What is the name of the long distance coach company, owned by Stagecoach, that advertises some fares as low as £1. The buses are painted blue with a picture of their mascot 'Sid' on the rear of the bus?
"of coaches transferred from other Coach USA properties (including Megabus), along with some coaches purchased for Eastern and a handful of coaches that were inherited when Eastern Shuttle was purchased by Stagecoach (the inherited buses and units painted red do not have Coach USA stripes on them). All Eastern Shuttle coaches branded as such are equipped with Wi-Fi. Current stop locations for Eastern Shuttle are listed below. Eastern Bus Eastern Bus, formerly Eastern Shuttle, is a provider of intercity bus service in the I-95 corridor between New York City and Richmond, Virginia, and is one of a number of companies"
"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 Concordia Bus for £100m, to refocus its bus operation on the United States and Asia. Stagecoach operate a number of so-called ""no-frills"" services across the United Kingdom and the United States. Applying the business model of the low-cost carrier air lines, these services aim to offer cheaper alternatives to the established operators in the"
"Stagecoach Gold Stagecoach Gold is a luxury bus sub-brand used by various Stagecoach bus subsidiaries in the United Kingdom. Stagecoach Gold (originally Goldline) was launched in 2007 and was designed to attract more middle-class passengers to choose bus travel as a method of transport as well as to reward passengers on some busy and popular routes. Stagecoach in Oxfordshire currently runs the most Stagecoach Gold routes, nine, as of April 2018, with Stagecoach West following closely behind running eight. Stagecoach South Wales owns the largest number of Stagecoach Gold branded vehicles with 62 in its fleet as of January 2018."
"Stagecoach North East Stagecoach North East is a bus operator of providing services in North East England. It is a subsidiary of Stagecoach. The company is made up of two formerly municipal operations; Busways Travel Services and Cleveland Transit. Between May 2017 and April 2018, Stagecoach operated almost 18.5 million miles and passengers made almost 62 million journeys. Stagecoach's first presence in the North East of England came with the purchase of Busways Travel Services in July 1994 from its employees and management shareholders. Busways Travel Services Limited is now a holding company for Stagecoach North East's operations in Newcastle,"
"bus, coach and rail markets, by reducing costs, and offering extremely low fares for the earliest bookings, rising nearer the journey time: Magic Bus was the first no-frills brand of Stagecoach. It was first used in red lettering on ex London Regional Transport AEC Routemasters, 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 Manchester Piccadilly to East Didsbury Wilmslow Road bus corridor route in Manchester,"
"Stagecoach Midlands Stagecoach Midlands is the name for most bus routes in Northamptonshire and Warwickshire. The legal name for the company is United Counties Omnibus Company Ltd in Northamptonshire and Midland Red (South) Ltd in Warwickshire. In towns local bus routes are mostly under their own branding these are Connect Kettering, Connect Wellingborough, Corby Star and Daventry Dart while Northampton has no local name. But is part of Buzz fare scheme. The Matrix brand was used by Stagecoach Midlands Nuneaton depot for routes 55, 56 and 57 between Coventry, Bedworth and Nuneaton from 2008 until 2015 when the brand was"
"Stagecoach Midlands Stagecoach Midlands is the name for most bus routes in Northamptonshire and Warwickshire. The legal name for the company is United Counties Omnibus Company Ltd in Northamptonshire and Midland Red (South) Ltd in Warwickshire. In towns local bus routes are mostly under their own branding these are Connect Kettering, Connect Wellingborough, Corby Star and Daventry Dart while Northampton has no local name. But is part of Buzz fare scheme. The Matrix brand was used by Stagecoach Midlands Nuneaton depot for routes 55, 56 and 57 between Coventry, Bedworth and Nuneaton from 2008 until 2015 when the brand was"
"Megabus (Europe) Megabus is a long distance coach (Intercity bus service) operator operated by the Stagecoach Group. It commenced operating in August 2003, initially in the United Kingdom, and later expanding into continental Europe. Some services link with Megatrain services, also operated by Stagecoach. Fares use a yield management model, formerly starting at £1. In June 2016, Stagecoach Group sold all operations in the European mainland, as well as those services linking London with Europe, to German competitor Flixbus. Megabus serves as a contractor, so the sale resulted in no route changes for passengers. Domestic UK operations remain under the"
"report into the take over cleared Stagecoach of being predatory and approved the sale. The company was taken over by the Stagecoach Group in January 1995. The simple blue and cream livery the buses wore since the company's formation gave way to the Stagecoach corporate blue, red and orange stripes on white, and the legal name of the firm became Stagecoach (A1 Service) Ltd. Though for several years after the take over buses on the former A1 Service routes wore ""Stagecoach A1 Service"" fleetnames, the unit was eventually amalgamated with Western Buses Ltd and all vehicles except those on the"
"Stagecoach South Stagecoach South is a bus operator providing services in South East England. It is a subsidiary of Stagecoach. It operates services in Hampshire, Surrey and Sussex with some routes extending into Berkshire and Wiltshire. As at April 2013 it operates 473 buses from seven depots. It is branded as four sub-divisions: Stagecoach in Hampshire, Stagecoach in Hants & Surrey, Stagecoach in the South Downs and Stagecoach in Portsmouth Stagecoach in Hampshire operates from depots in Andover, Basingstoke and Winchester. It also formerly operated services in Fleet under the Fleet Buzz name. Stagecoach in Hants & Surrey operates from"
"district councils over subsidies. In August 2008, the company's depot in Louth was closed, with some routes being taken over by Skegness and Grimsby depots and a number of contracted routes surrendered. The company opened their brand new depot in Skegness in September 2009. It is located on Burgh Road and cost £2.2 million. Stagecoach in Lincolnshire use several branding schemes throughout their service network: Stagecoach in Lincolnshire Stagecoach Lincolnshire is a bus company, formerly known as Lincolnshire RoadCar, which runs services throughout Lincolnshire. Stagecoach in Lincolnshire is the trading name of the Lincolnshire RoadCar Company Limited, which is a"
"Stagecoach Manchester Stagecoach Manchester is a bus operator in Greater Manchester, England. It is the largest UK bus subsidiary of Stagecoach Group, carrying 98 million passengers in 2012. In December 1993, GM Buses was split in two, GM Buses North and GM Buses South. It was planned that the two companies would compete against one another, but in reality they stuck to the sides of Manchester as indicated by their names. In April 1994, GM Buses South was sold to a management buyout. It faced an uphill struggle as over 40 competitors were operating GM Buses routes following deregulation, although"
"Stagecoach Group Stagecoach Group plc () is an international transport group operating buses, trains, trams and express coaches. The group was founded in 1980 by current chairman Brian Souter, his sister Ann Gloag, and her former husband Robin. The group is headquartered in Perth, Scotland, and operates subsidiaries in the United Kingdom, United States and Canada. With 16% of the bus market and 25% of the rail market, including a 49% stake in Virgin Rail Group, and light rail services in Sheffield, Stagecoach is the second largest transport group in the United Kingdom, close behind FirstGroup. Stagecoach operates around 8,100"
"Magic Bus (Stagecoach) Magic Bus is a brand of Stagecoach Group for local bus operations in the United Kingdom, usually operated on routes with strong competition from other operators. The name was first introduced in Glasgow in 1986, where ex London Transport AEC Routemasters were used on a route to Castlemilk. In 1992 this operation was sold to Kelvin Central Buses. The brand was used in Newcastle around 1997 also when trying to eliminate smaller companies operating in the area. The buses were prone to breaking down due to their age and broken down Magicbuses in Newcastle were common sights."
"and Selkent trading name logos. In September 2008 Thameside was established to operate route 248. In October 2010 Stagecoach reacquired its old London operations with all operations once again rebranded as Stagecoach London. Stagecoach London operates services under contract to Transport for London. These are operated by the: legal entities but all under the Stagecoach London brand. In 2000 Stagecoach's standard bus livery of a dark blue skirt and orange and light blue swirl at the rear with the standard white replaced by red was introduced. After the sale to Macquarie Bank, an all red livery was introduced. A coach"
"Stagecoach in Oxfordshire Stagecoach in Oxfordshire is the trading name of Thames Transit Ltd. It is a bus operator serving the county of Oxfordshire, England. It is a subsidiary of Stagecoach Group. In 1987 Harry Blundred, a former bus driver and controller from Devon, founded both Thames Transit and the Oxford Tube. In 1997 Stagecoach Group bought both operations from Blundred and merged them with Stagecoach Midland Red. Stagecoach South Midlands operated four brands: In July 2002 the Banbury and Oxford brands were merged as ""Stagecoach in Oxfordshire"". In March 2004 Stagecoach in Oxfordshire and Stagecoach in Warwickshire were split"
"Stagecoach South Wales Stagecoach in South Wales is a bus operator providing services in South East Wales. It is a subsidiary of Stagecoach. A number of operator's licences were used by the company to operate services, however in April 2013 all services were consolidated under the Red & White Services licence. The previous licences were as follows (the names of which generally come from companies which have been acquired in the past): In January 1991 Western Travel purchased the eastern division of National Welsh Omnibus Services with 180 buses and depots in Brynmawr, Chepstow, Crosskeys, Cwmbran and Ross on Wye."
"Stagecoach London Stagecoach London is a bus operator in London. It is a subsidiary of Stagecoach and operates services under contract to Transport for London mostly in east and south-east and partly in central London In 1994 Stagecoach purchased the East London and Selkent operations during the privatisation of London bus services. Both continued to trade under their existing names until November 2000 when Stagecoach consolidated its London operations under the Stagecoach London brand with both remaining as separate legal entities. In August 2006 Stagecoach sold its London bus operations to Macquarie Bank. The new owner restored the East London"
"low-cost Stagecoach subsidiary Megabus. Both companies offered fast, frequent and affordable express services along the M8 motorway corridor between the two Scottish cities, a situation that continued until 13 September 2005. On that date, Stagecoach and Citylink parent company ComfortDelGro announced a joint venture in the provision of express coach services in Scotland. Under the terms of the agreement, Stagecoach would take a 35% stake in Citylink in return for certain rights to the Megabus brand in Scotland. This ended competition between the two operators and the withdrawal of the Motorvator brand. Stagecoach has resumed operating vehicles for Citylink under"
"Stagecoach Merseyside Stagecoach Merseyside is a major operator of bus services in the British city of Liverpool and in the surrounding area of Merseyside. It is a subsidiary of the Stagecoach Group. It was formed in July 2005 due to the acquisition of Glenvale Transport (GT), which in turn had initially been formed by ex-MTL managers bidding for company, following a Competition Commission ruling that Arriva must sell their newly acquired Gillmoss depot to preserve the competition within the Merseyside area. The fleet of the newly created Glenvale Transport mostly comprised elderly Leyland Titans and aging Dennis Darts, although efforts"
"Stagecoach in Bedford Stagecoach in Bedford, also known as Bedford Bus (stylised as 'Bedfordbus'), is the sector of the Stagecoach Group that operates buses in Bedford, Bedfordshire and is currently a trading name of Cambus Ltd. Stagecoach in Bedford forms part of the Stagecoach East division, along with Stagecoach in Cambridge, Stagecoach in Peterborough and Stagecoach in The Fens. The company carries over six million passengers per year, and its buses cover over 6 million miles. In addition to Bedford, they also operate certain buses to surrounding towns, including Northampton, Luton, Milton Keynes, Hitchin and Flitwick. The flagship X5 service"
"East London (bus company) East London is a bus company operating in East London. It is a subsidiary of Stagecoach and operates services under contract to Transport for London. On 1 April 1989, London Buses was divided into 11 separate business units, one of which was East London. In 1994, it was sold to Stagecoach and renamed Stagecoach East London. In November 2000 Stagecoach consolidated its London operations under the Stagecoach London brand. In August 2006, Stagecoach sold its London bus operations to Macquarie Bank. The new owner restored the East London name and Thames sailing barge logo. In October"
"vehicles and covers over 90 major towns and cities in the United Kingdom, carrying around 2.5 million passengers daily. Stagecoach UK Bus employs 18,000 people. In North America, Stagecoach owns the Coach USA, Coach Canada and Megabus brands. Previous operations in Australia, Hong Kong, Kenya, Malawi, New Zealand, Portugal and Sweden have been sold. The company is listed on the London Stock Exchange, where it is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index. Stagecoach was born out of deregulation of the British express coach market in the early 1980s, though its roots can be traced back to 1976 when Ann"
"competition in the area. Preston Bus was sold in January 2011. 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 Section 28 law. In 2000, OutRage! spokesman Peter Tatchell, called for a boycott of the bus and rail group. The Stagecoach Group number their buses using a system that applies for the life of the bus or until it is sold, as follows: Stagecoach operate buses along the Cambridgeshire Guided Busway. The"
"Stagecoach West Stagecoach West is a bus operator providing services in Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and South Herefordshire, in the west of England. It is a subsidiary of Stagecoach Group. In 1983, Bristol Omnibus Company's Gloucestershire based operations were transferred to the Cheltenham & Gloucester Omnibus Company. In 1985 the National Bus Company's Swindon and District operation was transferred to the same company. In 1986, all the assets were transferred to a new legal entity, Western Travel. In 1986, Western Travel was privatised in a management buyout and in December 1987 purchased Midland Red South. In 1993, Western Travel purchased City Circle"
"Stagecoach in Warwickshire Stagecoach in Warwickshire is a bus operator in and around the county of Warwickshire. It is a subsidiary of Stagecoach. In 1927, Stratford-on-Avon Motor Services commenced operating a service between Stratford-on-Avon and Royal Leamington Spa. In June 1935, Midland Red purchased Stratford Blue but continued to operate under its own identity until January 1971 when the National Bus Company integrated the Stratford Blue operation into Midland Red. In September 1981, Midland Red South was formed with 163 buses operating from five depots in Buckinghamshire, Northamptonshire, Oxfordshire and Warwickshire. In December 1987, Midland Red South was sold in"
"Stagecoach in Warwickshire Stagecoach in Warwickshire is a bus operator in and around the county of Warwickshire. It is a subsidiary of Stagecoach. In 1927, Stratford-on-Avon Motor Services commenced operating a service between Stratford-on-Avon and Royal Leamington Spa. In June 1935, Midland Red purchased Stratford Blue but continued to operate under its own identity until January 1971 when the National Bus Company integrated the Stratford Blue operation into Midland Red. In September 1981, Midland Red South was formed with 163 buses operating from five depots in Buckinghamshire, Northamptonshire, Oxfordshire and Warwickshire. In December 1987, Midland Red South was sold in"
"in it needing to be towed away. Advertised fares formerly started at £1 with a 50p booking fee (quietly raised to £1 without publicity during 2018), using a yield management model with the lowest fares offered for booking early and on less popular journeys. Typically, only the first six seats were sold at £1. As of 2018 however, the £1 fares have been withdrawn with references to them removed from the website and coach body advertising. Services often use out-of-town coachway interchanges to reduce delays caused by calling at interchanges in urban centres. Megatrain also follows the yield management model."
"East operate six depots: Stagecoach North East Stagecoach North East is a bus operator of providing services in North East England. It is a subsidiary of Stagecoach. The company is made up of two formerly municipal operations; Busways Travel Services and Cleveland Transit. Between May 2017 and April 2018, Stagecoach operated almost 18.5 million miles and passengers made almost 62 million journeys. Stagecoach's first presence in the North East of England came with the purchase of Busways Travel Services in July 1994 from its employees and management shareholders. Busways Travel Services Limited is now a holding company for Stagecoach North"
"(and earlier) and with little competition, Northern Scottish was not one of the most profitable of the Scottish Bus Group subsidiaries, largely due the sparse population in its large operating area. However, the company was successfully privatised, being bought by Perth-based transport group Stagecoach for £5.7m in March 1991. The yellow and cream livery was replaced with the Stagecoach corporate white with red, orange and blue stripes, and shortly after privatisation the legal company name was changed to Bluebird Buses Ltd, which is today a part of Stagecoach North Scotland. Northern Scottish Northern Scottish Omnibuses Ltd, in Scotland, was a"
"Citylink itself does not operate or own buses in its own right, although one owned and operated by Stagecoach West Scotland carries CityLink accreditation to satisfy licensing conditions. The two-tone blue and yellow colour scheme is still used, though its application and style have changed over the years. From 2004, the operating companies faced heavy competition from Megabus and Motorvator, both subsidiaries of Stagecoach. In September 2005 ComfortDelGro and Stagecoach agreed to a joint venture to provide express coach services in Scotland, ending the competition between the two operators. Under the terms of the agreement, Stagecoach gained a 35% shareholding"
"by Stagecoach Manchester under the Magic Bus brand. Stagecoach use slightly older buses on these routes and ticket prices are cheaper than commercial Stagecoach services. Route 142 operates short journeys between Universities and Withington and extra journeys at peak times to cater specifically for students. The 143 service to Sale replaced the limited stop X41 which had a much higher demand. Route 42b operates every 30 minutes along the entire route from Manchester to Parrs Wood and continues on to Woodford via Cheadle, Cheadle Hulme and Bramhall. It is operated by Stagecoach Manchester. Evening journeys operate between Parrs Wood and"
"front and sides in yellow on a blue base and the Megabus logo on the left side of the coach (facing forward) and rear of the bus. Accessible coaches are operated on routes between England and Wales, the M9 and M90 in Scotland, and the M20. Vehicles are owned and maintained by various Stagecoach subsidiaries. When branded vehicles are unavailable other Stagecoach vehicles can be used or coaches hired in. Substitute vehicles used have been Dennis Trident 2 and Volvo Olympian double deckers, and Dennis Dart and Volvo B10M single deckers. Stagecoach London double deckers from Leyton garage were often"