The ruling was criticised by Stagecoach as leaving vital services in limbo and jeopardising Scotland's intercity coach network, making it unable to compete effectively with rail and private car journeys.

The Overland Stagecoach later made use of Travelers ' Rest during its period of operation.

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.

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.

Some of her most memorable performances during this period were opposite John Wayne, including the classic 1939 western Stagecoach, which was Wayne's breakthrough role.

Macquarie continued to use the Stagecoach brand for a limited period under licence, and Stagecoach provided administrative and other support functions for a transitional period of 12 months from the sale.

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.

Stagecoach responded fiercely to the competition in Western's operating area, and was banned by the Traffic Commissioner from operating on the Ayr to Dalmellington route due to predatory and uncompetitive action against competitor Carrick Coaches for a period of one year.

For the period of this ban AA Buses, which would later be owned by Stagecoach, registered a new service for the one year period, matching the service that Stagecoach Western was forced to withdraw.

In the post deregulation period Northern Counties had to broaden their customer base and therefore attracted orders for Olympian from a variety of customers including Atlas Bus, Badgerline, Blazefield Group, Borehamwood Travel Services ( BTS ), Boro ' line Maidstone, Bristol City Line, Busways Travel Services Ltd., Cambus Ltd, Capital Citybus / Ensignbus, Chester City Transport, County Bus & Coach, East Kent, East Yorkshire Motor Services, Eastbourne Buses, Eastern Counties, Fareway Passenger Services Ltd, Isle of Man Transport, Kentish Bus ( Proudmutal Group ), London Buses ( Bexleybus ), London Buslines, Maidstone & District, Merseybus, Nottingham City Transport, OK Motor Services, Preston Bus, South Notts Bus Company, South Yorkshire Road Transport, Stagecoach and Yorkshire Rider.

In October 2010 Stagecoach expanded further by re-acquiring East London Bus Group, Stagecoach's former London bus operations.

Stagecoach bought further bus operations in Scotland, Newcastle and London, with Manchester being added a few years later.

The nearest bus stop, from where the Stagecoach Bus 41 / 42 service departs to Tewkesbury town centre and Cheltenham, has recently been moved from just outside the station to near the roundabout on Northway lane about 200 yards further from the station.

For the Enviro300s with other chassis, Stagecoach placed the first order of 100 Enviro300-bodied MAN 18. 240 as part of the 2007 / 8 order, 93 are standard 12m buses and the other 7 being 12. 8m long, with the first one entered service in January 2008 ; further orders boosted the total number to over 350.

Despite the arrival of the Enviro300, which is aimed at the same full-size single deck market, Stagecoach has continued to prefer the ALX300, with further deliveries to the group in the first half of 2006.

Nominated twice for an Oscar, first for The Hurricane ( 1938 ), he won the Best Supporting Actor award for Stagecoach ( 1939 ); later, he would be nominated three times for an Emmy.

It was while working on Mascot serials that Canutt practiced and perfected his most famous stunts, including the drop from a stagecoach that he would employ in John Ford's 1939 Stagecoach.

Inspired to become a filmmaker after watching John Ford's Stagecoach, he would insert elements of the Western in war films like Desperado Outpost ( 1959 ) and Westward Desperado ( 1960 ), and eventually even filmed his own samurai Western in East Meets West ( 1995 ).

Under the terms of the agreement, Stagecoach would take a 35 % stake in Scottish Citylink Coaches Ltd and in return grant certain rights to the Megabus and Motorvator brands in Scotland.

Soon after, Stagecoach would purchase the Inverness and Tain operations of Highland Scottish and become the dominant operator of Inverness area services.

The company would have a turbulent infancy, however, as Strathtay Scottish faced very heavy competition from local Perth-based firm, Stagecoach.

The owners came to the agreement that they would approach Western Scottish, which had just recently become a subsidiary of the Stagecoach Group, and offer the company for sale.

This would add local bus operation around Irvine, Stewarton and Troon, and would consolidate the Stagecoach Western operation, securing it as the dominant operator in north Ayrshire, a role Western Scottish never succeeded in filling.

Under the terms of the agreement, Stagecoach would take a 35 % stake in Citylink in return for certain rights to the Megabus brand in Scotland.

Stagecoach Yorkshire, which operated buses in her constituency, pointed out that the company had agreed a fixed charge with Derbyshire County Council, so that such a practice would not benefit them.

It would take another nine years — and the film Stagecoach — to return Wayne to prominence.

Twyford is served by several regular bus routes, operated by Bluestar ( bus company ) and Stagecoach Group among others, linking the village with Winchester, Eastleigh, Southampton and Fareham.

The first hint of prosperity arrived with the Butterfield Stagecoach in September 1858, bringing freight, passengers, and mail.

In the mid-19th century, the Carter, Thomas, and Hough Stagecoach Company traveled the L & N Turnpike carrying passengers.

Stagecoach passengers found a well-furnished public house where they could refresh themselves with apple brandy – " the common drink of the country ", a visiting Englishman noted – or other spirits.

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

Stagecoach operates around 8, 100 vehicles and covers over 90 major towns and cities in Great Britain, carrying around 2. 5 million passengers daily.

When Stagecoach took over the system, it was struggling, both financially and in terms of attracting passengers, but it now an extremely popular and successful operation.

Early in 2007 Stagecoach and Citylink introduced 15m coaches which can seat 65 passengers or 63 with a wheelchair, Plaxton Panthers on a Volvo B12B Chassis.

GMPTE bus route 192, according to the Stagecoach Group, is the busiest in Britain, with around 9 million passengers carried annually.

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.

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

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 also provides direct services to Nuneaton, Bulkington, Keresley, Atherstone, Hinckley & Leicester and a direct service to the University Hospital in Walsgrave, Coventry is provided by Travel de Courcey.

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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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.

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.