Ray O'Toole (Chairman) Claire Miles (Chief Executive)
Products
Bus, coach, tram and train services
Revenue
£1,372.6 million (2023)[1]
Operating income
£77.8 million (2023)[1]
Net income
£23.2 million (2023)[1]
Number of employees
24,000 (2023)[2]
Parent
Inframobility
Website
www.stagecoachgroup.com
Stagecoach Group is a transport group based in Perth, Scotland. It operates buses and express coaches in the United Kingdom.
Stagecoach was originally founded in 1976 as Gloagtrotter, a recreational vehicle and minibus hire business. During the early 1980s, it took advantage of the deregulation of the British express coach market, launching services from Dundee to London using second-hand Neoplan coaches, competing against the then state-owned National Express Coaches and Scottish Citylink. Stagecoach purchased several recently-privatised national bus groups from London Regional Transport, the National Bus Company, Scottish Bus Group and various city councils, as well as pursuing those that had opted for management buyouts and employee-owned corporations. During August 1996, Stagecoach acquired roughly one-third of all passenger rolling stock in the UK via the acquisition of the recently-privatised leasing company Porterbrook; it sold the company on four years later. In 1997, Stagecoach was awarded the franchise to operate the recently privatised Sheffield Supertram system. In 1998, it purchased Prestwick Airport.
Following the sale of its London bus operations to Macquarie Bank in 2006, Stagecoach UK Bus concentrated on the bus market outside the UK capital. During 2007, the Virgin Rail Group, in which Stagecoach held a 49% stake, was awarded the East Midlands franchise. In July 2007, it commenced operating the Manchester Metrolink tram network. During January 2009, Stagecoach purchased Preston Bus, a former rival in the Lancashire area, but was promptly compelled to sell it by the Competition Commission. In October 2010, it expanded further by re-acquiring East London and Selkent, Stagecoach's former London bus operations. During March 2015, Virgin Trains East Coast, in which Stagecoach held a 90% shareholding, commenced operating the InterCity East Coast franchise; the franchise was terminated early three years later as it was unable to fulfil the agreed payments.
During April 2019, private equity house Variant acquired Stagecoach's US division in exchange for $271 million. In April 2019, Stagecoach was disqualified from participating in three rail franchise competitions by the Department for Transport after it submitted non-compliant bids. During September 2021, it was reported that rival company National Express entered into talks to acquire Stagecoach. In May 2022, a rival takeover offer from a DWS managed investment fund bought Stagecoach.
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It is the largest subsidiary of the StagecoachGroup, with 283.4 million passengers journeys taken on Stagecoach London buses between May 2018 and April...
established in 1997 by the Virgin Group, and online ticket sales began in 1999. It was operated under contract by Capgemini. Stagecoach later purchased a 49% shareholding...
Greater Manchester (TfGM). It is the largest UK bus subsidiary of StagecoachGroup outside of Greater London, as well as the largest within the metropolitan...
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Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire. The company is a subsidiary of the StagecoachGroup and is headquartered and registered in Cambridge. Under the control...
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Manchester. In October 1998, Virgin Group sold 49% of the shares in Virgin Rail Group to the British transport company Stagecoach. In March 2000, Virgin was shortlisted...
Lincolnshire. The company is a division of Stagecoach East Midlands, which is a subsidiary of the StagecoachGroup. The Lincolnshire Road Car Company was...
England. Since 1997 has been a subsidiary of StagecoachGroup, and since February 2021 it has been part of Stagecoach West, managed from the latter's headquarters...
Herefordshire, in the West of England. The company is a subsidiary of the StagecoachGroup. On 11 September 1983, the National Bus Company (NBC) split its loss-making...
Stagecoach North West was a major operator of bus services in North West England. It was a subsidiary of the StagecoachGroup, and had its origins in...
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and Larry King succeeded him. StagecoachGroup would purchase Coach USA in mid-1999 for $1.88 billion. Under Stagecoach ownership and the helm of Frank...
Stagecoach Highlands is a division of the StagecoachGroup operating within the Scottish Highlands as well as on the Orkney Islands and Isle of Skye. The...
Enviro400s built were of the N230UD variant, which sold well with StagecoachGroup. Additionally, two N-series Enviro400s were built on the more powerful...
of Megabus UK and Falcon". StagecoachGroup. 14 December 2021. Archived from the original on 14 December 2021. "Stagecoach opts for rival takeover in...
of StagecoachGroup. Stagecoach have been operating in the Hastings area since their takeover of Hastings & District Transport in 1989. Stagecoach have...
subsidiary of Scottish Transport Group in March 1985. It is operated as a 63/37 joint venture between ComfortDelGro and Stagecoach. Scottish Citylink operates...
subsidiary of the StagecoachGroup. The company is headquartered and registered in Lincoln, and is registered under 6 sub-division brands: Stagecoach in Bassetlaw...
Stagecoach (South) Limited, trading as Stagecoach South, is a bus operator providing services in South East England as a subsidiary of Stagecoach. It...
Scottish businessman. With his sister, Dame Ann Gloag, he founded the StagecoachGroup of bus and rail operators. He also founded the bus and coach operator...
Global Information
£1,372.6 million (2023)[1]
£23.2 million (2023)[1]