Stagecoach North East

Infobox Bus transit
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logo_size = 250
parent = Stagecoach Group plc
founded = 1986 - Busways Travel Services 1986 - Cleveland Transit
headquarters = Sunderland, Tyne and Wear
service_area = Busways; Tyne and Wear Transit; Tees Valley
service_type = Bus
hubs = Newcastle upon Tyne, South Shields, Sunderland, Hartlepool, Stockton-on-Tees and Middlesbrough
fleet = Alexander Dennis Pointer Alexander Dennis Enviro300 MAN 18.220 Volvo B10BLE Alexander Dennis Enviro400 Dennis Dart Volvo B10M Volvo B10B Scania N113 Volvo Olympian
operator = Stagecoach Group
website = [http://www.stagecoachbus.com/region_3.html Official Website]

Stagecoach North East is a major operator of bus services in North East England. It is a subsidiary of the Stagecoach Group. The company is made up of two formerly municipal operations; Busways and Transit.

Busways Travel Services Ltd.

Stagecoach's first presence in the North East of England came with the acquisition of Busways in July 1994 from its employees and management shareholders. Busways Travel Services Ltd. is now a holding company for Stagecoach North East's operations in Newcastle, South Shields and Sunderland, the three locations in which Busways operated.

tagecoach in Newcastle

Operates from two depots in the city, Slatyford and Walkergate. Newcastle provides local services around the city. Newcastle also operates the 100 MetroCentre shuttle, running from Blackett Street via Central Station to the Metrocentre. The service is operated with five Alexander Dennis Enviro300s. Also operated are QuayLink services linking Newcastle and Gateshead Quaysides, using hybrid electric buses. There are also the Alexander Dennis Enviro400 buses which run on the 39, 40, 62 and 63 which run from one part to the city to the other.

[http://www.stagecoachbus.com/timetables/NewcastleBusGuide.pdf Newcastle Bus Guide]

Stagecoach in South Shields

Stagecoach is the largest operator of local services in South Shields. The depot is in the Chichester area of the town, known locally as Chi. All services pass through South Shields Market (except the X34). As well as an extensive network of local services South Shields is also the only depot to connect to the other two Busways divisions. E1, E2 and E6 services operate from South Shields Market to Sunderland Park Lane Interchange via Whitburn. The E in the service number stands for Economic, the company that was taken over in 1975 by TWPTE. Economic ran services from South Shields to Sunderland. The X34 ‘city connect’ service operates from Horsley Hill to Newcastle and Gateshead via Boldon Colliery, the only service not to pass the Market.

[http://www.stagecoachbus.com/timetables/SouthShieldsBusGuide.pdf South Shields Bus Guide]

Stagecoach in Sunderland

Sunderland operates a large network of local services in the city. The depot is in Wheatsheaf, which is also the head office of Stagecoach North East. Sunderland’s operations are confined to the city’s boundaries.

[http://www.stagecoachbus.com/timetables/SunderlandBusGuide.pdf Sunderland Bus Guide]

Fleet

See List of Busways Standard Vehicle Types.

Cleveland Transit Ltd.

Stagecoach acquired Cleveland Transit in September 1994. The group also acquired Kingston upon Hull City Transport, now part of Stagecoach East Midlands. Darlington Transport Company Limited (DTC) refused to sell to Stagecoach, so was ran off the road [http://www.competition-commission.org.uk/rep_pub/reports/1995/371bus.htm] . Hartlepool Transport agreed a sale with Stagecoach. The Stagecoach Darlington company was sold to Arriva in 2007.

tagecoach in Hartlepool

Hartlepool operates a network of local services around Hartlepool. It also operates service 1 to Middlesbrough.

[http://www.stagecoachbus.com/timetables/HartlepoolBusGuide.pdf Hartlepool Bus Guide]

tagecoach on Teesside

Teesside serves Middlesbrough and Stockton-on-Tees with a network of local services. The 36 to Hartlepool is also operated. Teesside is the former Cleveland Transit.

[http://www.stagecoachbus.com/timetables/TeessideBusGuide.pdf Teesside Bus Guide]

Former Operations

tagecoach in Darlington

The newly acquired Busways company was a key participant in the Darlington Bus War, which ended with a new Stagecoach presence in Darlington. The "Stagecoach Darlington" company later passed from Busways to Transit.

On 9th May 2007 it was announced by Arriva North East a conditional deal with Stagecoach to take over the Darlington division, providing the Office of Fair Trading did not refer to deal to the Competition Commission. In the deal Arriva would merge its current Darlington operation with Stagecoach's and use the current Stagecoach Darlington depot in Faverdale.

On 22nd August 2007 the OFT announced it was not to refer the sale to the Competition Commission. On the same day Stagecoach announced the deal would be going ahead. On 23rd August 2007 Arriva announced it was to take over Stagecoach Darlington's operations on 26th August 2007.

External links

* [http://www.stagecoachbus.com Stagecoach UK Bus]