Stagecoach has been lauded as one of the most influential films ever made.

When John Ford ’ s production of Stagecoach pulled into town in 1938 ( a Sedona connection that has eluded historians since the film was made ), it set off three solid decades of A-picture activity — forty-four features through 1973, helped along by the construction of Sedona Lodge, the only permanent boarding and production facility ever built specifically for movie crews on remote location in the United States.

It has an annual festival, Stagecoach Trail days.

This has proved to be very controversial, with the town's major bus operator Stagecoach in Warwickshire threatening to reduce many bus services if the road is closed to traffic.

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.

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.

Stagecoach acquired the company from Yorkshire Traction in 2005, and has come under fire for operating the service poorly.

They have had a tumultuous and fairly barren period in recent times, however this has changed in the past few seasons, buying players from senior teams such as Brian McGinty and Mark Crilly with them doing well in the Scottish Junior Cup, winning promotion from the Stagecoach Ayrshire League in 2005 – 06 and winning promotion from the Stagecoach Super League Division One in 2006 – 07.

Eastleigh has 17 bus routes, served by 6 different companies: Stagecoach South, Bluestar, Brijan Tours, First Group Hampshire, Wilts & Dorset or Velvet.

Stagecoach South bus company has its headquarters here.

There are no train stations in the village itself, but a bus service run by Stagecoach connects the village to Walmer railway station, which has direct trains to London.

* Island Line Trains-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.

The Stagecoach Group has also indirectly attracted criticism through controversial statements and actions made by its chairman and co-founder, Brian Souter, regarding certain public statements and his funding of a campaign to block the repeal the Section 28 law.

For its part, Stagecoach has defended the actions of its driver.

At both subsidiaries great improvement has been made, such as most of the Stagecoach buses have been replaced.

Since the administration period and restructuring of the former TransBus International, Alexander Dennis has secured a number of major orders from UK operators, and is the favoured manufacturer of the Stagecoach Group.

Since 2006 it has been operated as a 65: 35 joint venture between Singapore based ComfortDelGro and Perth ( Scotland ) based Stagecoach Group.

Since privatisation, however, Fife Scottish has built up its own substantial network of express services under the Stagecoach Express banner.

Since joining the Stagecoach Group, Stagecoach Strathtay now has an operating area bounded by Aberdeen in the north, Gauldry & Newport-on-Tay to the south and Perth to the west.

Before joining Stagecoach, Strathtay operated only as far as Laurencekirk in the north ; however, the Montrose depot has acquired some work from Bluebird's Stonehaven depot, including route 24 from Brechin to Stonehaven, route 103 from Laurencekirk to Aberdeen and a handful of School Contracts serving Mackie Academy in Stonehaven.

Strathtay is bordered to the north, east and south by Stagecoach subsidiaries, all part of Stagecoach East Scotland, which Strathtay has also joined.

Local bus services are provided by Brighton and Hove Buses, Stagecoach and a local town route is operated by Compass Travel

Canterbury is the transport hub of East Kent and numerous bus services, including the dedicated ' UniBus ' ( operated by Stagecoach East Kent ) which connects the campus with Canterbury bus station and other locations.

Bus services to the city centre of Coventry are operated competitively by Stagecoach in Warwickshire and National Express Coventry.

It can be reached from the city centre by bus routes 1, 2, 13, 19 and 20 operated by First Aberdeen and from northern Aberdeenshire or the bus station at Union Square by various routes operated by Stagecoach Bluebird.

Elgin's bus station is operated mainly by Stagecoach, and provides services within Elgin and to other local towns as well as to Aberdeen and Inverness.

Local bus services connect Cockermouth to Workington, Penrith and Carlisle, operated by Stagecoach North West.

The town is also served by a number of buses operated by Stagecoach in Bassetlaw, Stagecoach in Lincolnshire, Yourbus as well as smaller local bus operators, to destinations including Worksop, Newark, Robin Hood Airport and Bawtry.

It can be reached from the city centre by bus routes 1 and 2 operated by First Aberdeen ( Route 1 is the more direct ) and less frequently by route 305 operated by Stagecoach Bluebird from Union Square.

A regular bus service is operated by Stagecoach in Fife, which covers most areas of the town.

Bus services are operated by Stagecoach and Arriva.

Buses in Mansfield are primarily operated by Stagecoach, with Trent Barton, K & H Doyles and National Express also operating in the area.

Stagecoach Group were announced as the winner of the franchise and from October 1996 they operated passenger services under the name Island Line.

Local bus services in Eastleigh are primarily operated by Solent Blue Line, with other operators including First Hampshire & Dorset and Stagecoach Group.

Primary bus services are provided by Stagecoach West Scotland, while rail services are operated by SPT.

Most services are operated by First Greater Manchester and Stagecoach Manchester.

Regular bus services to Stratford upon Avon, Banbury and Leamington Spa are operated by Stagecoach and other independent companies.

Treorchy is served by buses operated by Stagecoach in South Wales to Blaenrhondda, Blaencwm, Treherbert, Tonypandy, Porth, Pontypridd and Caerphilly.

Warwickshire County Council also funds a service to Stratford-upon-Avon operated by Stagecoach in Warwickshire ( formally known as Stratford Blue ).

Bus services are operated by Stagecoach in Wales and Glamorgan Bus ( Bws Morgannwg ) Services.

* 100-A shuttle service operated by Stagecoach North East connecting the MetroCentre with Newcastle's Eldon Square bus station, the Grey's Monument area on Pilgrim Street and Newcastle Central railway station.

Local bus services are operated by Stagecoach West.