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Leyland OlympianOperator Stagecoach Group Web site Official Website Stagecoach West is an operating division of the Stagecoach Group. Based in Gloucester, it operates bus services in Cheltenham (as Stagecoach in Cheltenham), Gloucester (as Stagecoach in Gloucester), the Cotswolds (as Stagecoach in the Cotswolds), the Wye Valley, the Forest of Dean (both as Stagecoach in Wye and Dean) and Swindon (as Stagecoach in Swindon).
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History
Stagecoach West was formerly Western Travel Limited, acquired by Stagecoach Group in 1993[1]. Western Travel was originally the management buy-out vehicle for Cheltenham & Gloucester Omnibus Company, split off from Bristol Omnibus Company in 1983 and privatised in 1986. Western Travel acquired Midland Red South in 1987, and the Eastern Division of National Welsh in 1991.
Stagecoach subsequently split the operations: the Welsh operations became part of Stagecoach in South Wales, and the Forest of Dean operations remained part of Stagecoach West as Stagecoach in Wye and Dean.
Many bus services have been upgraded in recent years with more promotion of the routes, more frequent services and new easy access buses with CCTV, in a bid to win more passengers and to encourage greater use of public transport.
Depots
- Cheltenham (Lansdown Industrial Estate, Gloucester Road) (CM)
- Coleford (Lakers Road, Berry Hill) (CD)
- Gloucester (London Road) (GR)
- Ross On Wye (Great Western Court) (RS)
- Stroud (London Road) (SD)
- Swindon (Eastcott Road) (SN)
Services
Stagecoach West operate a number of services, both urban and local services run in the main towns of operation, as well as longer-distance routes serving out of town areas.
Local Stagecoach West bus services
Local City bus services in Gloucester (using various pick-up stops in the City Centre) include:
- 1: Matson - Gloucester City Centre
- 3/4: Brockworth-Abbydale - Gloucester City Centre
- 5: Upton St Leonards - Abbeymead - Gloucester City Centre - St Oswalds Park
- 9: Tuffley Court - Gloucester City Centre
- 10/N10: Cheltenham Town Centre - Shurdington - Brockworth - Hucclecote - Gloucester City Centre - Lower Tuffley
Cheltenham's local bus network is, unusually, lettered not numbered, and includes:
- Service A: Prestbury - Whaddon - Cheltenham Town Centre - Rowanfield - Gloscat
- Service B: Cheltenham Town Centre - Six Ways - Charlton Kings
- Service C: Cheltenham Town Centre - Springbank - Fiddler's Green
- Service D: Bishops Cleeve - Cheltenham Racecourse - Cheltenham Town Centre - Cheltenham Station - Hatherley - Warden Hill
- Service H: Cheltenham Town Centre - Wyman's Brook - Swindon Village - Gallagher Retail Park
Cheltenham Local Bus Services to be renumbered in early 2011
Longer distance services
Stagecoach West also operate some longer distance services to more rural areas outside of the main towns; these include -
- 12/12A/91: Gloucester - Quedgeley - Dursley
- 14: Gloucester - Hempstead - Kingsway - Stonehouse Glos - The Stanleys - Stroud
- 23: Gloucester - Lydney - Coleford
- 24/24A: Gloucester - Mitcheldean - Joys Green /Cinderford
- 30/31: Gloucester - Cinderford - Coleford
- 33: Gloucester - Ross On Wye (Now extended to Hereford, replacing #38)
- 32: Gloucester - Newent - Ross On Wye
- 41: Cheltenham - Tewkesbury
- 46: Cheltenham - Stroud (Glos) - Nailsworth - Forest Green
- 51: Swindon - Cirencester
- 55: Swindon - Calne - Chippenham
- 66: Swindon - Faringdon - Oxford
- 93: Gloucester - Stroud (Glos) - Nailsworth - Forest Green
- 94/X94/N94/94U: Gloucester - Longlevens - Cheltenham
- 97/98: Gloucester - Longlevens - Churchdown - Readings - Cheltenham
- 132: Gloucester - Newent - Ledbury
- 151: Cirencester - Cheltenham
- 504: Wotton under Edge - Nailsworth - Stroud - Gloucester (St Peter's School)
Stagecoach West are also responsible for resourcing (i) vehicles/drivers under contract to National Express for part of the 444 Gloucester/London Service, and (ii) the Cheltenham/Gloucester/Swindon/Reading/London Megabus service.
See also
- List of bus routes in Gloucestershire
References
- ^ Companies House webcheck Company Number 2041677
External links
The details of bus services and timetables are on separate area websites:
- Stagecoach in Cheltenham
- Stagecoach in the Cotswolds
- Stagecoach in Gloucester
- Stagecoach in Swindon
- Stagecoach in Wye and Dean
Key personnel United Kingdom
bus companiesStagecoach London (East London, Selkent, Thameside) · Stagecoach West Scotland (Western, A1 Service, Arran, Glasgow) · Stagecoach Highlands (Caithness, Inverness, Lochaber, Skye, Orkney) · Stagecoach East Scotland (Fife, Bluebird, Perth, Strathtay, JW Coaches, Rennies) · Stagecoach North East (Newcastle, South Shields, Sunderland, Hartlepool, Teesside) · Stagecoach North West (Cumbria, Lancaster, Lancashire, Preston, Network Chorley) · Stagecoach Manchester (Manchester, Magic Bus) · Stagecoach Merseyside (Merseyside) · Stagecoach Yorkshire (Yorkshire, Chesterfield, Sheffield) · Stagecoach East Midlands (Bassetlaw, Mansfield, Grimsby-Cleethorpes, Hull, Lincolnshire) · Stagecoach Midlands (Northants, Warwickshire) · Stagecoach Oxfordshire (Oxfordshire, Oxford Tube) · Stagecoach East (Stagecoach Cambridgeshire (Cambridge, Peterborough. The Fens), Bedford) · Stagecoach West (Cheltenham, Swindon, Gloucester, Cotswolds, Wye and Dean) · Stagecoach Wales (Stagecoach in South Wales) · Stagecoach South East (East Kent, East Sussex, Eastbourne, Hastings) · Stagecoach South (Hants & Surrey, Hampshire, Portsmouth, South Downs) · Stagecoach South West (Devon) · Stagecoach Express · Scottish Citylink (35% with ComfortDelGro) · Megabus (United Kingdom) · Stagecoach Gold/Citylink GoldUnited Kingdom
railway companiesEast Midlands Trains · South West Trains (Island Line Trains) · Virgin Trains (49% with Virgin Group) · MegatrainUnited Kingdom
tram operationsStagecoach Sheffield SupertramNorth American
bus companiesUnited States: Coach USA (Northeast: Community Coach, Gray Line New York (50% with New York Airport Service), Olympia Trails, Red & Tan Tours, Rockland Coaches, Short Line Bus, Suburban Trails) · (North Central: Butler Motor Transit, Central Cab Company, Coach USA Chicago, Lenzner Coach Lines, Tri-State/United Limo, Wisconsin Coach Lines, Van Galder) · Megabus (North America)
Canada: Coach Canada: Erie Coach Lines, Trentway-Wagar, Gray Line MontrealAnnual revenue: £2,176 million GBP (
8.9% FY 2007) · Employees: 27,000 · Stock symbol: LSE: SGC · Website: stagecoachgroup.comBus companies operating in South West England Bristol Bugler Coaches · First Bristol · First Somerset & Avon · Wessex Connect · South Gloucestershire Bus & Coach
Cornwall First Devon & Cornwall (including Truronian) · Plymouth Citybus · Stagecoach South West · Western Greyhound ·
Devon Dorset First Hampshire & Dorset · Yellow Buses (list of routes) · Wilts & Dorset (services)
Gloucestershire Buglers · Cotswold Green · First Somerset & Avon · Stagecoach West (Stagecoach in Cheltenham, Stagecoach in Gloucestershire, Stagecoach in the Cotswolds) · Thamesdown Transport
Somerset Berrys Coaches · Buglers · Damory Coaches · First Hampshire & Dorset · First Somerset & Avon · Nippy Bus · Quantock Motor Services · South West Coaches · Stagecoach South West · Webberbus
Wiltshire National Categories:- Stagecoach Group bus operators in England
- Transport in Gloucestershire
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