Stagecoach’s Stripes ride again in the South West
Stagecoach’s much-missed stripes are riding on our streets once more, as the operator celebrates 25 years of running buses in Devon. It’s the livery we all miss almost unanimously – and the one we want to see back the most. Now, Stagecoach South West has made all of our wildest dreams come true, as they […]
Here’s what experts think coaches will be like in the future
Robot staff, virtual reality, and autonomous technology – here’s what megabus.com thinks your ‘coach of the future’ will look like. Customer health monitors, robot waiters, and AI-powered tour guides are just three features we’re likely to see in coach travel in 2040, experts have revealed in a research project for megabus.com. The inter-city coach provider […]
Stagecoach to trial the UK’s first full-size driverless bus
Stagecoach is set to trial the UK’s first full-sized driverless bus. Yes. It’s happening. The autonomous vehicle revolution is here. Well actually, it’s kind of underway already, with trials of AVs happening all over the world as we speak (see the partnership between manufacturer Navya, la Métropole de Lyon and Sytral for one such example). RATP in […]
Virgin & Stagecoach join forces with SNCF for West Coast bid
Virgin Trains and Stagecoach will partner with the French high speed operator, SNCF, in their bid for the combined West Coast and HS2 rail franchise. The Government has announced that the West Coast Partnership franchise will run from 2019, that it will include the first few years of operation of HS2, and that bidders must […]
Are you a ‘bus person’?
Behold! Something very, very strange is happening in cyberspace. Finally, roughly ten years after the rest of the world discovered the joys to be had from emoji and selfies, it appears that a number of bus companies have finally started to plough some financial resource into digital content creation. Sadly though, throwing money at social for the […]
A train of many colours – the 10 best UK rail liveries (since privatisation)
Back in the days of British Rail, our rail network was shaped by one identity – albeit a well crafted, well thought out and well developed one – but still, just largely one identity. Throughout the 60s and 70s, rationalising design and standardising looks was the name of the game – and even though BR […]
10 UK bus liveries we really, really love
If you saw our recent blog post ‘10 UK bus liveries we really, really miss’, you’re probably also aware of the tidal wave of ‘Hey, what about London and Country?!’ comments it generated. Part 2, however, is for another day – today, we’re focussing on the present. This was an incredibly difficult ‘top 10’ to […]
10 UK bus liveries we really, really miss
The UK bus scene in 2016 is the most colourful you’ll find anywhere in the world. There are some truly stunning liveries to be found adorning vehicles in and around the country’s towns and cities at the moment, but what about those which are no longer with us? Whether the operator simply went through a […]
Manchester gets MMCs
Stagecoach Manchester has taken delivery of 29 new ADL Enviro400 MMCs. Numbered 10401-29, the vehicles are the first Enviro400 MMCs for the group, and are all allocated to Manchester’s Sharston depot. The Enviro400 MMC (short for Major Model Change) is the second generation of the popular Alexander Dennis double decker. Available in integral form as […]
Stagecoach goes (Norfolk) Green
Stagecoach Group today announced the acquisition of the operations of bus operator Norfolk Green. The company, which operates a fleet of around 70 buses across Norfolk, Cambridgeshire and Lincolnshire and was last month named Independent Bus Operator of the Year, employs around 160 people. In a press release, Robert Montgomery, Managing Director of Stagecoach UK Bus, […]