="National Bus Company (UK)">National Bus Company</a>, <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Bus_Group" title="Scottish Bus Group">Scottish Bus Group</a> and various city councils, as well as pursuing those that had opted for <a href="/wiki/Management_buyouts" class="mw-redirect" title="Management buyouts">management buyouts</a> and <a href="/wiki/Employee-owned_corporation" class="mw-redirect" title="Employee-owned corporation">employee-owned corporations</a>. During August 1996, Stagecoach acquired roughly one-third of all passenger <a href="/wiki/Rolling_stock" title="Rolling stock">rolling stock</a> in the UK via the acquisition of the recently-privatised leasing company <a href="/wiki/Porterbrook" title="Porterbrook">Porterbrook</a>; it sold the company on four years later. In 1997, Stagecoach was awarded the franchise to operate the recently <a href="/wiki/Privatisation" class="mw-redirect" title="Privatisation">privatised</a> <a href="/wiki/Sheffield_Supertram" class="mw-redirect" title="Sheffield Supertram">Sheffield Supertram</a> system. In 1998, it purchased <a href="/wiki/Glasgow_Prestwick_Airport" title="Glasgow Prestwick Airport">Prestwick Airport</a>. </p><p>Following the sale of its <a href="/wiki/Stagecoach_London" title="Stagecoach London">London bus operations</a> to <a href="/wiki/Macquarie_Group" title="Macquarie Group">Macquarie Bank</a> in 2006, Stagecoach UK Bus concentrated on the bus market outside the UK capital. During 2007, Stagecoach was awarded the <a href="/wiki/East_Midlands_Trains" title="East Midlands Trains">East Midlands franchise</a>. In July 2007, it commenced operating the <a href="/wiki/Manchester_Metrolink" title="Manchester Metrolink">Manchester Metrolink</a> tram network. During January 2009, Stagecoach purchased <a href="/wiki/Preston_Bus" title="Preston Bus">Preston Bus</a>, a former rival in the <a href="/wiki/Lancashire" title="Lancashire">Lancashire</a> area, but was promptly compelled to sell it by the <a href="/wiki/Competition_Commission" title="Competition Commission">Competition Commission</a>. In October 2010, it expanded further by re-acquiring <a href="/wiki/East_London_(bus_company)" title="East London (bus company)">East London</a> and <a href="/wiki/Selkent" title="Selkent">Selkent</a>, Stagecoach's former London bus operations. During March 2015, <a href="/wiki/Virgin_Trains_East_Coast" title="Virgin Trains East Coast">Virgin Trains East Coast</a>, in which Stagecoach held a 90% shareholding, commenced operating the <a href="/wiki/InterCity_East_Coast" title="InterCity East Coast">InterCity East Coast</a> franchise; the franchise was terminated early three years later as it was unable to fulfil the agreed payments. </p><p>During April 2019, private equity house Variant acquired Stagecoach's US division in exchange for $271 million. In April 2019, Stagecoach was disqualified from participating in three rail franchise competitions by the <a href="/wiki/Department_for_Transport" title="Department for Transport">Department for Transport</a> after it submitted non-compliant bids. During September 2021, it was reported that rival company <a href="/wiki/National_Express" class="mw-redirect" title="National Express">National Express</a> entered into talks to acquire Stagecoach. In May 2022, a rival takeover offer from a <a href="/wiki/DWS_Group" title="DWS Group">DWS</a> managed investment fund bought Stagecoach. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stagecoach_Group&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Background_and_early_years">Background and early years</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stagecoach_Group&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Background and early years"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Stagecoach_Southdown_501.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Stagecoach_Southdown_501.JPG/220px-Stagecoach_Southdown_501.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="138" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Stagecoach_Southdown_501.JPG/330px-Stagecoach_Southdown_501.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Stagecoach_Southdown_501.JPG/440px-Stagecoach_Southdown_501.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3325" data-file-height="2088" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Stagecoach_South" title="Stagecoach South">Stagecoach South</a> <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Dash" title="Alexander Dash">Alexander Dash</a> bodied <a href="/wiki/Dennis_Dart" title="Dennis Dart">Dennis Dart</a> in the original 'stripes' fleet livery</figcaption></figure> <p>The origins of Stagecoach Group can be traced back to 1976, at which point <a href="/wiki/Ann_Gloag" title="Ann Gloag">Ann Gloag</a> and her husband <a href="/wiki/Robin_Gloag" title="Robin Gloag">Robin Gloag</a> established a small <a href="/wiki/Recreational_vehicle" title="Recreational vehicle">recreational vehicle</a> and minibus hire business called <i>Gloagtrotter</i> based in <a href="/wiki/Perth,_Scotland" title="Perth, Scotland">Perth, Scotland</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> Ann's brother, <a href="/wiki/Brian_Souter" title="Brian Souter">Brian Souter</a>, an accountant, joined the firm and expanded the business into bus hire. In 1982, following the collapse of his marriage to Ann, Robin Gloag sold his ownership stake in the business and ceased any involvement. Around this time, the company would benefit greatly from the <a href="/wiki/Coach_transport_in_the_United_Kingdom#Privatisation_and_competition" title="Coach transport in the United Kingdom">deregulation of the British express coach market in the early 1980s</a>; specifically, the <a href="/wiki/Transport_Act_1980" title="Transport Act 1980">Transport Act 1980</a>, which freed express services of 35 miles and over from regulation by the Traffic Commissioner, brought new opportunities for the company and services were launched from <a href="/wiki/Dundee" title="Dundee">Dundee</a> to London using second-hand <a href="/wiki/Neoplan" title="Neoplan">Neoplan</a> coaches. For a while, the company offered a very personal service with Brian Souter doing the driving and Ann Gloag preparing sandwiches and other snacks for the passengers.<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><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> </p><p>Between 1981 and 1985, the company grew significantly, successfully competing against the then state-owned <a href="/wiki/National_Express_Coaches" title="National Express Coaches">National Express Coaches</a> and <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Citylink" title="Scottish Citylink">Scottish Citylink</a>. Stagecoach entered local bus operation with the acquisition of McLennan of Spittalfield, near Perth. Its early success allowed Stagecoach to take advantage of the privatisation of the national bus groups. Several firms were purchased from <a href="/wiki/London_Regional_Transport" title="London Regional Transport">London Regional Transport</a>, the <a href="/wiki/National_Bus_Company_(UK)" title="National Bus Company (UK)">National Bus Company</a>, <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Bus_Group" title="Scottish Bus Group">Scottish Bus Group</a> and various city councils. The company consolidated its operations during the 1990s by purchasing ex NBC and SBG bus companies that had been purchased via <a href="/wiki/Management_buyouts" class="mw-redirect" title="Management buyouts">management buyouts</a> and <a href="/wiki/Employee-owned_corporation" class="mw-redirect" title="Employee-owned corporation">employee-owned corporations</a> when privatised. In 1988, Stagecoach withdrew from the long-distance express coach market, selling its operations to National Express.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1990s">1990s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stagecoach_Group&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: 1990s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During the <a href="/wiki/Privatisation_of_British_Rail" title="Privatisation of British Rail">privatisation of British Rail</a>, <a href="/wiki/Porterbrook" title="Porterbrook">Porterbrook</a> was formed as one of three <a href="/wiki/Rolling_stock_company" title="Rolling stock company">rolling stock companies</a> owning around a third of passenger railway locomotives, multiple units and coaching stock running on <a href="/wiki/Network_Rail" title="Network Rail">Network Rail</a>'s system which is leased to various train operators.<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><sup id="cite_ref-RE281_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RE281-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Porterbrook was privatised via a <a href="/wiki/Management_buyout" title="Management buyout">management buyout</a> before being purchased by Stagecoach for £825 million during August 1996.<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><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> The acquisition garnered some public controversy and political criticism for the low value returned to the taxpayer.<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><sup id="cite_ref-Independent200297_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Independent200297-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In April 2000, Stagecoach sold Porterbrook to the British banking group <a href="/wiki/Abbey_(bank)" class="mw-redirect" title="Abbey (bank)">Abbey National</a> in exchange for £1.44 billion.<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><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>In 1997, Stagecoach was awarded the franchise to operate the recently <a href="/wiki/Privatisation" class="mw-redirect" title="Privatisation">privatised</a> <a href="/wiki/Sheffield_Supertram" class="mw-redirect" title="Sheffield Supertram">Sheffield Supertram</a> system, from the <a href="/wiki/South_Yorkshire_Passenger_Transport_Executive" title="South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive">South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive</a>, who owned the system. Stagecoach bought the remaining 27 years of a 30-year franchise in exchange for £1.15 million, which was substantially below the anticipated £80 million that the councils had hoped to raise to help pay off the accumulated debts to build the system.<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> The franchise, which expired in March 2024, was operated under the Stagecoach Supertram brand, the company having responsibility for the operation and maintenance of the tram system. When Stagecoach took over the system, it was struggling, both financially and in terms of attracting passengers; patronage subsequently rose from 7.8 million recorded passenger journeys in 1996/97, to 15.0 million during 2011/12.<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><sup id="cite_ref-20year_bbc_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20year_bbc-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1998, Stagecoach diversified into another transport sector via the purchase of Scotland's <a href="/wiki/Glasgow_Prestwick_Airport" title="Glasgow Prestwick Airport">Prestwick Airport</a> in exchange for £41 million.<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> By the summer of 1999, the company was rumoured to have been offered some £80 million for Prestwick. In January 2001, Stagechoach opted to sell the airport for £33 million to concentrate on surface transport.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><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> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2000s">2000s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stagecoach_Group&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 2000s"><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_Wales_52267_2.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Stagecoach_Wales_52267_2.JPG/220px-Stagecoach_Wales_52267_2.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="149" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Stagecoach_Wales_52267_2.JPG/330px-Stagecoach_Wales_52267_2.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Stagecoach_Wales_52267_2.JPG/440px-Stagecoach_Wales_52267_2.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2296" data-file-height="1558" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Stagecoach_South_Wales" title="Stagecoach South Wales">Stagecoach South Wales</a> <a href="/wiki/Plaxton_Expressliner" title="Plaxton Expressliner">Plaxton Expressliner</a> bodied <a href="/wiki/Volvo_B10M" title="Volvo B10M">Volvo B10M</a> in the group's 'beachball' livery</figcaption></figure> <p>In late 2000, Stagecoach UK's bus operations were rationalised into twelve subsidiary companies managed from the group's Perth headquarters. The group was also rebranded in December 2000, with a new 'beachball' logo designed by Edinburgh design house McKinstrie Wilde Millhouse and a new fleet livery designed by Ray Stenning's Best Impressions design company for the group's buses. The new livery for regional operations consisted of 'swoops' on a grey base that retained the previous livery's red, orange, blue and white colours, while Stagecoach London buses maintained base red with blue and orange 'swoops' to the rear of the bus. A blue-based standard interior for new buses was also introduced, with the first UK buses featuring the group's new identity entering service in January 2001.<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> </p><p>On 21 November 2005, Stagecoach announced the sale of its New Zealand operations to <a href="/wiki/Infratil" title="Infratil">Infratil</a>.<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> On 14 December 2005, Stagecoach purchased <a href="/wiki/Barnsley" title="Barnsley">Barnsley</a> based Traction Group (<a href="/wiki/Yorkshire_Traction" title="Yorkshire Traction">Yorkshire Traction</a>) for £26 million, and also assume Traction's £11 million debt. Traction operated 840 buses in <a href="/wiki/South_Yorkshire" title="South Yorkshire">South</a> and <a href="/wiki/West_Yorkshire" title="West Yorkshire">West Yorkshire</a> (Yorkshire Traction, Barnsley & District, <a href="/wiki/Yorkshire_Terrier_(bus_company)" class="mw-redirect" title="Yorkshire Terrier (bus company)">Yorkshire Terrier</a>), <a href="/wiki/Lincolnshire" title="Lincolnshire">Lincolnshire</a> (<a href="/wiki/Stagecoach_in_Lincolnshire" title="Stagecoach in Lincolnshire">RoadCar</a>) and <a href="/wiki/Angus,_Scotland" title="Angus, Scotland">Angus</a> (<a href="/wiki/Strathtay_Scottish" title="Strathtay Scottish">Strathtay Scottish</a>). Traction was the largest remaining privately owned independent bus operator in the UK.<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> </p><p>Following the sale of its <a href="/wiki/Stagecoach_London" title="Stagecoach London">London bus operations</a> to <a href="/wiki/Macquarie_Group" title="Macquarie Group">Macquarie Bank</a> in 2006, Stagecoach UK Bus concentrated on the bus market outside the UK capital, focusing on organic growth and exploring acquisition options.<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> In September 2005, following competition with its <a href="/wiki/Megabus_(Europe)" title="Megabus (Europe)">Megabus</a> coach operation, Stagecoach launched a joint venture with <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Citylink" title="Scottish Citylink">Scottish Citylink</a> coaches. During October 2006, a competition enquiry instructed Stagecoach to sell some of its Scottish coach services.<sup id="cite_ref-Stagecoach_sell_some_Megabus_operations_in_Scotland_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Stagecoach_sell_some_Megabus_operations_in_Scotland-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Stagecoach was also active in the passenger rail market, having a 49% stake in <a href="/wiki/Virgin_Rail_Group" title="Virgin Rail Group">Virgin Rail Group</a>. During 2007, the group were successful in their bid for the new <a href="/wiki/East_Midlands_Trains" title="East Midlands Trains">East Midlands</a> franchise, which had been created by amalgamating the previous <a href="/wiki/Midland_Mainline_(train_operating_company)" title="Midland Mainline (train operating company)">Midland Mainline</a> franchise with the eastern part of the former <a href="/wiki/Central_Trains" title="Central Trains">Central Trains</a> franchise.<sup id="cite_ref-Stagecoach_wins_East_Midlands_Franchise_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Stagecoach_wins_East_Midlands_Franchise-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><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> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Whitefield_Metrolink_Station.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Whitefield_Metrolink_Station.jpg/220px-Whitefield_Metrolink_Station.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Whitefield_Metrolink_Station.jpg/330px-Whitefield_Metrolink_Station.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Whitefield_Metrolink_Station.jpg/440px-Whitefield_Metrolink_Station.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="768" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Manchester_Metrolink" title="Manchester Metrolink">Manchester Metrolink</a> <a href="/wiki/AnsaldoBreda_T-68" class="mw-redirect" title="AnsaldoBreda T-68">AnsaldoBreda T-68</a> tram at <a href="/wiki/Whitefield_tram_stop" title="Whitefield tram stop">Whitefield tram stop</a></figcaption></figure> <p>During July 2007, Stagecoach commenced operating the <a href="/wiki/Manchester_Metrolink" title="Manchester Metrolink">Manchester Metrolink</a> tram network.<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> In January 2009, Stagecoach purchased <a href="/wiki/Preston_Bus" title="Preston Bus">Preston Bus</a>, a former rival in the <a href="/wiki/Lancashire" title="Lancashire">Lancashire</a> area.<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> In November 2009, the <a href="/wiki/Competition_Commission" title="Competition Commission">Competition Commission</a> intervened, ordering Stagecoach to sell Preston Bus after it had adversely affected competition in the area.<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> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2010s">2010s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stagecoach_Group&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: 2010s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In October 2010, Stagecoach expanded further by re-acquiring <a href="/wiki/East_London_(bus_company)" title="East London (bus company)">East London</a> and <a href="/wiki/Selkent" title="Selkent">Selkent</a>, Stagecoach's former London bus operations.<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> During August 2011, Stagecoach sold its <a href="/wiki/Manchester_Metrolink" title="Manchester Metrolink">Manchester Metrolink</a> concession to <a href="/wiki/RATP_Group" title="RATP Group">RATP Group</a> halfway through its ten-year contract to operate the network.<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> In December 2013, Stagecoach bought <a href="/wiki/King%27s_Lynn" title="King's Lynn">King's Lynn</a> based <a href="/wiki/Stagecoach_in_Norfolk" title="Stagecoach in Norfolk">Norfolk Green</a>.<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> During March 2015, <a href="/wiki/Virgin_Trains_East_Coast" title="Virgin Trains East Coast">Virgin Trains East Coast</a>, in which Stagecoach held a 90% shareholding, commenced operating the <a href="/wiki/InterCity_East_Coast" title="InterCity East Coast">InterCity East Coast</a> franchise.<sup id="cite_ref-DfT27Nov14_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DfT27Nov14-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-BBC27Nov14_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC27Nov14-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The East Coast franchise was terminated on 23 June 2018 after it was revealed that Stagecoach had overbid and were thus unable to make the agreed franchise payments.<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><p>During December 2018, it was announced that private equity house Variant would acquire Stagecoach Group's US division in exchange for $271 million; the sale was completed in April 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-StagecoachApr19_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-StagecoachApr19-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In April 2019, Stagecoach was disqualified from participating in three rail franchise competitions by the <a href="/wiki/Department_for_Transport" title="Department for Transport">Department for Transport</a> after it submitted non-compliant bids for the <a href="/wiki/East_Midlands_Railway" title="East Midlands Railway">East Midlands</a>, <a href="/wiki/South_Eastern_franchise" title="South Eastern franchise">South Eastern</a> and <a href="/wiki/West_Coast_Partnership" title="West Coast Partnership">West Coast Partnership</a> franchises.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> One month later, the company announced that it would legally challenge the disqualification.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2020s">2020s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stagecoach_Group&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: 2020s"><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:Torquay_Corbyns_Head_-_Stagecoach_15319_(YN67YKC)_repainted.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Torquay_Corbyns_Head_-_Stagecoach_15319_%28YN67YKC%29_repainted.JPG/220px-Torquay_Corbyns_Head_-_Stagecoach_15319_%28YN67YKC%29_repainted.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Torquay_Corbyns_Head_-_Stagecoach_15319_%28YN67YKC%29_repainted.JPG/330px-Torquay_Corbyns_Head_-_Stagecoach_15319_%28YN67YKC%29_repainted.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Torquay_Corbyns_Head_-_Stagecoach_15319_%28YN67YKC%29_repainted.JPG/440px-Torquay_Corbyns_Head_-_Stagecoach_15319_%28YN67YKC%29_repainted.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1366" data-file-height="1024" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Stagecoach_South_West" title="Stagecoach South West">Stagecoach South West</a> <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Dennis_Enviro400_MMC" title="Alexander Dennis Enviro400 MMC">Alexander Dennis Enviro400 MMC</a> in the group's local services livery in <a href="/wiki/Torquay" title="Torquay">Torquay</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The group rebranded again in February 2020, with a new set of liveries introduced for the group's British bus operations. Three colour schemes were to be used to reduce customer confusion: </p> <ul><li>Local services- white with azure blue</li> <li>Longer distance - amber yellow</li> <li>Specialist services - white with ocean green (this includes park and ride, university and tourist services)<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>During September 2021, it was reported that rival company <a href="/wiki/National_Express" class="mw-redirect" title="National Express">National Express</a> entered into talks to acquire Stagecoach Group.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In December 2021, a deal was agreed between the boards of the two companies: however, it was subject to both shareholder approval and regulatory scrutiny.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> To satisfy the <a href="/wiki/Competition_%26_Markets_Authority" class="mw-redirect" title="Competition & Markets Authority">Competition & Markets Authority</a>, Stagecoach had planned to sell Megabus, its 35% shareholding in Scottish Citylink and the Falcon Coaches part of <a href="/wiki/Stagecoach_South_West" title="Stagecoach South West">Stagecoach South West</a> to <a href="/wiki/ComfortDelGro" title="ComfortDelGro">ComfortDelGro</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Having originally recommended shareholders accept the National Express offer, in March 2022 the board of directors withdrew the recommendation in favour of a takeover offer from a <a href="/wiki/DWS_Group" title="DWS Group">DWS</a> managed investment fund.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following this, Stagecoach instead sold Megabus and Falcon Coaches to Scottish Citylink and increased its shareholding in the joint venture to 37.5% in return.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In June 2022, Stagecoach purchased London bus operator <a href="/wiki/Tower_Transit" title="Tower Transit">Tower Transit</a>'s Lea Interchange garage, with <a href="/wiki/Stagecoach_London" title="Stagecoach London">Stagecoach London</a> taking on 150 buses and 11 <a href="/wiki/Transport_for_London" title="Transport for London">Transport for London</a> bus route contracts;<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> operations from Lea Interchange are managed under the Lea Interchange Bus Company Limited license.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Later in August, Stagecoach acquired the London operations of the <a href="/wiki/HCT_Group" title="HCT Group">HCT Group</a> after the company had fallen into <a href="/wiki/Administration_(law)" title="Administration (law)">administration</a>, with Stagecoach acquiring a further 160 buses, 17 TfL route contracts and two bus garages from the acquisition.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<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_Group&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Operations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Key_people">Key people</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stagecoach_Group&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Key people"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Stagecoach Group plc was listed on the <a href="/wiki/London_Stock_Exchange" title="London Stock Exchange">London Stock Exchange</a>. Founder Brian Souter and his sister Ann Gloag were the largest shareholders with a combined 26% shareholding at April 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="UK_operating_companies">UK operating companies</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stagecoach_Group&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: UK operating companies"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The following is a breakdown of the Stagecoach operating divisions. The centre of each operating region is shown in parentheses. Legal company names are listed alongside the trading names for that company. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Bus_division">Bus division</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stagecoach_Group&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Bus division"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Bus division operations are as follows:<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <caption>Stagecoach UK bus divisions </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Division</th> <th>Headquarters</th> <th>Local brands</th> <th>Legal name and other notes </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Stagecoach_Cumbria_%26_North_Lancashire" title="Stagecoach Cumbria & North Lancashire">Stagecoach Cumbria & North Lancashire</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Carlisle,_Cumbria" class="mw-redirect" title="Carlisle, Cumbria">Carlisle</a> </td> <td> <ul><li>Stagecoach in Cumbria</li> <li>Stagecoach in Lancaster</li></ul> </td> <td>Cumberland Motor Services </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Stagecoach_East" title="Stagecoach East">Stagecoach East</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cambridge" title="Cambridge">Cambridge</a> </td> <td> <ul><li>Stagecoach in Bedford</li> <li>Stagecoach in Cambridge</li> <li>Stagecoach in Huntingdonshire</li> <li>Stagecoach in Peterborough</li></ul> </td> <td>Cambus<br />Huntingdon & District<br />Stagecoach in the Fens (<a href="/wiki/Huntingdon" title="Huntingdon">Huntingdon</a>) now operates the longest Guided busway in the world with the fleet for the busway running on bio fuel.<br />As of September 2010 Stagecoach in Northants transferred to a new Midland division. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Stagecoach_East_Midlands" title="Stagecoach East Midlands">Stagecoach East Midlands</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lincoln,_Lincolnshire" class="mw-redirect" title="Lincoln, Lincolnshire">Lincoln</a> </td> <td> <ul><li>Stagecoach in Worksop</li> <li>Stagecoach in Mansfield</li> <li>Stagecoach in Gainsborough</li> <li>Stagecoach in Grimsby</li> <li>Stagecoach in Scunthorpe</li> <li>Stagecoach in Hull</li> <li>Stagecoach in Lincoln</li></ul> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lincolnshire_Road_Car" class="mw-redirect" title="Lincolnshire Road Car">Lincolnshire Road Car Co</a><br />Go West Travel Co<br /><a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Transit" title="Cleveland Transit">Cleveland Transit</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Stagecoach_East_Scotland" title="Stagecoach East Scotland">Stagecoach East Scotland</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dunfermline" title="Dunfermline">Dunfermline</a> </td> <td> <ul><li>Rennies Coaches</li> <li>Stagecoach in Perth</li> <li>Stagecoach in Fife</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stagecoach_Strathtay" class="mw-redirect" title="Stagecoach Strathtay">Stagecoach Strathtay</a></li></ul> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Fife_Scottish" title="Fife Scottish">Fife Scottish Omnibuses</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Stagecoach_Strathtay" class="mw-redirect" title="Stagecoach Strathtay">Strathtay Scottish Omnibuses</a><br />Have previously operated the Forth Fast hovercraft service from <a href="/wiki/Kirkcaldy" title="Kirkcaldy">Kirkcaldy</a> to <a href="/wiki/Portobello,_Edinburgh" title="Portobello, Edinburgh">Portobello</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Stagecoach_London" title="Stagecoach London">Stagecoach London</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Canning_Town" title="Canning Town">Canning Town</a> </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/East_London_(bus_company)" title="East London (bus company)">East London</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Selkent" title="Selkent">Selkent</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thameside_(bus_company)" title="Thameside (bus company)">Thameside</a></li></ul> </td> <td>East London Bus & Coach Co.<br />South East London & Kent Bus Co.<br /><a href="/wiki/Tower_Transit" title="Tower Transit">Lea Interchange Bus Company</a><br /><a href="/wiki/HCT_Group" title="HCT Group">CT Plus (London)</a><br />Stagecoach purchased the <a href="/wiki/East_London_(bus_company)" title="East London (bus company)">East London</a> and <a href="/wiki/Selkent" title="Selkent">Selkent</a> divisions of <a href="/wiki/London_Buses" title="London Buses">London Buses</a> when they were privatised in 1994. They were sold to <a href="/wiki/Macquarie_Group" title="Macquarie Group">Macquarie Bank</a> on 31 August 2006 for £263.6m. Macquarie continued to use the Stagecoach brand under licence before rebranding the services as East London and Selkent. Stagecoach reacquried its old London operations from Macquarie Bank in October 2010 for £59.5m and both were once again rebranded as Stagecoach.<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Stagecoach_Manchester" title="Stagecoach Manchester">Stagecoach Manchester</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cheetham_Hill" class="mw-redirect" title="Cheetham Hill">Cheetham Hill</a> </td> <td> <ul><li>Stagecoach in Manchester</li> <li>Bee Network services in Greater Manchester</li></ul> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/GM_Buses" title="GM Buses">Greater Manchester Buses (South)</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Stagecoach_Merseyside_%26_South_Lancashire" class="mw-redirect" title="Stagecoach Merseyside & South Lancashire">Stagecoach Merseyside & South Lancashire</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Liverpool" title="Liverpool">Liverpool</a> </td> <td> <ul><li>Stagecoach in Chester</li> <li>Stagecoach in Wirral</li> <li>Stagecoach Merseyside</li> <li>Stagecoach Preston</li> <li>Stagecoach in Lancashire</li></ul> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ribble_Motor_Services" title="Ribble Motor Services">Ribble Motor Services</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Glenvale_Transport" title="Glenvale Transport">Glenvale Transport</a><br /><a href="/wiki/First_Chester_%26_The_Wirral" title="First Chester & The Wirral">First Chester & The Wirral</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Stagecoach_Midlands" title="Stagecoach Midlands">Stagecoach Midlands</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Northampton" title="Northampton">Northampton</a> </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Stagecoach_in_Warwickshire" class="mw-redirect" title="Stagecoach in Warwickshire">Stagecoach in Warwickshire</a></li> <li>Stagecoach in Northamptonshire</li> <li>Goldline</li></ul> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Midland_Red" title="Midland Red">Midland Red (South)</a> (Warwickshire)<br /><a href="/wiki/United_Counties_Omnibus_Company" class="mw-redirect" title="United Counties Omnibus Company">United Counties Omnibus Company</a> (Northamptonshire) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Stagecoach_North_East" title="Stagecoach North East">Stagecoach North East</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sunderland" title="Sunderland">Sunderland</a> </td> <td> <ul><li>Stagecoach on Teesside</li> <li>Stagecoach in Hartlepool</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stagecoach_in_Newcastle" title="Stagecoach in Newcastle">Stagecoach in Newcastle</a></li> <li>Stagecoach in South Shields</li> <li>Stagecoach in Sunderland</li> <li>Tees Flex</li></ul> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Busways_Travel_Services" title="Busways Travel Services">Busways Travel Services</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Transit" title="Cleveland Transit">Cleveland Transit</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Stagecoach_Highlands" title="Stagecoach Highlands">Stagecoach Highlands</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Inverness" title="Inverness">Inverness</a> </td> <td> <ul><li>Stagecoach in Orkney</li> <li>Stagecoach in Lochaber</li> <li>Stagecoach in Skye</li> <li>Stagecoach in Inverness</li> <li>Stagecoach in Caithness</li></ul> </td> <td>Highland Country Buses<br />Orkney Coaches<br />Rapsons Coaches </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Stagecoach_Bluebird" title="Stagecoach Bluebird">Stagecoach Bluebird</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Aberdeen" title="Aberdeen">Aberdeen</a> </td> <td> <ul><li>Stagecoach in Aberdeen</li></ul> </td> <td>Northern Scottish Omnibuses Ltd. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Stagecoach_South" title="Stagecoach South">Stagecoach South</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chichester" title="Chichester">Chichester</a> </td> <td> <ul><li>Stagecoach in Hants & Surrey</li> <li>Stagecoach in Hampshire</li> <li>Stagecoach in Portsmouth</li> <li>Stagecoach in the South Downs</li></ul> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Alder_Valley" title="Alder Valley">Alder Valley</a><br />Fleet Buzz<br />Hampshire Bus Company<br /><a href="/wiki/Southdown_Motor_Services" title="Southdown Motor Services">Southdown Motor Services</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Stagecoach_South_East" title="Stagecoach South East">Stagecoach South East</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Canterbury" title="Canterbury">Canterbury</a> </td> <td> <ul><li>Stagecoach in East Kent</li> <li>Stagecoach in East Sussex</li></ul> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/East_Kent_Road_Car_Company" title="East Kent Road Car Company">East Kent Road Car Company</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Stagecoach_South_Wales" title="Stagecoach South Wales">Stagecoach South Wales</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cwmbran" title="Cwmbran">Cwmbran</a> </td> <td> <ul><li>Stagecoach De Cymru</li> <li>TrawsCymru</li></ul> </td> <td>Aberdare Bus Company Ltd<br />Crosskeys Coach Hire Ltd<br /><a href="/wiki/Islwyn_Borough_Transport" title="Islwyn Borough Transport">Islwyn Borough Transport</a><br />Parfitts Motor Services Ltd<br /><a href="/wiki/Red_%26_White_Services" title="Red & White Services">Red & White Services</a><br />Rhondda Buses Ltd<br />The Valleys Bus Company Ltd </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Stagecoach_South_West" title="Stagecoach South West">Stagecoach South West</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Exeter" title="Exeter">Exeter</a> </td> <td> <ul><li>Stagecoach in Devon</li> <li>Stagecoach in Somerset (defunct)</li> <li>South West Falcon</li> <li>Buses.gg (Guernsey)</li></ul> </td> <td>Devon General<br />Bayline Ltd<br />Cooks Coaches </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Stagecoach_West" title="Stagecoach West">Stagecoach West</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gloucester" title="Gloucester">Gloucester</a> </td> <td> <ul><li>Stagecoach in Cheltenham</li> <li>Stagecoach in Swindon</li> <li>Stagecoach in Gloucester</li> <li>Stagecoach in the Cotswolds</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stagecoach_in_Oxfordshire" title="Stagecoach in Oxfordshire">Stagecoach in Oxfordshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oxford_Tube" class="mw-redirect" title="Oxford Tube">Oxford Tube</a></li> <li>Stagecoach in the Wye & Dean</li></ul> </td> <td>Cheltenham & Gloucester Omnibus Co<br />Swindon & District Bus Co<br /><a href="/wiki/South_Gloucestershire_Bus_%26_Coach" title="South Gloucestershire Bus & Coach">South Gloucestershire Bus & Coach</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Thames_Transit" title="Thames Transit">Thames Transit</a><br />Midland Red (South) (Banbury) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Stagecoach_West_Scotland" title="Stagecoach West Scotland">Stagecoach West Scotland</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ayr" title="Ayr">Ayr</a> </td> <td> <ul><li>Stagecoach Western</li> <li>Stagecoach A1 Service</li> <li>Stagecoach in Glasgow</li></ul> </td> <td>Western Buses </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Stagecoach_Yorkshire" title="Stagecoach Yorkshire">Stagecoach Yorkshire & Chesterfield</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Barnsley" title="Barnsley">Barnsley</a> </td> <td> <ul><li>Stagecoach in Yorkshire</li> <li>Stagecoach in Sheffield</li> <li>Stagecoach in Chesterfield</li></ul> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Yorkshire_Traction" title="Yorkshire Traction">Yorkshire Traction Co</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Yorkshire_Terrier_(bus_company)" class="mw-redirect" title="Yorkshire Terrier (bus company)">Yorkshire Terrier</a><br />Andrews (Sheffield) </td></tr> </tbody></table> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 225px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 220px; height: 180px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Saltash_Fore_Street_-_Stagecoach_26037_(YX65RDO)_repainted.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Stagecoach Devon Alexander Dennis Enviro200 MMC in April 2022"><img alt="Stagecoach Devon Alexander Dennis Enviro200 MMC in April 2022" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Saltash_Fore_Street_-_Stagecoach_26037_%28YX65RDO%29_repainted.JPG/190px-Saltash_Fore_Street_-_Stagecoach_26037_%28YX65RDO%29_repainted.JPG" decoding="async" width="190" height="127" class="mw-file-element" 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Alexander Dennis Enviro400EV on route 180 near North Greenwich bus station in October 2023"><img alt="Stagecoach London Alexander Dennis Enviro400EV on route 180 near North Greenwich bus station in October 2023" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Stagecoach_84169_%28LG71DSE%29_North_Greenwich_07.10.2023.jpg/190px-Stagecoach_84169_%28LG71DSE%29_North_Greenwich_07.10.2023.jpg" decoding="async" width="190" height="126" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Stagecoach_84169_%28LG71DSE%29_North_Greenwich_07.10.2023.jpg/285px-Stagecoach_84169_%28LG71DSE%29_North_Greenwich_07.10.2023.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Stagecoach_84169_%28LG71DSE%29_North_Greenwich_07.10.2023.jpg/380px-Stagecoach_84169_%28LG71DSE%29_North_Greenwich_07.10.2023.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1360" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Stagecoach_London" title="Stagecoach 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/ADL_Enviro400-bodied_Scania.jpg/285px-ADL_Enviro400-bodied_Scania.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/ADL_Enviro400-bodied_Scania.jpg/380px-ADL_Enviro400-bodied_Scania.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4608" data-file-height="3456" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Stagecoach_Cumbria_%26_North_Lancashire" title="Stagecoach Cumbria & North Lancashire">Stagecoach Cumbria & North Lancashire</a> <a href="/wiki/Scania_N230UD" class="mw-redirect" title="Scania N230UD">Scania N230UD</a> <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Dennis_Enviro400" title="Alexander Dennis Enviro400">Alexander Dennis Enviro400</a> in May 2022</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 225px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 220px; height: 180px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:BNSC_80090_R17.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Stagecoach Manchester Bee Network branded Enviro400EV at Shudehill Interchange in February 2025"><img alt="Stagecoach Manchester Bee Network branded Enviro400EV at Shudehill Interchange in February 2025" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/BNSC_80090_R17.jpg/183px-BNSC_80090_R17.jpg" decoding="async" width="183" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/BNSC_80090_R17.jpg/274px-BNSC_80090_R17.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/BNSC_80090_R17.jpg/365px-BNSC_80090_R17.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2548" data-file-height="2093" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Stagecoach_Manchester" title="Stagecoach Manchester">Stagecoach Manchester</a> <a href="/wiki/Bee_Network" title="Bee Network">Bee Network</a> branded <a href="/wiki/Enviro400EV" class="mw-redirect" title="Enviro400EV">Enviro400EV</a> at <a href="/wiki/Shudehill_Interchange" title="Shudehill Interchange">Shudehill Interchange</a> in February 2025</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 225px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 220px; height: 180px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:KX61GEU_Stagecoach_Bluebird_53642_Volvo_B9R_with_Plaxton_pantehr_2_bodywork_(52491745779).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Stagecoach Bluebird Plaxton Panther bodied Volvo B9R in September 2022"><img alt="Stagecoach Bluebird Plaxton Panther bodied Volvo B9R in September 2022" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/KX61GEU_Stagecoach_Bluebird_53642_Volvo_B9R_with_Plaxton_pantehr_2_bodywork_%2852491745779%29.jpg/190px-KX61GEU_Stagecoach_Bluebird_53642_Volvo_B9R_with_Plaxton_pantehr_2_bodywork_%2852491745779%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="190" height="127" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/KX61GEU_Stagecoach_Bluebird_53642_Volvo_B9R_with_Plaxton_pantehr_2_bodywork_%2852491745779%29.jpg/285px-KX61GEU_Stagecoach_Bluebird_53642_Volvo_B9R_with_Plaxton_pantehr_2_bodywork_%2852491745779%29.jpg 1.5x, 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href="/wiki/File:YX70LUW_Stagecoach_in_Oxfordshire_Oxford_Tube_50532_Volvo_B11RLET_with_Plaxton_Panorama_Elite_bodywork.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/YX70LUW_Stagecoach_in_Oxfordshire_Oxford_Tube_50532_Volvo_B11RLET_with_Plaxton_Panorama_Elite_bodywork.jpg/220px-YX70LUW_Stagecoach_in_Oxfordshire_Oxford_Tube_50532_Volvo_B11RLET_with_Plaxton_Panorama_Elite_bodywork.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/YX70LUW_Stagecoach_in_Oxfordshire_Oxford_Tube_50532_Volvo_B11RLET_with_Plaxton_Panorama_Elite_bodywork.jpg/330px-YX70LUW_Stagecoach_in_Oxfordshire_Oxford_Tube_50532_Volvo_B11RLET_with_Plaxton_Panorama_Elite_bodywork.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/YX70LUW_Stagecoach_in_Oxfordshire_Oxford_Tube_50532_Volvo_B11RLET_with_Plaxton_Panorama_Elite_bodywork.jpg/440px-YX70LUW_Stagecoach_in_Oxfordshire_Oxford_Tube_50532_Volvo_B11RLET_with_Plaxton_Panorama_Elite_bodywork.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2400" data-file-height="1600" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Oxford_Tube" class="mw-redirect" title="Oxford Tube">Oxford Tube</a> <a href="/wiki/Plaxton_Panorama" title="Plaxton Panorama">Plaxton Panorama</a> bodied <a href="/wiki/Volvo_B11R" title="Volvo B11R">Volvo B11R</a> at <a href="/wiki/Victoria_Coach_Station" title="Victoria Coach Station">Victoria Coach Station</a> in September 2022</figcaption></figure> <p>Apart from the ordinary bus operations and no-frills services, the UK bus division has the following brands that extend across operating divisions. </p> <ul><li>Stagecoach Express – an express coach service that operates mainly between towns and cities where Stagecoach operate. It tends not to compete with National Express like Megabus, and in some cases tickets are available through the National Express website.<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oxford_Tube" class="mw-redirect" title="Oxford Tube">Oxford Tube</a> – an express coach service offering high frequency 24-hour services to London, operated by <a href="/wiki/Stagecoach_West" title="Stagecoach West">Stagecoach West</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Citi – some urban networks have received Citi branding, such as Cambridge, Exeter & Peterborough; although much of this brand has now been withdrawn.<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stagecoach_Gold" title="Stagecoach Gold">Stagecoach Gold</a> – a luxury bus service brand designed to attract middle class travellers to public transport, generally on the most important and high-profile routes within an area served by Stagecoach (e.g. <a href="/wiki/Sheffield" title="Sheffield">Sheffield</a> to <a href="/wiki/Chesterfield,_Derbyshire" title="Chesterfield, Derbyshire">Chesterfield</a>). Gold buses typically feature a special blue and gold colour scheme, leather seats, and on-board Wi-Fi access. Both single-decker and double-decker gold buses are used.<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Stagecoach SimpliBus operates in the East Midlands.<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Fleet_numbers">Fleet numbers</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stagecoach_Group&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Fleet numbers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Stagecoach Group number their buses using a system that applies for the life of the bus or until it is sold, as follows:<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>10000 – 19999: diesel-powered double-decker buses</li> <li>20000 – 29999: diesel-powered single-decker buses</li> <li>30000 – 39999: diesel-powered door-forward midibuses</li> <li>40000 – 49999: diesel & electric-powered minibuses and wheel-forward midibuses</li> <li>50000 – 59999: coaches</li> <li>60000 – 69999: <a href="/wiki/New_Routemaster" title="New Routemaster">New Routemasters</a>, electric midibuses and other specialised vehicles</li> <li>70000 – 79999: <i>electric single-decker buses</i></li> <li>80000 – 89999: electric and other alternative fuel double-decker buses</li> <li>90000 – 99999: pool cars, staff transport vehicles, etc.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Former_operations">Former operations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stagecoach_Group&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Former operations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="East_Midlands_Trains">East Midlands Trains</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stagecoach_Group&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: East Midlands Trains"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Stagecoach commenced operating the new <a href="/wiki/East_Midlands_Trains" title="East Midlands Trains">East Midlands Trains</a> franchise in November 2007 that took over all of <a href="/wiki/Midland_Mainline_(train_operating_company)" title="Midland Mainline (train operating company)">Midland Mainline</a>'s and some of <a href="/wiki/Central_Trains" title="Central Trains">Central Trains</a> services.<sup id="cite_ref-DFT_awards_Stagecoach_66-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DFT_awards_Stagecoach-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During August 2019, it ceased operating when the franchise was taken over by <a href="/wiki/Abellio_(transport_company)" title="Abellio (transport company)">Abellio</a> <a href="/wiki/East_Midlands_Railway" title="East Midlands Railway">East Midlands Railway</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Manchester_Metrolink">Manchester Metrolink</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stagecoach_Group&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Manchester Metrolink"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In July 2007, Stagecoach took over the operation of <a href="/wiki/Manchester_Metrolink" title="Manchester Metrolink">Manchester Metrolink</a> on a 10-year fixed-term management contract, beating competition from <a href="/wiki/Keolis" title="Keolis">Keolis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Serco" title="Serco">Serco</a> and <a href="/wiki/Transdev_(historic)" class="mw-redirect" title="Transdev (historic)">Transdev</a>, to make it the biggest tram operator in the UK.<sup id="cite_ref-Stagecoach_beats_off_Govia_and_Serco_to_win_Metrolink_68-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Stagecoach_beats_off_Govia_and_Serco_to_win_Metrolink-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This system was the first modern tram system in the United Kingdom, opening just before the Sheffield system in 1992. Nearly 18 million people ride on the system a year. Stagecoach sold the Metrolink business to <a href="/wiki/RATP_Group" title="RATP Group">RATP Group</a> in August 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-rgi20110802_69-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rgi20110802-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sheffield_Supertram">Sheffield Supertram</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stagecoach_Group&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Sheffield Supertram"><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:20200729_Sheffield_Supertram_203.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/20200729_Sheffield_Supertram_203.jpg/220px-20200729_Sheffield_Supertram_203.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/20200729_Sheffield_Supertram_203.jpg/330px-20200729_Sheffield_Supertram_203.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/20200729_Sheffield_Supertram_203.jpg/440px-20200729_Sheffield_Supertram_203.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5328" data-file-height="4000" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Sheffield_Supertram" class="mw-redirect" title="Sheffield Supertram">Sheffield Supertram</a> in July 2020</figcaption></figure> <p>Stagecoach operated the <a href="/wiki/Sheffield_Supertram" class="mw-redirect" title="Sheffield Supertram">Sheffield Supertram</a> under a concession from the <a href="/wiki/South_Yorkshire_Passenger_Transport_Executive" title="South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive">South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive</a> between 1997 and 2024.<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Its average daily ridership is 33,700, equalling more than 12 million per year, well above expectations. At the time of the concession's expiry, there were three <a href="/wiki/Light_rail" title="Light rail">light rail</a> transit lines and a later <a href="/wiki/Tram-train" title="Tram-train">tram-train</a> service to <a href="/wiki/Rotherham" title="Rotherham">Rotherham</a>. Future plans included schemes to <a href="/wiki/Dore,_South_Yorkshire" title="Dore, South Yorkshire">Dore</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fulwood,_South_Yorkshire" class="mw-redirect" title="Fulwood, South Yorkshire">Fulwood</a> and <a href="/wiki/Maltby,_South_Yorkshire" title="Maltby, South Yorkshire">Maltby</a>; following consultations, a reduced scheme with an extension to <a href="/wiki/Broomhill,_Sheffield,_South_Yorkshire" class="mw-redirect" title="Broomhill, Sheffield, South Yorkshire">Broomhill</a> was being considered as of 2017.<sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The concession expired in March 2024, with the operation of Supertram returning to the public sector.<sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="South_West_Trains">South West Trains</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stagecoach_Group&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: South West Trains"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Stagecoach ran the <a href="/wiki/South_West_Trains" title="South West Trains">South West Trains</a> franchise from February 1996 to August 2017. It retained the franchise for three years from February 2004 and for a further 10 years from February 2007.<sup id="cite_ref-Stagecoach_wins_South_West_Trains_contract_73-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Stagecoach_wins_South_West_Trains_contract-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The franchise passed to <a href="/wiki/FirstGroup" title="FirstGroup">First</a> <a href="/wiki/MTR_Corporation" title="MTR Corporation">MTR</a> <a href="/wiki/South_Western_Railway_(train_operating_company)" class="mw-redirect" title="South Western Railway (train operating company)">South Western Railway</a> on 20 August 2017<sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Island_Line_(train_operating_company)" class="mw-redirect" title="Island Line (train operating company)">Island Line Trains</a> – The rail system on the <a href="/wiki/Isle_of_Wight" title="Isle of Wight">Isle of Wight</a>, was also operated by Stagecoach from October 1996 to August 2017. In February 2007 it was merged into the <a href="/wiki/South_Western_franchise" title="South Western franchise">South Western franchise</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Island_Line_now_South_Western_75-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Island_Line_now_South_Western-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Stagecoach_Rail">Stagecoach Rail</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stagecoach_Group&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Stagecoach Rail"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1992, shortly before the <a href="/wiki/Privatisation_of_British_Rail" title="Privatisation of British Rail">privatisation of British Rail</a>, Stagecoach Rail briefly operated a modest InterCity operation between <a href="/wiki/Aberdeen" title="Aberdeen">Aberdeen</a> and London. Two <a href="/wiki/British_Railways_Mark_2" class="mw-redirect" title="British Railways Mark 2">British Railways Mark 2</a> passenger carriages were re-branded in Stagecoach colours and attached to a scheduled <a href="/wiki/British_Rail" title="British Rail">British Rail</a> <a href="/wiki/InterCity_(British_Rail)" title="InterCity (British Rail)">InterCity</a> sleeper service.<sup id="cite_ref-Stagecoach_Group_Company_History_76-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Stagecoach_Group_Company_History-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Virgin_CrossCountry">Virgin CrossCountry</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stagecoach_Group&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Virgin CrossCountry"><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:Virgin_Voyager_220003_2005-06-09_03.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Virgin_Voyager_220003_2005-06-09_03.jpg/220px-Virgin_Voyager_220003_2005-06-09_03.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Virgin_Voyager_220003_2005-06-09_03.jpg/330px-Virgin_Voyager_220003_2005-06-09_03.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Virgin_Voyager_220003_2005-06-09_03.jpg/440px-Virgin_Voyager_220003_2005-06-09_03.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="960" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Virgin_CrossCountry" title="Virgin CrossCountry">Virgin CrossCountry</a> <a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_220" title="British Rail Class 220">Class 220 <i>Voyager</i></a> at <a href="/wiki/Bristol_Temple_Meads_railway_station" title="Bristol Temple Meads railway station">Bristol Temple Meads</a> in June 2005</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Virgin_Rail_Group" title="Virgin Rail Group">Virgin Rail Group</a> operated the CrossCountry franchise as <a href="/wiki/Virgin_CrossCountry" title="Virgin CrossCountry">Virgin CrossCountry</a> from January 1997<sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> until November 2007 when it passed to <a href="/wiki/CrossCountry" title="CrossCountry">Arriva</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Virgin_Trains_East_Coast">Virgin Trains East Coast</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stagecoach_Group&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Virgin Trains East Coast"><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:43_316_at_Kings_Cross_by_Hugh_Llewelyn.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/43_316_at_Kings_Cross_by_Hugh_Llewelyn.jpg/220px-43_316_at_Kings_Cross_by_Hugh_Llewelyn.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/43_316_at_Kings_Cross_by_Hugh_Llewelyn.jpg/330px-43_316_at_Kings_Cross_by_Hugh_Llewelyn.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/43_316_at_Kings_Cross_by_Hugh_Llewelyn.jpg/440px-43_316_at_Kings_Cross_by_Hugh_Llewelyn.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4592" data-file-height="3056" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Virgin_Trains_East_Coast" title="Virgin Trains East Coast">Virgin Trains East Coast</a> <a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_43_(HST)" title="British Rail Class 43 (HST)">Class 43</a> at <a href="/wiki/London_King%27s_Cross_railway_station" title="London King's Cross railway station">King's Cross</a> in September 2015</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Virgin_Trains_East_Coast" title="Virgin Trains East Coast">Virgin Trains East Coast</a>, in which Stagecoach held a 90% shareholding, operated the <a href="/wiki/InterCity_East_Coast" title="InterCity East Coast">InterCity East Coast</a> franchise from March 2015 to June 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-DfT27Nov14_35-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DfT27Nov14-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-BBC27Nov14_36-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC27Nov14-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Virgin_Trains_West_Coast">Virgin Trains West Coast</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stagecoach_Group&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Virgin Trains West Coast"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The group has held a 49% stake in <a href="/wiki/Virgin_Rail_Group" title="Virgin Rail Group">Virgin Rail Group</a> since October 1998. Virgin Rail Group operated the <a href="/wiki/InterCity_West_Coast" title="InterCity West Coast">InterCity West Coast</a> franchise as <a href="/wiki/Virgin_Trains_West_Coast" class="mw-redirect" title="Virgin Trains West Coast">Virgin Trains West Coast</a> from March 1997 until December 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-81" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Australia">Australia</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stagecoach_Group&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Australia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1999, Stagecoach purchased the school bus operations of <a href="/wiki/Sunbus" title="Sunbus">Sunbus</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Cairns" title="Cairns">Cairns</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ipswich,_Queensland" title="Ipswich, Queensland">Ipswich</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sunshine_Coast,_Queensland" title="Sunshine Coast, Queensland">Sunshine Coast</a> regions of <a href="/wiki/Queensland" title="Queensland">Queensland</a>. These were sold in 2002 to:<sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>Cairns: <a href="/wiki/Love%27s_Bus_Service" title="Love's Bus Service">Love's Bus Service</a></li> <li>Ipswich: <a href="/wiki/Pulitano_Group" title="Pulitano Group">Pulitano Group</a></li> <li>Sunshine Coast: <a href="/wiki/CDC_Queensland" title="CDC Queensland">Buslink Queensland</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Hong_Kong">Hong Kong</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stagecoach_Group&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Hong Kong"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:HP6440@11.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/HP6440%4011.jpg/220px-HP6440%4011.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="136" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/HP6440%4011.jpg/330px-HP6440%4011.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/HP6440%4011.jpg/440px-HP6440%4011.jpg 2x" data-file-width="550" data-file-height="340" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Citybus_(Hong_Kong)" title="Citybus (Hong Kong)">Citybus</a> <a href="/wiki/MAN_NL262" title="MAN NL262">MAN NL262</a> in Hong Kong in Stagecoach livery</figcaption></figure> <p>In 1994, Stagecoach created a bus-operating subsidiary in Hong Kong which operated residential bus services. It ceased operation in April 1996.<sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During 1999, Stagecoach planned to become the largest bus company in China through joint ventures, equity stakes and partnerships, and confirmed the £181 million acquisition of Hong Kong's <a href="/wiki/Citybus_(Hong_Kong)" title="Citybus (Hong Kong)">Citybus</a>. Stagecoach acquired control of <a href="/wiki/Citybus_(Hong_Kong)" title="Citybus (Hong Kong)">Citybus Group</a>, which provided franchised bus services on <a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong_Island" title="Hong Kong Island">Hong Kong Island</a> and to and from <a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong_International_Airport" title="Hong Kong International Airport">Hong Kong International Airport</a> as well as non-franchised services throughout Hong Kong, in March 1999 and then completed the privatisation of Citybus on 17 July 1999.<sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In June 2003, the operation was sold to <a href="/wiki/Chow_Tai_Fook_Enterprises" class="mw-redirect" title="Chow Tai Fook Enterprises">Chow Tai Fook Enterprises</a>, the parent company of the major rival operator <a href="/wiki/New_World_First_Bus" title="New World First Bus">New World First Bus</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-85" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Kenya">Kenya</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stagecoach_Group&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Kenya"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In November 1991, Stagecoach Holdings (as it was named then), bought United Transport's shareholding in Kenya Bus Services. During its tenure, Stagecoach rapidly expanded the fleet, introducing the Express Services and the modern double decker buses back on Kenyan roads. During October 1998 a consortium of investors led by Karanja Kabage as chairman acquired Kenya Bus Services from Stagecoach Holdings which owned 95% of the business.<sup id="cite_ref-87" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="New_Zealand">New Zealand</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stagecoach_Group&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: New Zealand"><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:WellingtonTrolleybuses.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/WellingtonTrolleybuses.jpg/220px-WellingtonTrolleybuses.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="174" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/WellingtonTrolleybuses.jpg/330px-WellingtonTrolleybuses.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/WellingtonTrolleybuses.jpg/440px-WellingtonTrolleybuses.jpg 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="380" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/NZ_Bus" title="NZ Bus">Stagecoach New Zealand</a> <a href="/wiki/Hawke_Coachwork" title="Hawke Coachwork">Hawke</a> bodied <a href="/wiki/Volvo_B58" title="Volvo B58">Volvo B58</a> trolleybus in <a href="/wiki/Wellington" title="Wellington">Wellington</a></figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/NZ_Bus" title="NZ Bus">Stagecoach New Zealand</a> was a wholly owned part of the Stagecoach Group, which provided bus services in <a href="/wiki/Auckland" title="Auckland">Auckland</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wellington" title="Wellington">Wellington</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Hutt_Valley" title="Hutt Valley">Hutt Valley</a> and nine ferry routes in Auckland. It was the largest bus company in New Zealand when sold. Stagecoach NZ started operations when the firm acquired Wellington City Transport, including the Hutt Valley suburban bus operations of the <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Railways_Road_Services" title="New Zealand Railways Road Services">New Zealand Railways Road Services</a>, branded <i>CityLine</i>, in the 1990s. Following this initial acquisition Stagecoach also purchased Eastbourne Buses, The Yellow Bus Company in Auckland and a controlling interest in Fullers Auckland. In November 2005, the business was sold to <a href="/wiki/Infratil" title="Infratil">Infratil</a> and rebranded as <a href="/wiki/NZ_Bus" title="NZ Bus">NZ Bus</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-88" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="North_America">North America</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stagecoach_Group&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: North America"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Stagecoach carried out bus operations in the northeastern and midwestern United States and in eastern Canada. Businesses were focused on commuter services, and included tour and charter, sightseeing, local, and school bus operations: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Coach_USA" title="Coach USA">Coach USA</a> – operating primarily in the northeastern United States providing subsidised transit services (primarily in <a href="/wiki/New_York_metropolitan_area" title="New York metropolitan area">Greater New York</a>), sightseeing, and charter services, and in the midwestern United States with primarily charter and sightseeing services. Yellow school bus services are also provided by Coach USA in the state of <a href="/wiki/Wisconsin" title="Wisconsin">Wisconsin</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-89" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Megabus_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="Megabus (United States)">Megabus</a> – discount express bus services radiating from Chicago and New York City. Like Megabus in the United Kingdom, most stops are made at street locations.<sup id="cite_ref-90" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coach_Canada" title="Coach Canada">Coach Canada</a> – serving primarily <a href="/wiki/Ontario" title="Ontario">Ontario</a> and <a href="/wiki/Quebec" title="Quebec">Quebec</a>, where it operates interurban and chartered bus services, contract bus services in <a href="/wiki/Regional_Municipality_of_Durham" title="Regional Municipality of Durham">Durham</a>, yellow school bus service in Durham Region and <a href="/wiki/Peterborough_County" title="Peterborough County">Peterborough County</a> in Ontario, and sightseeing services in <a href="/wiki/Gray_Line_Montreal" title="Gray Line Montreal">Montreal</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-91" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>In December 2018, Stagecoach announced it had agreed to sell all of its North American operations to Variant Equity Advisors with the deal concluded in April 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-StagecoachApr19_40-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-StagecoachApr19-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-92" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-93" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-93"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-94" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-94"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Portugal">Portugal</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stagecoach_Group&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Portugal"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Stagecoach Portugal had its origins in the re-privatisation of Portuguese bus and coach operation, which had been nationalised after the <a href="/wiki/Carnation_Revolution" title="Carnation Revolution">1974 Revolution</a>. In 1990, the nationalised Rodoviária Nacional was split into ten components. In the capital, <a href="/wiki/Lisbon" title="Lisbon">Lisbon</a>, Rodoviária de Lisboa was the chief operator outside the city itself, where <a href="/wiki/Carris" title="Carris">Carris</a> provided city bus and tram services. The name of Rodoviária de Lisboa survived as part of the Barraqueiro bus company, but another part, serving the area to the west of Lisbon, became Stagecoach Portugal in 1995. A further portion still operates as Vimeca – Viação Mecânica de Carnaxide. During June 2001, Stagecoach announced the sale of their Portuguese operations to ScottURB for £14 million.<sup id="cite_ref-95" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-95"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Nordic_countries">Nordic countries</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stagecoach_Group&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Nordic countries"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In October 1996, during Stagecoach's International buying spree, it made its most important international acquisition at the time, buying <a href="/wiki/Swebus_AB" class="mw-redirect" title="Swebus AB">Swebus AB</a>, the bus-company arm of the <a href="/wiki/Swedish_State_Railways" title="Swedish State Railways">Swedish State Railways</a> (SJ), for 1.2 billion <a href="/wiki/Swedish_krona" title="Swedish krona">kronor</a> ($164 million), which also included operations in Denmark, Finland and Norway.<sup id="cite_ref-96" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-96"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The operations in Norway included only city and regional traffic in three minor cities around lake <a href="/wiki/Mj%C3%B8sa" title="Mjøsa">Mjøsa</a>, but several unsuccessful bids on operators in the <a href="/wiki/Oslo" title="Oslo">Oslo</a> area led to Stagecoach selling out to <a href="/wiki/Norgesbuss" title="Norgesbuss">Norgesbuss</a> during April 1997. The Danish operations never proved profitable, and were sold to Combus in autumn of 1997. The operations in Finland were more successful, and were in April 1998 renamed Stagecoach Finland. In spring of 1997, <a href="/wiki/Swebus_Express" title="Swebus Express">Swebus Express</a> was started as an intercity coach service between several cities in southern parts of Sweden, sporting the Stagecoach livery of the time. Stagecoach in 1998 announced that it had bid for several rail franchises in Sweden. On 27 October 1999, Stagecoach revealed that it was going to sell Swebus to <a href="/wiki/Concordia_Bus" class="mw-redirect" title="Concordia Bus">Concordia Bus</a> for £100 million, to refocus its bus operation on the United States and Asia.<sup id="cite_ref-97" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-97"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="No-frills_brands">No-frills brands</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stagecoach_Group&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: No-frills brands"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Stagecoach operate a number of so-called "<a href="/wiki/No-frills" class="mw-redirect" title="No-frills">no-frills</a>" services across the United Kingdom and the United States. Applying the business model of the <a href="/wiki/Low-cost_carrier" title="Low-cost carrier">low-cost carrier</a> air lines, these services aim to offer cheaper alternatives to the established operators in the bus, coach and rail markets, by reducing costs, and offering extremely low fares for the earliest bookings, rising nearer the journey time: </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Magic_Bus">Magic Bus</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stagecoach_Group&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: Magic Bus"><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/Magic_Bus_(Stagecoach)" title="Magic Bus (Stagecoach)">Magic Bus (Stagecoach)</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Stagecoach_Manchester_(Magicbus)_17614_V614DJA_(8589270163).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Stagecoach_Manchester_%28Magicbus%29_17614_V614DJA_%288589270163%29.jpg/220px-Stagecoach_Manchester_%28Magicbus%29_17614_V614DJA_%288589270163%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Stagecoach_Manchester_%28Magicbus%29_17614_V614DJA_%288589270163%29.jpg/330px-Stagecoach_Manchester_%28Magicbus%29_17614_V614DJA_%288589270163%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Stagecoach_Manchester_%28Magicbus%29_17614_V614DJA_%288589270163%29.jpg/440px-Stagecoach_Manchester_%28Magicbus%29_17614_V614DJA_%288589270163%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3424" data-file-height="2568" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Magic_Bus_(Stagecoach)" title="Magic Bus (Stagecoach)">Magic Bus</a> <a href="/wiki/Alexander_ALX400" title="Alexander ALX400">Alexander ALX400</a> bodied <a href="/wiki/Dennis_Trident_2" title="Dennis Trident 2">Dennis Trident 2</a> in Manchester in March 2013</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Magic_Bus_(Stagecoach)" title="Magic Bus (Stagecoach)">Magic Bus</a> was the first no-frills brand of Stagecoach. It was first used in red lettering on ex <a href="/wiki/London_Regional_Transport" title="London Regional Transport">London Regional Transport</a> <a href="/wiki/AEC_Routemaster" title="AEC Routemaster">AEC Routemasters</a>, otherwise painted in Stagecoach stripes, in competition in Glasgow. Later, an allover blue with yellow lettering was adopted, on older service buses with simple fares and no travel passes, usually operated on routes with strong competition from other operators, most notably on the <a href="/wiki/Manchester_Piccadilly_Gardens_bus_station" title="Manchester Piccadilly Gardens bus station">Manchester Piccadilly</a> to <a href="/wiki/Didsbury" title="Didsbury">East Didsbury</a> <a href="/wiki/Wilmslow_Road_bus_corridor" title="Wilmslow Road bus corridor">Wilmslow Road bus corridor</a> route in <a href="/wiki/Manchester" title="Manchester">Manchester</a>, but also in <a href="/wiki/Newcastle_upon_Tyne" title="Newcastle upon Tyne">Newcastle upon Tyne</a> and East Scotland (as Magic Mini). In 2008 <a href="/wiki/Stagecoach_Merseyside" title="Stagecoach Merseyside">Stagecoach Merseyside</a> introduced a Magic Bus service competing with themselves and <a href="/wiki/Arriva_North_West" title="Arriva North West">Arriva North West</a> on the busy route 14 corridor, Magic Bus 14C runs every 7/8 minutes between City Centre and Broadway. By 2012, only the Manchester Magic Bus remained, these being upgraded from <a href="/wiki/Volvo_Olympian" title="Volvo Olympian">Volvo Olympians</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dennis_Dragon" title="Dennis Dragon">Dennis Dragons</a> to <a href="/wiki/Alexander_ALX400" title="Alexander ALX400">Alexander ALX400</a> and East Lancs bodied <a href="/wiki/Dennis_Trident_2" title="Dennis Trident 2">Dennis Trident 2s</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-98" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-98"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>98<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Megabus">Megabus</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stagecoach_Group&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: Megabus"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/Megabus_(North_America)" title="Megabus (North America)">Megabus (North America)</a> and <a href="/wiki/Megabus_(Europe)" title="Megabus (Europe)">Megabus (Europe)</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Megabus_50245_SV12_DVW_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Megabus_50245_SV12_DVW_2.jpg/220px-Megabus_50245_SV12_DVW_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Megabus_50245_SV12_DVW_2.jpg/330px-Megabus_50245_SV12_DVW_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Megabus_50245_SV12_DVW_2.jpg/440px-Megabus_50245_SV12_DVW_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1200" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Megabus_(Europe)" title="Megabus (Europe)">Megabus</a> <a href="/wiki/Van_Hool" title="Van Hool">Van Hool</a> Astromega in September 2012</figcaption></figure> <p><b>Megabus</b> is a low cost, "<a href="/wiki/No-frills" class="mw-redirect" title="No-frills">no-frills</a>" intercity coach service launched in the United Kingdom by Stagecoach in 2003, on 10 April 2006 in the United States, and in 2009 within Canada. Its main rival in the UK is <a href="/wiki/National_Express_Coaches" title="National Express Coaches">National Express</a>, who have had to lower their prices to compete with Megabus. In the US, Megabus/Eastern Shuttle's main rival is <a href="/wiki/BoltBus" title="BoltBus">BoltBus</a>, which is 50% owned by Stagecoach rival <a href="/wiki/FirstGroup" title="FirstGroup">FirstGroup</a>. In the UK, the Megabus network covers most of the island of Great Britain, although some routes offer only one journey per day. Originally operated using high capacity, but older coach-seated vehicles, most services are now operated with new modern single or double deck coaches. In the United States, services radiate from Chicago and New York City, but the networks are not connected. In both the UK and the US, to cut costs, most services use on-street bus stops, rather than pay for access to coach stations (except in cases where pre-existing routes were converted to Megabus lines). A notable exception to this is the use of London <a href="/wiki/Victoria_Coach_Station" title="Victoria Coach Station">Victoria Coach Station</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-99" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-99"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>99<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Megatrain">Megatrain</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stagecoach_Group&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: Megatrain"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Megatrain" title="Megatrain">Megatrain</a></div> <p>On 14 November 2005, the Megabus concept was extended to certain rail services, with the introduction of <a href="/wiki/Megatrain" title="Megatrain">Megatrain</a> between London and <a href="/wiki/Southampton" title="Southampton">Southampton</a>, and London and <a href="/wiki/Portsmouth" title="Portsmouth">Portsmouth</a>, using a dedicated carriage on selected <a href="/wiki/South_West_Trains" title="South West Trains">South West Trains</a> services. It was later extended to some <a href="/wiki/Virgin_Trains" title="Virgin Trains">Virgin Trains</a> services (since withdrawn) and to selected <a href="/wiki/East_Midlands_Trains" title="East Midlands Trains">East Midlands Trains</a> services. In 2009, the Megabusplus concept was introduced, under which certain trips are begun on a train and are then completed on a bus. Unlike the original Megatrain concept, this service is available seven days a week.<sup id="cite_ref-100" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-100"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Scottish_Citylink">Scottish Citylink</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stagecoach_Group&action=edit&section=33" title="Edit section: Scottish Citylink"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Citylink" title="Scottish Citylink">Scottish Citylink</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Stagecoach_in_the_Highlands_coach_53109_(SV09_EGD),_Showbus_2010.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Stagecoach_in_the_Highlands_coach_53109_%28SV09_EGD%29%2C_Showbus_2010.jpg/220px-Stagecoach_in_the_Highlands_coach_53109_%28SV09_EGD%29%2C_Showbus_2010.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Stagecoach_in_the_Highlands_coach_53109_%28SV09_EGD%29%2C_Showbus_2010.jpg/330px-Stagecoach_in_the_Highlands_coach_53109_%28SV09_EGD%29%2C_Showbus_2010.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Stagecoach_in_the_Highlands_coach_53109_%28SV09_EGD%29%2C_Showbus_2010.jpg/440px-Stagecoach_in_the_Highlands_coach_53109_%28SV09_EGD%29%2C_Showbus_2010.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3872" data-file-height="2592" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Plaxton_Paragon" class="mw-redirect" title="Plaxton Paragon">Plaxton Panther</a> bodied <a href="/wiki/Volvo_B12B" title="Volvo B12B">Volvo B12B</a> in September 2010</figcaption></figure> <p>In September 2005, Stagecoach and <a href="/wiki/ComfortDelGro" title="ComfortDelGro">ComfortDelGro</a> announced a joint venture in the provision of express coach services in Scotland, ending intense competition between ComfortDelGro's subsidiary <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Citylink" title="Scottish Citylink">Scottish Citylink</a> and Stagecoach subsidiaries <a href="/wiki/Megabus_(Europe)" title="Megabus (Europe)">Megabus</a> and <a href="/wiki/Stagecoach_West_Scotland" title="Stagecoach West Scotland">Motorvator</a>. Under the terms of the joint venture, the Stagecoach Group acquires a 35% stake in Scottish Citylink Coaches Ltd, with Citylink assuming certain rights to the Megabus and Motorvator brands in Scotland.<sup id="cite_ref-35%_stake_in_Citylink_101-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35%_stake_in_Citylink-101"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>101<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Competition_Commission" title="Competition Commission">Competition Commission</a> ruled in October 2006 that the joint venture substantially reduced competition and that evidence suggested some routes were already experiencing higher fares as a result.<sup id="cite_ref-competition_commition_102-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-competition_commition-102"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>102<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Though no firm conclusion was drawn, regulators are to consult the two companies about what they need to do to comply with competition regulations and they have indicated that this will likely lead to the forced divestment of some services to an independent operator. The ruling was criticised by Stagecoach as leaving vital services in limbo and jeopardising Scotland's intercity coach network, making it unable to compete effectively with rail and private car journeys.<sup id="cite_ref-Stagecoach-Scottish_Citylink_response_to_Competition_Commission_announcement_103-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Stagecoach-Scottish_Citylink_response_to_Competition_Commission_announcement-103"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>103<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>To satisfy the commission, some Citylink routes were sold to <a href="/wiki/Parks_Motor_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="Parks Motor Group">Parks Motor Group</a> in early 2008.<sup id="cite_ref-104" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-104"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>104<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Controversy">Controversy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stagecoach_Group&action=edit&section=34" title="Edit section: Controversy"><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:Section28-cropped.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Section28-cropped.jpg/220px-Section28-cropped.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="324" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Section28-cropped.jpg/330px-Section28-cropped.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Section28-cropped.jpg/440px-Section28-cropped.jpg 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="884" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Section_28" title="Section 28">Section 28</a> protestor in <a href="/wiki/Manchester" title="Manchester">Manchester</a> in July 2000</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Competitive_strategy">Competitive strategy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stagecoach_Group&action=edit&section=35" title="Edit section: Competitive strategy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Following the deregulation of bus services in the United Kingdom, Stagecoach bought a number of the newly emerged small bus companies and ran free or low fare buses to put local rivals out of business.<sup id="cite_ref-BBC21January2000_105-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC21January2000-105"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>105<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In <a href="/wiki/Darlington" title="Darlington">Darlington</a>, Stagecoach subsidiary Busways offered bounties to recruit drivers away from the existing bus service and offered free buses to deter the rival preferred bidder from taking over the existing bus service. This was "predatory, deplorable and against the public interest" according to findings from the <a href="/wiki/Competition_Commission" title="Competition Commission">Monopolies & Mergers Commission</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-106" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-106"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>106<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-MMC1995_107-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MMC1995-107"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>107<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2000, <a href="/wiki/Stagecoach_Manchester" title="Stagecoach Manchester">Stagecoach Manchester</a> was found to have been employing bus inspectors to usher passengers away from competitor's services.<sup id="cite_ref-108" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-108"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>108<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During 2005, alleged aggressive behaviour by Stagecoach drivers, seeking to compete with Scotbus, resulted in an arson fire at a <a href="/wiki/Stagecoach_East_Scotland" title="Stagecoach East Scotland">Stagecoach East Scotland</a> garage.<sup id="cite_ref-Man_jailed_over_bus_depot_fires_109-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Man_jailed_over_bus_depot_fires-109"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>109<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Between 2006 and 2007, Stagecoach Manchester and <a href="/wiki/UK_North" title="UK North">UK North</a> engaged in a <a href="/wiki/Bus_war" class="mw-redirect" title="Bus war">bus war</a> on <a href="/wiki/Greater_Manchester_bus_route_192" title="Greater Manchester bus route 192">route 192</a> and on the <a href="/wiki/Wilmslow_Road_bus_corridor" title="Wilmslow Road bus corridor">Wilmslow Road bus corridor</a> that caused traffic chaos in <a href="/wiki/Manchester" title="Manchester">Manchester</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-110" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-110"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>110<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-111" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-111"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>111<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In November 2009, the <a href="/wiki/Competition_Commission" title="Competition Commission">Competition Commission</a> ordered Stagecoach to sell <a href="/wiki/Preston_Bus" title="Preston Bus">Preston Bus</a> after it had adversely affected competition in the area; the sale was completed as instructed in January 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-112" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-112"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>112<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-113" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-113"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>113<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-114" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-114"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>114<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Controversial_chairman">Controversial chairman</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stagecoach_Group&action=edit&section=36" title="Edit section: Controversial chairman"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Stagecoach Group has also indirectly attracted criticism through controversial statements and actions made by its chairman and co-founder, Brian Souter, regarding certain public statements and his funding of a campaign to block the repeal of the <a href="/wiki/Section_28" title="Section 28">Section 28</a> law. In 2000, <a href="/wiki/OutRage!" title="OutRage!">OutRage!</a> spokesman Peter Tatchell, called for a boycott of the bus and rail group.<sup id="cite_ref-Anti-gay_row_115-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Anti-gay_row-115"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>115<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Guided_Busway">Guided Busway</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stagecoach_Group&action=edit&section=37" title="Edit section: Guided Busway"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Stagecoach operate buses along the <a href="/wiki/Cambridgeshire_Guided_Busway" title="Cambridgeshire Guided Busway">Cambridgeshire Guided Busway</a>. The Guide wheels on the side of the buses, combined with a specially built track mean that hands free driving is possible. The main advantages of a guided busway, versus a normal road are higher speeds (meaning increased capacity) and increased safety as traffic of differing directions is physically separated.<sup id="cite_ref-116" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-116"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>116<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stagecoach_Group&action=edit&section=38" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bus_transport_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Bus transport in the United Kingdom">Bus transport in the United Kingdom</a></li></ul> <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_Group&action=edit&section=39" 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 screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-results-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-results_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-results_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-results_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.stagecoachgroup.com/~/media/Files/S/Stagecoach-Group/Attachments/financial/agm/annual-report-2023.pdf">"Annual Report 2023"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. 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"The <i>real</i> Stagecoach story...". <i><a href="/wiki/Rail_(magazine)" title="Rail (magazine)">Rail</a></i>. No. 34 2. EMAP Apex Publications. pp. <span class="nowrap">24–</span>28. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0953-4563">0953-4563</a>. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/49953699">49953699</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Rail&rft.atitle=The+real+Stagecoach+story...&rft.issue=34+2&rft.pages=%3Cspan+class%3D%22nowrap%22%3E24-%3C%2Fspan%3E28&rft.date=1998-10-21%2F1998-11-03&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F49953699&rft.issn=0953-4563&rft.aulast=Wolmar&rft.aufirst=Christian&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AStagecoach+Group" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span 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Group">Mobico Group</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MTR_Corporation" title="MTR Corporation">MTR Corporation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RATP_Group" title="RATP Group">RATP Group</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Stagecoach Group</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Transdev" title="Transdev">Transdev</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Translink_(Northern_Ireland)" title="Translink (Northern Ireland)">Translink (Northern Ireland)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Transport_UK_Group" title="Transport UK Group">Transport UK Group</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trenitalia" title="Trenitalia">Trenitalia</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left;">Related topics</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Passenger_transport_executive" title="Passenger transport executive">Passenger transport executive</a></li> <li><a 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style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aaron%27s_of_Wick" title="Aaron's of Wick">Aaron's of Wick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blue_Bus_of_North_Lanarkshire" title="Blue Bus of North Lanarkshire">Blue Bus of North Lanarkshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Borders_Buses" title="Borders Buses">Borders Buses</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ember_(coach_operator)" title="Ember (coach operator)">Ember</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Aberdeen" title="First Aberdeen">First Aberdeen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Glasgow" title="First Glasgow">First Glasgow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lothian_Buses" title="Lothian Buses">Lothian Buses</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McGill%27s_Bus_Services" title="McGill's Bus Services">McGill's Bus Services</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/McGill%27s_Scotland_East" class="mw-redirect" title="McGill's Scotland East">McGill's Scotland East</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stagecoach_East_Scotland" title="Stagecoach East Scotland">Stagecoach East Scotland</a></li> <li>Stagecoach North Scotland <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Stagecoach_Bluebird" title="Stagecoach Bluebird">Stagecoach Bluebird</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stagecoach_Highlands" title="Stagecoach Highlands">Stagecoach Highlands</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stagecoach_West_Scotland" title="Stagecoach West Scotland">Stagecoach West Scotland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Coast_Motors" title="West Coast Motors">West Coast Motors</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Xplore_Dundee" title="Xplore Dundee">Xplore Dundee</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#bfd7ff;">National</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Megabus_(Europe)" title="Megabus (Europe)">Megabus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Express_Coaches" title="National Express Coaches">National Express</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Citylink" title="Scottish Citylink">Scottish Citylink</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#bfd7ff;">See also</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Transport_Scotland" title="Transport Scotland">Transport Scotland</a></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235" /></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Bus_and_coach_transport_in_the_United_Kingdom583" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link 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scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">General</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Articulated_buses_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Articulated buses in the United Kingdom">Articulated buses</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buses_in_London" title="Buses in London">Buses in London</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bus_transport_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Bus transport in the United Kingdom">Bus services</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coach_transport_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Coach transport in the United Kingdom">Coach services</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:History_of_bus_transport_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Template:History of bus transport in the United Kingdom">History</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_guided_busways_and_BRT_systems_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of guided busways and BRT systems in the United Kingdom">Guided buses and Bus Rapid Transit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Open_top_buses_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Open top buses in the United Kingdom">Open top buses</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Park_and_ride_bus_services_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Park and ride bus services in the United Kingdom">Park and ride</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bus_preservation_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Bus preservation in the United Kingdom">Preservation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AEC_Routemaster" title="AEC Routemaster">AEC Routemaster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Routemaster" title="New Routemaster">New Routemaster</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">By country</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Transport_in_England" title="Transport in England">England</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Transport_in_Scotland#Buses" title="Transport in Scotland">Scotland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bus_transport_in_Wales" title="Bus transport in Wales">Wales</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Transport_in_Ireland#Bus_services" title="Transport in Ireland">Northern Ireland</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Private <a href="/wiki/Category:Bus_operating_companies" title="Category:Bus operating companies">operators</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Category:Bus_groups_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Category:Bus groups in the United Kingdom">Major groups</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arriva" title="Arriva">Arriva</a></li> <li><a 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Midlands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Bus_companies_in_Yorkshire" title="Template:Bus companies in Yorkshire">Yorkshire</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Bus_operators_in_Scotland" title="Template:Bus operators in Scotland">Scotland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Bus_companies_in_Wales" title="Template:Bus companies in Wales">Wales</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Public operators</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Municipal_bus_company" title="Municipal bus company">Municipal bus companies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Translink_(Northern_Ireland)" title="Translink (Northern Ireland)">Translink (Northern Ireland)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wightbus" title="Wightbus">Wightbus</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Public authorities</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Passenger_transport_executive" title="Passenger transport executive">Passenger transport executives</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_Buses" title="London Buses">London Buses</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Manufacturers</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Dennis" title="Alexander Dennis">Alexander Dennis</a> (<a href="/wiki/Plaxton" title="Plaxton">Plaxton</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mellor_Coachcraft" title="Mellor Coachcraft">Mellor Coachcraft</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Switch_Mobility" title="Switch Mobility">Switch Mobility</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wrightbus" title="Wrightbus">Wrightbus</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th 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