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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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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.
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.
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.
* Stagecoach Thameslink Trains Limited ( Stagecoach Group plc )
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 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.
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.
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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.
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Grimsby's bus service is provided by Stagecoach which took over the original Grimsby-Cleethorpes Transport in 1993.
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.
Stagecoach took another turn in 1998, when it purchased Scotland's Prestwick Airport for £ 41 million.
In July 2007 Stagecoach took over the operation of Manchester Metrolink on a 10-year fixed-term management contract, beating competition from Serco and Govia, to make it the biggest tram operator in the UK.
Stagecoach took a much more severe line with Moffat & Williamson, a strategy that drew criticism in the media for being predatory and uncompetitive.
Stagecoach Group took over in July 1994 for £ 6m, and the ' bus war ' with Clyde Coast was soon ended.
He was a pupil at Northfield School and took performing arts classes at the local franchise of Stagecoach Theatre Arts.
At both the 2005 and 2006 UK Bus Awards, Stagecoach West Scotland took the top award of ' UK Bus Operator of the Year ', having narrowly missed out on the prize in 2004.
Kelvin Central purchased the vehicles intended to be used by Stagecoach Glasgow and took over the planned new services.
As part of the privatisation of British Rail, the Stagecoach Group company South West Trains took over operation of the service and the station in 1996.
During 2005, the company took over many routes previously operated partly or entirely by Scottish-based Stagecoach Group, the best example being the Coaster services 12 & 13 to Seaford and Eastbourne.
London Central took control of the Bexleyheath routes ( including B16 ) from 1990 instead of 1991 and also took over the garage from Stagecoach London.
Stagecoach took over 40 low-height Presidents on Dennis Trident chassis in the early / mid 2000s.
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The main bus operator in Lancaster is Stagecoach, which operates over thirty services in Lancaster and Morecambe.
Stagecoach operates around 8, 100 vehicles and covers over 90 major towns and cities in Great Britain, carrying around 2. 5 million passengers daily.
There was also a " bus war " between Stagecoach Manchester and a smaller operator, UK North, over the lucrative 192 bus route between Stockport and Manchester in 2006.
TfGM owns the Manchester Metrolink light rail system, operated under a concession by Serco until taken over by Stagecoach on Sunday 15 July 2007 on a fixed contract, with the concession reverting to TfGM.
Nichols wrote the screenplays for over sixty movies including such classics as Stagecoach ( 1939 ), For Whom the Bell Tolls ( 1943 ), Scarlet Street ( 1945 ), And Then There Were None ( 1945 ) and The Tin Star ( 1957 ).
A Competition Commission report into the take over cleared Stagecoach of being predatory and approved the sale.
The company was taken over by the Stagecoach Group in January 1995.
Though for several years after the take over buses on the former A1 Service routes wore Stagecoach A1 Service fleetnames, the unit was eventually amalgamated with Western Buses Ltd and all vehicles except those on the Ardrossan-Kilmarnock service began trading as Stagecoach Western.
The next day, Stagecoach rolled out 27 brand new buses in current " swoops ", spelling the end of the A1 livery after over 80 years.
Stagecoach withdrew from the service, allowing Henry Crawford Coaches of Neilston to take over, and A1 itself later withdrew from the route.
The Castlemilk operation was taken over by First in June 2005 who until January 2006 kept the old Stagecoach service 175 running alongside its own 75 service.
One of the most controversial examples was in Darlington where Stagecoach subsidiary Busways offered bounties to recruit drivers away from the existing bus service and offered free buses to deter the rival preferred bidder from taking over the existing bus service.
Service cutbacks by Stagecoach and funding problems by Bedfordshire County Council have seen the loss of many services to other local towns including Stevenage and Cambridge over the years.
For example, large companies like Stagecoach and FirstGroup can use their considerable buying power to completely take over the market in a region, using services and tactics that are meant to drive out competition rather than serve the customer better.
Whilst London may have seen a considerable amount of growth over the past few years, Stagecoach have announced that the relaunch of the bus network in Cambridge during late-2001 ( branded as Cambridge " Citi ") has seen growth of 77 % compared to 34 % in London from the same time.
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