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'Stagecoach Group plc' () is a leading international transport group operating bus, train, tram, express coach and ferry operations. The group was founded in 1980 by the current chairman, Brian Souter^[1], his sister, Ann Gloag, and her now ex-husband Robin Gloag. The group is based in Perth, Scotland, and has operations in the United Kingdom and North America.
With 16% of the bus market and 11% of the rail market (plus a further 14% through its share in Virgin Trains), the company is the second biggest transport firm in the UK behind its closest rival First Group. Stagecoach operates over 7200 vehicles and covers 90 major towns and cities across Britain, carrying around 2 million passengers daily. Stagecoach UK Bus employs 18,000 people.
In North America, Stagecoach owns the Coach USA and Coach Canada brands, although the Western and South Central units of the company have been sold to a separate company, CUSA LLC.
Operations in Kenya, Malawi, Portugal, Sweden, Hong Kong and New Zealand have been sold.

Contents

History

Group Structure

UK operating companies

Bus Division

Rail Division

Light Rail Division

North American operating companies

Coach Division

Bus Division

Others

Worldwide Operations

New Zealand

Sweden

Kenya

Hong Kong

Portugal

No-frills brands

Scottish Citylink Coaches Ltd

Controversy

References

See also

External links

History

Stagecoach was born of deregulation in the British express coach market in the early 1980s, though its roots can be traced back to 1976 when Ann Gloag and her husband Robin set up a small motor caravan and minibus hire business called ''Gloagtrotter''. Ann's accountant brother Brian Souter joined the firm and expanded the business into bus hire. Robin Gloag subsequently sold his shareholding in the business and ceased any involvement in 1982 with the collapse of his marriage to Ann. The Transport Act 1980, which freed express services of 35 miles and over from regulation by the Traffic Commissioner, brought new opportunities for the Perth-based company and services were launched from Dundee to London using second-hand Neoplan coaches. For a while, they offered a very personal service with Brian Souter doing the driving and Ann Gloag making up sandwiches and snacks for the passengers. Successfully competing against the then state-owned National Express and Scottish Citylink, the company grew significantly between 1981 and 1985, when 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 the National Bus Company, Scottish Bus Group, London Buses and various city councils. The company consolidated its operations during the 1990s by purchasing management and employee owned bus companies, often ex-NBC and SBG firms where the owners were keen to make a huge profit on their sale. Stagecoach left the long distance express coach market in 1988 when it sold its operations to National Express.

However, controversy was never far from Stagecoach. The company often found itself on the wrong side of the Competition Commission and faced sharp media criticism over its predatory approach to smaller operators. Bitter "bus wars" broke out in towns and cities throughout Britain as Stagecoach took on the local competition, often forcing the competitor to abandon traditional markets and sometimes causing the collapse of smaller operators. This was through aggressive pricing and timing, often running more buses on a route than necessary and just a few minutes ahead of the competition. In its hometown of Perth, Stagecoach successfully forced the dominant operator Strathtay Scottish to abandon local services in the town. Similarly, Stagecoach subsidiary Bluebird Buses replaced Highland Scottish buses on most city services in and around Inverness. Similarly aggressive tactics were used to force Scottish Citylink into a joint venture. Now that Stagecoach has completed the effective takeover of Scottish Citylink the biggest shock of all was to be Stagecoach’s actions in the town of Darlington.
Darlington Borough Council put Darlington Transport up for sale in 1994. Despite submitting a bid through its Busways subsidiary, Stagecoach lost out to Yorkshire Traction (which was eventually takenover by Stagecoach and rebranded Stagecoach Yorkshire in 2005). In response, Stagecoach Busways registered identical routes to Darlington Transport, and subsequently commenced operations running free buses across Darlington Transport's network. Yorkshire Traction withdrew its bid for Darlington Transport and no other interested parties stepped forward. Within a week of Stagecoach arriving in the town, Darlington Transport went into receivership and ceased trading. This would lead to reform in the regulatory framework for bus operation in the UK. On 9th May 2007 it was announced Arriva North East were to take over Stagecoach in Darlington's operations, provideing the OFT don't refer the sale to the Competition Commission.
Stagecoach took another turn in 1998, when it purchased, for £41 million, Scotland's Prestwick Airport. This acquisition looked to be short-lived, however; by the summer of 1999, the company was rumored to have been offered some £80 million for Prestwick. They did however, hold out until January 2001 before selling the airport to concentrate on ground transportation.
Stagecoach Group plc is listed on the London Stock Exchange, though company Chairman Brian Souter and his sister Ann Gloag are major shareholders. Despite being co-founder of Stagecoach, Ms Gloag no longer has an executive role in the company.
Souter and Gloag's involvement in bus manufacturer Alexander Dennis (the former Transbus International), and Souter's stake in ScotAirways, are not related to the Stagecoach Group in any way.
A Stagecoach London vehicle, operating London Buses route 30, was destroyed in the 7 July 2005 London bombings and a second was targeted 21 July 2005 London bombings, operating London Buses route 26. Coincidentally, both buses were bound for Hackney. In a tribute to those who lost their lives in the attack, Stagecoach London dedicated a new Alexander Dennis Enviro 400, "The Spirit Of London", to London Buses route 30, replacing the vehicle destroyed. The bus was unveiled by the Mayor of London in a ceremony on 3 October 2005. [1]
On 21 November 2005 Stagecoach announced the sale of its New Zealand operations to Infratil for 250.5m New Zealand dollars (£100m; US$171.6m) [2].
On the 14 December 2005 Stagecoach purchased Barnsley-based Traction Group (Yorkshire Traction) for £26m, and also assume Traction's £11m debt. Traction operated 840 buses in South and West Yorkshire (Yorkshire Traction, Barnsley & District, Yorkshire Terrier), Lincolnshire (RoadCar) and Angus (Strathtay Scottish). Traction was the largest of the remaining privately owned bus operators in the UK before acquisition.
Following the sale of its London bus operations to Macquarie Bank on 31 August 2006 (for £263.6m), Stagecoach UK Bus will concentrate on the bus market outside the UK capital, focusing on organic growth and exploring acquisition options. Macquarie will continue to use the Stagecoach brand for a limited period under licence, and the bus group will provide administrative and other support functions for a transitional period of 12 months from the sale.

Stagecoach are also active in the rail industry, currently operating the South West Trains franchise (extended for another 10 years from February 2007) and having a 49% stake in Virgin Trains. The group has recently won the right to take over the Central Trains and Midland Mainline franchises. ^[2] In November 2006, Stagecoach was shortlisted to submit a final bid to operate the Manchester Metrolink tram network. On 2007-04-03 it was announced that the group was the preferred bidders for the tram and infrastructure maintenance and operation after Serco ends it's service duing 2007. As of May 30 Stagecoach Group have signed the contract expected to start in July 2007^[3]
The group already operates Sheffield Supertram on a 27-year concession due to expire in 2024.

Group Structure

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UK operating companies

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.

Bus Division

★ 'Stagecoach West Scotland' (Ayr)
Western Buses Ltd - Stagecoach Western, Stagecoach A1 Service
Stagecoach Glasgow Ltd - Stagecoach in Glasgow

★ 'Stagecoach East Scotland' (Cowdenbeath)
Fife Scottish Omnibuses Ltd, AA Buses Ltd - Stagecoach in Fife
Bluebird Buses Ltd - Stagecoach Bluebird, Stagecoach in Inverness, Stagecoach in Perth
Strathtay Scottish Omnibuses Ltd - strathtay
JW Coaches Ltd - JW Coaches

★ 'Stagecoach North East' (Sunderland)
Busways Travel Services Ltd - Stagecoach in Newcastle, Stagecoach in South Shields, Stagecoach in Sunderland
Cleveland Transit Ltd - Stagecoach on Teesside, Stagecoach in Hartlepool, Stagecoach in Darlington

★ 'Stagecoach North West' (Carlisle)
Cumberland Motor Services Ltd - Stagecoach in Cumbria, Stagecoach in Lancaster
Ribble Motor Services Ltd - Stagecoach in Lancashire

★ 'Stagecoach in Manchester' (Manchester)
Greater Manchester Buses (South) Ltd - Stagecoach in Manchester, Magicbus

★ 'Stagecoach Merseyside' (Liverpool)
Glenvale Transport Ltd - Stagecoach in Merseyside

★ 'Stagecoach Yorkshire' (Barnsley)
Yorkshire Traction Co Ltd, Barnsley & District Traction Co Ltd - Stagecoach in Yorkshire
Chesterfield Transport Ltd - Stagecoach in Chesterfield

★ 'Stagecoach Sheffield' (Sheffield)
Andrews (Sheffield) Ltd - Stagecoach in Sheffield
South Yorkshire Supertram Ltd - Stagecoach Supertram

★ 'Stagecoach East Midlands' (Lincoln)
East Midland Motor Services Ltd - Stagecoach in Bassetlaw, Stagecoach in Mansfield, Stagecoach in South Yorkshire
Grimsby-Cleethorpes Transport Ltd - Stagecoach Grimsby-Cleethorpes
Cleveland Transit Ltd - Stagecoach in Hull
Lincolnshire RoadCar Co Ltd - Stagecoach in Lincolnshire

★ 'Stagecoach South Midlands' (Rugby)
Midland Red (South) Ltd - Stagecoach in Warwickshire

★ 'Stagecoach South Midlands' (Oxford)
Midland Red (South) Ltd - Stagecoach in Oxfordshire
Thames Transit Ltd - Stagecoach in Oxfordshire, Brookes Bus, Oxford Tube

★ 'Stagecoach Cambridgeshire' (Cambridge)
Cambus Ltd - Stagecoach in Cambridge
Viscount Bus & Coach Company Ltd - Stagecoach in Peterborough

★ 'Stagecoach East' (Northampton)
United Counties Omnibus Company Ltd - Stagecoach in Northants, Stagecoach in Bedford

★ 'Stagecoach West' (Cheltenham)
Cheltenham District Traction Company Ltd - Stagecoach in Cheltenham
Swindon & District Bus Company Ltd - Stagecoach in Swindon
Cheltenham & Gloucester Omnibus Company Ltd - Stagecoach in Gloucester, Stagecoach in the Cotswolds, Stagecoach in the Wye and Dean

★ 'Stagecoach Wales' or Stagecoach De Cymru / South Wales (Cwmbran)
Red & White Services Ltd; The Valleys Bus Co Ltd; Aberdare Bus Co Ltd; Rhondda Buses Ltd; Parfitts Motor Services Ltd; Eastern Valley Bus Co Ltd; Crosskeys Coach Hire Ltd - Stagecoach in South Wales /Stagecoach de Cymru

★ 'Stagecoach South East' (Chichester)
East Kent Road Car Company Ltd - Stagecoach in East Kent
Hastings & District Transport Ltd - Stagecoach in East Sussex, Stagecoach in Hastings
Stagecoach (South) Ltd - Stagecoach in Hants and Surrey, Stagecoach in Hampshire
Hampshire Bus Company Ltd - Stagecoach in Hampshire
Southdown Motor Services Ltd - Stagecoach in Portsmouth and Stagecoach in the South Downs

★ 'Stagecoach Devon' (Exeter)
Devon General Ltd; Torbay Bayline Ltd - Stagecoach in Devon

Rail Division

★ South West Trains - Operations in the rail industry includes there long-running contract to run the South West franchise, named South West Trains (South West Trains Ltd ''London''). They have run this since the privatisation of British Rail, and have faced tough bids to run it from First Group, National Express Group and Arriva plc but have managed to keep it for another 10 years from 2007.

★ Island Line - Island Line, the rail system for the Isle of Wight, has also been operated by Stagecoach since privatisation and was merged into the South West franchise in 2007. By 2016, the time the next South West franchise is due to end, the rolling stock will be over 80 years old.

★ East Midlands Trains - Stagecoach won the new franchise in the East of the Midlands, naming it East Midlands Trains, due to a reshuffle which affected three new franchises (others are Govia's London Midland, and Arriva plc's CrossCountry), which takes on some of Central Trains and most of Midland Mainline's services, both owned by National Express. The new franchise operates services between London and Leicester, London and Sheffield and more.

★ Virgin Trains - In addition, the group has a 49% stake in Virgin Trains, which operate fast intercity train services in the United Kingdom. They currently own the Cross Country and West Coast Main Line franchises, but due to the recent midland resuffle they lost Cross Country to Arriva. The West Coast franchise is due to end by 2012.

Light Rail Division

:Stagecoach Supertram - Stagecoach has operated the Sheffield Supertram for the South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive since 1997.^[5] It's average daily ridership is 33,700, equalling more than 12 million riding on it per year, well above expectations. There are currently three lines, but future plans for extentions to the system have been made, including schemes to Rotherham, Dore, Fulwood and Maltby. However, following consultations, a reduced scheme with extensions to Rotherham and Broomhill is being considered^[3].
:Manchester Metrolink - In July 2007, Stagecoach took over the operation of the Manchester Metrolink Tram Network ^[6]. This system consists of services all over Greater Manchester and was the first modern tram system in the United Kingdom, coming out just before the Sheffield version in 1992. Nearly 18 million people ride on the system a year, compared to only five million on National Express Group's Midland Metro which has a higher catchment area, serving the second biggest city in England, Birmingham, as well as stretching out to Wolverhampton.

North American operating companies

Coach Division

★ Coach USA - Coach USA is a coach company that operates coach services across the United States of America. It also operates a number of subsidies including the american version of Megabus as well as the Canadian version of Coach Canada.
:Coach Canada - Coach Canada is the Canadian version of Coach USA and operates with the same livery as Coach USA apart from replacing the word USA with Canada. It's main area is Ontario, Canada where it operates interurban and chartered bus services.
:Rockland Coaches - Rockland Coaches (Red and Tan Lines) is a commuter coach company based in Westwood, New Jersey. It is the largest independent commuter transportation provider in Bergen County.
:Megabus - The United States version of Megabus, the no-frills coach operator, launched in Chicago, Illinois on 10 April 2006. It's the same as the UK version, with tickets costing as low as $1.
:Wisconsin Coach Lines - Wisconsin Coach Lines is a commuter bus service and intercity carrier based in Waukesha, Wisconsin. WCL was founded in 1941. They also operate charter services.

Bus Division

★ Coach USA - Coach USA is what the bus companies run under and operates them as a subsidy, they are:
:Red & Tan in Hudson County - Red & Tan in Hudson County is a brand name of Red & Tan Tours, operating bus routes in Hudson County, New Jersey, and into Manhattan, New York City. The company uses the same color scheme and logo on its buses as Stagecoach operations in the UK.

★ Stagecoach Montreal - Is a bus company offering sightseeing in the Canadian city of Montreal. The livery of the buses is the same as Stagecoach's former London operations, Red with a blue skirt and stagecoach stripes at the back. The buses used are double decker, and open roofed.

Others

Other Subsidiaries and brand names operated by Coach USA a subsidy of Stagecoach itself are:

★ Community Coach Lines (Paramus, New Jersey)

★ ONE/Independent Bus (Essex County, New Jersey)

★ Olympia Trails (Newark Airport and Union County, New Jersey)

★ Orange, Newark, Elizabeth Bus (Essex County and Union County, New Jersey)

★ Gray Line Of New York (New York, New York)

★ Tri-State United Limo (Chicago, Illinois)

★ Chicago Trolley (Chicago, Illinois)

★ Coach USA Chicago (Chicago, Illinois)

★ Coach USA Gary (Gary, Indina)

★ Short Line Bus (New Jersey and New York)

★ Coach USA Erie (Western New York)

★ Coach USA CNY (Central New York)

★ Suburban Transit (Middlesex County, New Jersey)

★ Butler Motor Transit(Butler, Pennsylvania)

★ Lenzner Coach Lines (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)

★ Central Cab (Waynesburg, Pennsylvania)

★ Van Galder Bus (Janesville, Wisconsin)

Worldwide Operations

New Zealand

Stagecoach New Zealand was a wholly-owned part of the Stagecoach Group, which provided bus services in Auckland, Wellington and Hutt Valley aswell as nine ferry operations. It was the largest bus company in New Zealand when sold. Stagecoach NZ started operations when the firm acquired the Auckland and Hutt Valley suburban bus operations of the New Zealand Railways Road Services, then branded ''CityLine'', in the 1990s. Then followed the purchase of Wellington City Transport Limited from Wellington City Council in 1992 by Stagecoach Group PLC. Following this initial acquisition Stagecoach also purchased Eastbourne Buses, The Yellow Bus Company and a controlling interest in Fullers Auckland. Before selling the business Stagecoach operated more than 900 buses and 9 ferries in New Zealand and employed more than 2000 people.
In November 2005 Infratil Limited purchased Stagecoach New Zealand from Stagecoach Group. They have not yet rebranded the Stagecoach brand on most services and have no intrests in doing so at the present time, but will have to change it by 2010 when the deal to use the Stagecoach name expires.

Sweden

In 1993, during Stagecoach's International buying spree, Stagecoach made its most important international acquisition at the time, buying Swebus, the bus-company arm of the Swedish state railway, for 1.2 billion kronor ($164 million). Mr. Souter called it "the most important deal of the year in terms of our company's long-range development" and promised more. Stagecoach in 1998 announced that it had bid for several rail franchises in Sweden. On 28 October 1999 Stagecoach revealed that it was going to sell Swebus to Concordia Bus Sweden for £100m, in order to refocus its bus operation on the United States and Asia. This left Arriva as the only British-based operator of public transport services in Sweden.

Kenya

In November 1991, Stagecoach Holdings Limited (as it was named then) bought United Transport’s share holding in Kenya Bus Services Limited. During its tenure, Stagecoach rapidly expanded the fleet, introducing the Express Services and the modern double decker buses back on Kenyan roads.
In October 1998, a consortium of investors led by Mr. Karanja Kabage as Chairman acquired Kenya Bus Services Limited from Stagecoach Holdings which owned 95% of the business.

Hong Kong

In 1994, Stagecoach created a bus-operating subsidiary in Hong Kong which operated residential bus services. It ceased operation in April 1996.
In 1999, Stagecoach planned to become the largest bus company in China through joint ventures, equity stakes and partnerships, and confirmed the £181m acquisition of Hong Kong's Citybus. Stagecoach acquired control of Citybus Group Limited in March 1999 and completed the privatisation of Citybus on 17 July 1999. Citybus is the second largest franchise bus operator in Hong Kong and provides franchised bus services on Hong Kong Island and to and from Hong Kong's international airport. It also provided a number of non-franchise services throughout Hong Kong, including express daily coach services between residential developments and city/town centres. In addition, Citybus operatds a small number of metropolitan bus services in Mainland China.
In a suprise move, the company was acquired by Chow Tai Fook Enterprises, even though it was once touted as the gateway to its expansion in the Asia-Pacific region although Stagecoach commented saying that "combination of the uncertainties about the economic climate in Hong Kong, the growing levels of regulation to which the business is becoming subject and the inability to grow profit without very significant investment or critical mass synergies required it to take very seriously the approach and to negotiate terms which were in the best interests of Stagecoach shareholders"
Chow Tai Fook Enterprises, the parent company of the major rival operator New World First Bus, tookover Citybus in June 2003. Citybus had 1,200 buses across 113 routes on Hong Kong Island and 22 services to the airport at the time of the sale. It made an operating profit before goodwill amortisation of £19m in the year to April on turnover of £133m, the lion's share of its overseas bus division. The sale neted Stagecoach £132m after third-party debt.
Stagecoach have since ditched their plans on extending to Asia, and have sold off their operations in Mainland China.

Portugal

Stagecoach Portugal had its origins in the reprivatization of Portuguese bus and coach operation, which had been nationalized after the 1974 Revolution. In 1990, the nationalized Rodoviária Nacional was split into ten components. In the capital, Lisbon was the chief operator outside the city itself, where Carris 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. In June 2001 Stagecoach announced the sale of their Portuguese operations to ScottURB for £14 million, even though turnover and operating profit for the year-ended 30 April 2000 had been £6.8 million and £1.1 million respectively. At that time, Stagecoach Portugal operated 135 buses on 60 routes in the area west of Lisbon, carrying 27 million people per annum. In June 2001, the bus services were disposed of, generating £6 million for Stagecoach.^[7]

No-frills brands

Stagecoach operate a number of so-called "no-frills" services across the United Kingdom and the United States. These services are often cheaper than any other companies offering the same travel but more add-ons. This has caused many other companies to lower their price, most notably National Express. These services are:

★ Megabus - Megabus is a low cost, "no-frills" intercity bus service launched in the UK by Stagecoach in 2003 and, 10 April 2006, in the United States. It's main rival coach service is National Express, who have had to lower there prices to compete with Megabus. Stagecoach Express another coach service, from Stagecoach, that operates mainly between towns and cities where Stagecoach operate (etc. Sheffield to Chesterfield) does not compete with National Express like Megabus, in some cases tickets are available through the National Express website. Although Stagecoach Express does have easyBus to rival with. Megabus has over 40 routes (including the Oxford Tube), along with the highly competitive London - Sheffield route (which from 2008 will also be available with Megatrain on Stagecoach's new franchise East Midlands Trains). Although to cut costs Megabus terminates at Meadowhall Interchange instead of Pond Street bus station (also known as Sheffield Coach station) which is in the Sheffield Interchange next to Sheffield Midland station.

★ Megatrain - On 14 November 2005, the Megabus concept was extended to certain rail services, with the introduction of Megatrain between London and Southampton, and London and Portsmouth, using a dedicated carriage on selected South West Trains services. It has since been extended to some Virgin Trains services, in which Stagecoach own 49% of, and will soon become available on East Midlands Trains services (formerly Midland Mainline and Central Trains) which Stagecoach recently won. Tickets start at £1 and go up to £10 the later you book it (up to an hour before the train leaves the station).

★ Magicbus - Magicbus is the name given by Stagecoach to the Megabus version of local bus "no-frills" operations, which is usually operated on routes with strong competition from other operators, most notably on the Manchester Picadilly to East Didsbury (Oxford Road corridor) route in Greater Manchester. Although controversy has appeared in the Highlands when the Magicbus formulae (called Magic Mini) was used, resulting in an arson fire at a Stagecoach East Scotland garage^[8]. Sly tactics such as undercutting fares, scheduling buses a minute before rival independent company Scotbus which lead to Stagecoach drivers signalling a 0 at Scotbus drivers, meaning they had no passengers.

Scottish Citylink Coaches Ltd

On 13 September 2005 Stagecoach and ComfortDelGro announced a joint venture in the provision of express coach services in Scotland, ending intense competition between ComfortDelGro's subsidiary Scottish Citylink and Stagecoach subsidiaries Megabus and Motorvator. Under the terms of the joint venture, the Stagecoach Group will acquire a 35% stake in Scottish Citylink Coaches Ltd, with Citylink assuming certain rights to the Megabus and Motorvator brands in Scotland. ^[9]. Megabus operations in the rest of the UK are excluded from this agreement. Despite being a minority shareholder, Stageocoach appears to have assumed all but full control. Stagecoach staff have replaced much of the former Citylink management, while Stagecoach subsidiaries have began operating many of the routes formerly operated by subcontractors, albeit with vehicles in full Scottish Citylink livery. Citylink frequencies and routes have also been sacrificed in favour of Megabus where the two brands overlap.

The Competition Commission ruled on 23 October 2006 that the joint venture substantially reduced competition and that evidence suggested some routes were already experiencing higher fares as a result^[10]. 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^[11].
One possible result of this ruling may be the return of National Express Group-operated express coach services on routes internally within Scotland, a move that would now be allowed following their loss of the Scotrail franchise to First Group in 2004.

Controversy

The Stagecoach Group is controversial due to its chairman and founder, Brian Souter, who has received criticism regarding his business practices, certain public statements and his funding of a campaign to repeal the anti-gay Section 28 law. In 2000, OutRage! spokesman Peter Tatchell, called for a boycott of the bus and rail group ^[12].

References

1. Profile of Souter
2. Fisher, Nigel (2007-06-22) Stagecoach Wins Railway Franchise, ''BBC News'' Retrieved on 2007-06-22.
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4. http://www.stagecoachgroup.com/scg/about/groupstructure/overview/
5. Sheffield Supertram: History
6. (2007-07-13) Stagecoach's Metrolink journey starts on Sunday, ''GMPTE'' Retrieved on 2007-07-19.
7. http://www.stagecoachgroup.com/scg/media/press/pr2001/2001-06-18/
8. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/4713656.stm
9. http://www.stagecoachgroup.com/scg/media/press/pr2005/2005-09-13/
10. http://www.competition-commission.org.uk/rep_pub/reports/2006/516citylink.htm
11. http://www.stagecoachgroup.com/scg/media/press/pr2006/2006-10-23/
12. Boycott call in Stagecoach 'anti-gay' row

See also

★ Stagecoach New Zealand

External links

★ Stagecoach Group website

★ Stagecoach UK Bus website

★ Megabus website

★ Collection of photos of Stagecoach megabus.com and Magic Bus Olympians