On 29 March 2012 the Department for Transport announced Abellio, First, Govia, MTR and Stagecoach have been shortlisted for the new Thameslink Southern Great Northern franchise.

TOCs may use what they like: examples include Futura ( Stagecoach Group ), Helvetica ( FirstGroup and National Express ), Frutiger ( Arriva Trains Wales ), Bliss ( CrossCountry, an Arriva franchise but not branded as such ), and a modified version of Precious by London Midland.

Virgin Trains ( legal name West Coast Trains Limited, company no 3007940 ) is a train operating company in the United Kingdom owned by Virgin Group ( 51 %) and Stagecoach ( 49 %) that has operated the InterCity West Coast franchise since March 1997.

South West Trains ( legal name Stagecoach South Western Trains Limited, company no 5599788 ) is a train operating company in the United Kingdom owned by Stagecoach operating the South Western franchise.

In 1995 the Director of Passenger Rail Franchising awarded the South West Trains franchise to Stagecoach ( legal name South West Trains Limited, company no 2938995 ) with operations commencing on 4 February 1996.

On 20 December 2005 the Department for Transport announced that Arriva, First, MTR / Sea Containers, National Express and Stagecoach had been shortlisted to tender for the new South Western franchise which combined the South West Trains and Island Line Trains franchises, National Express later pulling out.

Stagecoach were announced as the winner of the expanded franchise, and they now operate Island Line under their South West Trains subsidiary.

* Stagecoach Great Western Trains Limited ( Stagecoach Group plc )

* Stagecoach Group-East Midlands Trains ( EMT ) and South West Trains ( SWT ) ( including Island Line ).

Upon the privatisation of British Rail, the West of England route passed in 1996 to the South West Trains franchise, which was won by the Stagecoach Group.

Stagecoach are also active in the rail industry, currently operating the South West Trains franchise ( extended for 10 years from February 2007 ) and having a 49 % stake in Virgin Trains.

There was a rail-bus link operated on behalf of South West Trains by parent company Stagecoach Group.

* February 4-The first two British passenger train operating companies begin operation of their service franchises as part of the privatisation of British Rail: South West Trains ( part of the Stagecoach Group ) and Great Western Trains ( management buyout ).

This station is owned by Network Rail but is operated by East Midlands Trains, which operates trains between Sheffield and London St Pancras International, and is part of the Stagecoach Group.

The bidders were Abellio ( Greater Anglia Limited ), Go-Ahead and Stagecoach.

* Stagecoach Devon-Stagecoach controls operations in Devon through Stagecoach Devon, consisting of ( as of May 2003 ) Stagecoach Devon Limited.

* Stagecoach Highlands-Stagecoach controls operations in the Scottish Highlands after the takeover of The Rapsons Group ( Orkney Coaches / Highland Country Buses ) in 2008, adding to the network already operated in the City of Inverness by Stagecoach, consisting of Highland Country Buses Limited.

* Stagecoach East Kent & East Sussex-Stagecoach controls operations in East Kent and East Sussex through Stagecoach East Kent & East Sussex, comprising the East Kent Road Car Company Limited, Hastings & District Transport Ltd, Eastbourne Buses Ltd and Cavendish Motor Services Ltd. Fleetnames include Stagecoach in Eastbourne, Stagecoach in Hastings and Stagecoach in East Kent.

In November 2005 Infratil Limited purchased Stagecoach New Zealand from Stagecoach Group.

In November 1991, Stagecoach Holdings Limited ( as it was named then ) bought United Transport ’ s share holding in Kenya Bus Services Limited.

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.

Stagecoach acquired control of Citybus Group Limited in March 1999 and completed the privatisation of Citybus on 17 July 1999.

Initially, there were 25 franchises, but the number of different operating companies is smaller as some firms, including First Group, National Express Group and Stagecoach Group, run more than one franchise.

Since deregulation the majority ( 80 % by the late 1990s ) of these local bus companies have been taken over by one of the " Big Five " private transport companies: Arriva ( part of Deutsche Bahn AG ), First Group, Go-Ahead Group, National Express Group ( owners of National Express ) and Stagecoach Group.

The Group agreed to open its books to the Cosmen and CVC consortium on 10 September 2009, though had reportedly been looking into selling its bus and rail franchises to rival Stagecoach Group, according to The Times.

Virgin Rail Group bid for a number of rail franchises being awarded the InterCity West Coast franchise after beating Sea Containers and Stagecoach.

In October 1998 Virgin Group sold 49 % of the shares in Virgin Rail Group to Stagecoach.

Stagecoach Group buses in Banbury in 2004.

They lost their contract to Stagecoach Group in 2004.

Banbury has an intra-urban bus service provided by Stagecoach Group which feeds the outlying villages and provides transport to places such as Oxford, Chipping Norton and Brackley.

It was the bus division of SJ AB rail company until 1996 and was briefly part of Stagecoach Group.

The Stagecoach Group took over the franchise on the privatisation of British Rail in 1996 and retained it against stiff competition in 2007 making it, with Chiltern Railways and Virgin West Coast, one of the three longest-running franchises.

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He oversaw Bus deregulation in Great Britain with the Transport Act 1985 which led to a period of intense competition between rival bus companies, known at the time as the ' Bus wars ' and the dramatic subsequent growth of Stagecoach Group, First Group and the other major bus operators.

On August 1, 2011, the RATP Group purchased Stagecoach Metrolink Ltd, the operators of the Metrolink light rail system in the English city of Manchester.

Three companies — First Group plc, National Express Group PLC, and Stagecoach Group — were short-listed to bid for this new franchise.

Stagecoach Group plc () is an international transport group operating buses, trains, trams, express coaches and ferries.

Stagecoach Group plc is listed on the London Stock Exchange, though company Chairman Sir Brian Souter and his sister Ann Gloag are the largest shareholders in Stagecoach.

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It sold quite well, and buyers included Stagecoach ( which includes 90 on B6LE ), FirstGroup plc, Arriva and Newport ( which operated some on 8. 8m Dart SLF chassis ) and many more.

Campaign for Better Transport acknowledges the following organisations as sponsors of its limited company: ACIS, Arriva Passenger Services, ASLEF, Chiltern Railways, Ecology Building Society, EWS, Eurostar, First Group, Freightliner, Gloucestershire County Council, Go Ahead Group, Hertfordshire County Council, Lush Ltd, National Express Group, NedRailways, Network Rail, Nottinghamshire County Council, Passenger Transport Executive Group, Rail Freight Group, Railway Industry Association, Railway Forum, Reading Borough Council, RMT, Serco Integrated Transport, Stagecoach, Telford and Wrekin Borough Council, Transport for London, Transdev plc, TSSA and Unison and Unite-Amicus.

However, throughout 1994 Stagecoach Holdings plc pursued a phase of expansion in the North East of England, which saw it acquire the former Tyne & Wear PTE operation Busways Travel Services Ltd. from its management and employees in July 1994 and then Cleveland Transit in September that year too.