Stagecoach was the first of many Westerns that Ford shot using Monument Valley, in the American Southwest on the Arizona-Utah border, as a location, many of which also starred John Wayne.

Pickens appeared in dozens of films, including Old Oklahoma Plains ( 1952 ), Down Laredo Way ( 1953 ), One-Eyed Jacks ( 1961 ) with Marlon Brando, Dr. Strangelove ( 1964 ), Major Dundee ( 1965 ) with Charlton Heston, the remake of Stagecoach ( 1966 ; Pickens played the driver, portrayed in the 1939 film by Andy Devine ), Never a Dull Moment ( 1968 ), The Cowboys ( 1972 ) with John Wayne, Ginger in the Morning ( 1974 ) with Fred Ward, Blazing Saddles ( 1974 ), Poor Pretty Eddy ( 1975 ), Rancho Deluxe ( 1975 ), The Getaway with Steve McQueen, Tom Horn ( 1980 ), also with McQueen, An Eye for an Eye ( 1966 ) and Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid ( 1973 ) in a small but memorable role.

Stagecoach in Hampshire runs the number 87 to Andover every two hours from Salisbury and also every other journey on route 8 to Andover via Amesbury and Tidworth along with Wilts & Dorset.

The band also performed at the 2012 Stagecoach Festival.

He had also been a co-star with Robert Bray and Richard Eyer in the western series Stagecoach West, a Four Star Television production on ABC from 1960 – 1961.

* Old Stagecoach Stop ( also known as " Black Hotel " or " Pulaski House ")

The village was also the crossroads of two major stagecoach lines, Butterfield Stagecoach and the Santa Fe Trail.

Bus services are provided by Stagecoach in Huntingdonshire and Whippet coaches, the former also having its depot near the town.

Stagecoach passengers also faced the danger of Indian attack on coaches or at way stations.

Among the companies operating bus services, Stagecoach on Teesside and Arriva North East are the major providers, while six minor providers also operate in the area.

Part of the stage road is also a Historic-Cultural Monument of Ventura County and of the city of Los Angeles under the name ' Old Stagecoach Trail '.

Stagecoach Lincolnshire is the main operator in the town with regular services operating up the coast as far as Mablethorpe ; there are also regular services inland to both Boston and Lincoln.

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.

Along with The Searchers, My Darling Clementine, and Stagecoach, it is also widely considered to be one of director John Ford's best westerns and generally ranks alongside Red River, The Searchers, The Big Trail, and Stagecoach as one of John Wayne's best films.

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

The Killingworth Centre also incorporates a covered Killingworth bus station which is served by Stagecoach, Arriva, Go-North East and Connect South Tyneside.

A primary bus route supported by Stagecoach services is also accessible, with the popular 192 service running regularly through Buxton Road.

In April 2009, she was part of the concert line-up at the annual Stagecoach Festival in Palm Springs, which also included concerts by Charlie Daniels, Kevin Costner, and Reba McEntire.

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

Stagecoach North West routes 84 and 86 also serve Cleveleys.

On 14 December 2005 Stagecoach purchased Barnsley-based Traction Group ( Yorkshire Traction ) for £ 26m, and also assume Traction's £ 11m debt.

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.

Stagecoach Devon provides links to the Torbay resorts of Brixham, Paignton and Torquay from Kingswear via the ferry.

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.

J2 ( Stagecoach ) provides an hourly daytime service Mondays to Saturdays to Ampthill, Houghton Conquest, Kempston and Bedford.

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.

Stagecoach Wales provides bus services linking many towns and villages directly to Cardiff city centre.

This service was withdrawn by South West Trains in spring 2009, but bus service 13 ( Alton-Liphook ) by South West Train's owner Stagecoach now instead provides a link with many train services.

In the absence of a through rail service, Stagecoach in Bedford's X5 coach service provides a passenger service by road between Oxford and Cambridge via Bicester, Milton Keynes and Bedford.

For a time, South West trains provided a direct bus link to Petersfield railway station via Horndean, enabling quick access to fast London-bound trains, but now the link to Petersfield is Stagecoach service 37 via Clanfield.

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.

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.

After a stillborn attempt in 1995 to purchase KCB, Stagecoach settled for a 20 % stake in competitor Strathclyde Buses who purchased KCB ), the present Stagecoach Glasgow operations were launched in 1997, after Strathclyde Buses sold to First Group, and offered fast, direct and frequent services from Glasgow City Centre to Easterhouse, Castlemilk, Pollok, Darnley, East Kilbride and Cumbernauld.

This pitched Stagecoach in fierce and direct competition from Scottish Citylink, a company Stagecoach ironically operated vehicles for under a franchise agreement.

Nowadays, the main public transport links are provided by several Stagecoach Western bus services, including direct services to Glasgow.

In August 2008, Stagecoach stopped its direct route to the village after 7pm and all day Sunday.

The main shopping precinct is served by First in Hampshire & Dorset bus routes 40 / X40, 41, 45 and 45A, and Stagecoach services 37 and 39.

Havant railway station is served by Stagecoach service 39, and stations in Portsmouth by First services 40 / X40, 41, 45 and 45A.

Cardiff Bus services 1 / 2 ( City Circle ), 24 / 25 ( Whitchurch ), 33 / 33A ( Radyr / Morganstown ) 60 / 62 / 62A ( Pentrebane / Fairwater ) and Stagecoach service 122 ( Tonypandy ) operate through the area to / from Cardiff central bus station.

Bus There are a number of bus services provided by Stagecoach South West, First Devon and Cornwall, and Beacon Bus:

The main bus operator in Lancaster is Stagecoach, which operates over thirty services in Lancaster and Morecambe.

* Stagecoach North West operate bus services which connect the town to Bolton, Blackburn, Preston and Manchester, and the Network Chorley routes within the borough.

There is a total of 20 local bus services in the Uckfield area ; Brighton And Hove, Countryliner, Renown Coaches and Stagecoach in Eastbourne all serve Uckfield.

The main bus operator in the town is Stagecoach providing an extensive network of services into Doncaster & throughout the Dearne Valley referred to as " The Dearne Link ".

On weekdays during term times, a number of school services are run by either Eastonways or Stagecoach.

Local bus services to Oxford and the surrounding areas are run by Stagecoach Oxfordshire, Thames Travel, the Oxford Bus Company and smaller independent companies.

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

These services are run by Stagecoach Nottinghamshire and Veolia transport.

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.

Heyfordian operates smaller services not covered by those of Stagecoach including routes from Banbury to places including Bicester, the Heyfords, Ardley, Towcester, Wappenham and Northampton.

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.

Stagecoach Yorkshire run most bus services within Barnsley, operating to and from Barnsley Interchange.

Stagecoach overhauled bus services in a bid to improve performance.

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Bus services in the town are provided by Arriva, Stagecoach and Merseytravel.

Two special Stagecoach Sheffield bus services connect with the tram, providing additional journey opportunities:

The main routes serving Rushden are Stagecoach services 50 / 49 with connections to Kettering and Bedford and the X46 / 47 providing links with Raunds, Wellingborough, Irchester and Northampton.