Newspaper readers still unsure about the safety of driverless buses
A newspaper in Scotland is running a poll of readers asking if they’d ride in a driverless bus when its service launches next week, and at the time of writing two thirds say “no”. The CAV Forth service launches next Monday across the Forth Road Bridge and newspaper the Courier is running a poll of […]
Stagecoach confirms its largest ever order of electric vehicles
Stagecoach, the UK’s biggest coach and bus operator has today (6 April) announced its plans to introduce 170 fully electric vehicles in Stockport as it places its largest electric bus order to date. The electric fleet of 150 double deck and 20 single deck vehicles, which will be produced by Volvo/MCV represent an investment by […]
Stagecoach launch UK’s first fully-electric city bus network in Inverness
Stagecoach has celebrated the launch of the UKs first fully-electric city bus network in Inverness today (Thursday 2nd February), where they were joined by Minister for Transport Jenny Gilruth MSP. 25 brand-new zero-emission Yutong E10 buses are now operating on all city centre routes. The vehicles can operate from morning to evening on a single […]
Stagecoach becomes the first UK bus operator to complete a national roll-out of new bridge alert technology
Stagecoach, the UK’s biggest bus operator, has announced the successful completion of one of its key safety enhancement projects. In partnership with Greenroad, the bus operator is the first in the UK to roll out new low bridge detection functionality across its nationwide fleet of double decker buses, equating to more than 4000 of vehicles. […]
Acquisition grows Stagecoach bus operations in London
Stagecoach Bus Holdings Limited has entered into binding agreements to acquire Kelsian Group’s east London bus operations and depot at Lea Interchange for total consideration of £20 million. The company says upon completion, £10m will be payable, with a further £1m per annum payable for ten years commencing on the first anniversary following completion, subject […]
<strong>UK’s first full-sized autonomous bus takes to the roads of </strong><strong>Scotland for the first time</strong>
The UK’s first full-sized autonomous bus will take to the roads of Scotland for the first time this week as live testing begins for project CAVForth. Stagecoach, in partnership with Fusion Processing, Alexander Dennis and Transport Scotland, will be carrying out on-road testing* of the autonomous bus over the next two weeks in preparation for […]
National Express and Stagecoach plan merger
The UK’s biggest two coach operators are working to combine into one company. In a statement, Stagecoach says it has been proud to have served communities across the UK for over 40 years and that combining with National Express will provide it with “new exciting opportunities”, enabling it to offer more services to more people […]
New design of driverless bus which will connect Fife and Edinburgh unveiled by Stagecoach
Stagecoach has revealed a first glimpse of the UK’s first full-sized autonomous buses which will likely start operating in Scotland in early summer 2022. Four single-decker buses will run a 14-mile route from Fife’s Ferrytoll Park & Ride to Edinburgh Park’s transport hub, crossing the Forth Road Bridge on their journey. The autonomous Stagecoach buses, […]
Stagecoach urges leaders to put in place plans to change the way people travel to help meet net zero
Stagecoach is urging leaders to put in place firm plans to motivate and incentivise people to change the way they travel in order to meet the country’s net zero ambitions. The UK’s biggest bus and coach operator is warning that net zero ambitions cannot be achieved by technology alone, such as by replacing petrol and […]
Stagecoach suggests tax incentives and cheaper fares to encourage more public transport use
Public transport operator Stagecoach has called on the government to introduce tax incentives and cheaper fares to encourage people to use public transport. Ahead of this week’s spending review, the company has set out a six-point plan which it hopes will help towards increasing passenger numbers and reducing carbon at the same time. Its proposals […]
