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Post by wirewiper on Feb 27, 2021 18:37:54 GMT
It was announced on 23rd February that Stagecoach in Oxfordshire and Stagecoach West are to be merged into a single operating company, as yet to be named. The new operating company will be headquartered in Gloucester and will have operations stretching from London (Oxford Tube) into South Wales. The combined fleet will comprise 520 vehicles and will employ 1,370 staff.
Stagecoach in Oxfordshire has depots in Oxford, Banbury and Witney and outstations in Bicester, Chipping Norton and Grove. Stagecoach West has depots in Bristol, Cheltenham, Gloucester, Ross-on-Wye, Stroud and Swindon as well as an outstation at Coleford.
In the meantime an historical anomaly will be cleared up from 28th February, when the operating licence for Banbury depot and registrations for bus routes 200, 488/9, 500, 505, B3, B5, B9, H4 and S4 will transfer from Midland Red (South) to Thames Transit Ltd.
Source: Bus News - 27/02/21, LondonsTransport Googlegroups
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Post by BE37054 (quoll662) on May 30, 2022 17:53:54 GMT
It was announced on 23rd February that Stagecoach in Oxfordshire and Stagecoach West are to be merged into a single operating company, as yet to be named. The new operating company will be headquartered in Gloucester and will have operations stretching from London (Oxford Tube) into South Wales. The combined fleet will comprise 520 vehicles and will employ 1,370 staff. Stagecoach in Oxfordshire has depots in Oxford, Banbury and Witney and outstations in Bicester, Chipping Norton and Grove. Stagecoach West has depots in Bristol, Cheltenham, Gloucester, Ross-on-Wye, Stroud and Swindon as well as an outstation at Coleford. In the meantime an historical anomaly will be cleared up from 28th February, when the operating licence for Banbury depot and registrations for bus routes 200, 488/9, 500, 505, B3, B5, B9, H4 and S4 will transfer from Midland Red (South) to Thames Transit Ltd. Source: Bus News - 27/02/21, LondonsTransport Googlegroups Any news on this? |
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Post by wirewiper on Aug 26, 2022 7:57:47 GMT
Stagecoach West/Oxfordshire is replacing the long-standing 853 route between Oxford and Cheltenham, which for many years was operated by the independent Swanbrook Coaches. From Sunday 28th August route S2 will be amended to run hourly between Oxford, Witney and Curbridge, and will be extended on to Cheltenham every two hours via Burford and Northleach. On Sundays to return journeys will operate over the full route, with a morning positioning journey from Witney to Oxford and a late afternoon return. There are also changes to the S1, which will serve more of Carterton as the S2 will no longer serve the town, and the 233 is being rerouted via Brize Norton. www.stagecoachbus.com/service-updates/serviceupdatesarticle?SituationId=ID-09/08/2022-11:14:51:821 |
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Post by MetrolineGA1511 on Aug 29, 2022 8:14:24 GMT
Stagecoach West/Oxfordshire is replacing the long-standing 853 route between Oxford and Cheltenham, which for many years was operated by the independent Swanbrook Coaches. From Sunday 28th August route S2 will be amended to run hourly between Oxford, Witney and Curbridge, and will be extended on to Cheltenham every two hours via Burford and Northleach. On Sundays to return journeys will operate over the full route, with a morning positioning journey from Witney to Oxford and a late afternoon return. There are also changes to the S1, which will serve more of Carterton as the S2 will no longer serve the town, and the 233 is being rerouted via Brize Norton. www.stagecoachbus.com/service-updates/serviceupdatesarticle?SituationId=ID-09/08/2022-11:14:51:821Hopefully ticketing will be simplified so we no longer need a special route 853 ticket as a multi-bus day ticket. |
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Post by TB123 on Jan 31, 2023 12:11:39 GMT
Stagecoach are ordering 55 of the new-generation E400EVs for Oxford city/Oxfordshire services as part of the ZEBRA funding deal for that area
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Post by wirewiper on Mar 3, 2023 19:19:42 GMT
Stagecoach is changing some of its Oxford services from Sunday 5th March.
Route 7 between Oxford and Woodstock will be renumbered S7 from this date and will be extended to Witney, replacing part of route 233. The S7 will start from Oxford Railway Station and will serve the same stops in Oxford City Centre as route S3 (Park End Street, George Street and Magdalen Street). At Oxford Parkway buses will no longer operate into the Station but will serve the stops on the main Banbury Road.
Route 233 will continue to operate between Witney and Burford, to a revised timetable. Journeys which omit Carterton will be numbered 234.
Routes 2/2A (Kidlington) will have new timetables and will be rerouted at Oxford Parkway to serve the Station entrance.
Route S3 will have a revised timetable to coordinate with route S7.
Route S5 will have a revised timetable and will be rerouted in Glory Farm (Banbury) to serve more of the estate.
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Post by smiler52 on Mar 31, 2023 9:47:41 GMT
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Post by wirewiper on Dec 18, 2023 14:30:28 GMT
Staff from Stagecoach West (Oxford and Gloucester) have travelled to Falkirk to see the first of their order for 55 ADL Envoro400 EV coming off the production line. The first example (marked body number N453/1) is 90% complete and is due to be delivered to Oxford in January for driver training and staff familiarisation. The vehicles will feature push-button handbrakes, electronic display wing mirrors and a digital dashboard. The staff, which included two drivers, an engineer and a cleaner, travelled to Falkirk and back on Oxford Tube coach 50426. An ADL Enviro400 EV was also inspected at Oxford's Horspath Depot from 11th to 18th December, although this was a demonstrator vehicle and does not form part of the Stagecoach West order. The vehicle was transferred to and from Oxford on trade plates and was not displaying a registration. Source: www.oxford-chiltern-bus-page.co.uk (weekly briefing 14th December 2023) |
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Post by wirewiper on Mar 2, 2024 9:42:35 GMT
Delivery of the first ADL Enviro400 EVs has been delayed due to the strike action at Falkirk - in the end, ADL sent a demonstrator for the Oxford electric buses official launch in January. However 80001 and 80002 have now been registered SK73 CZE and SK73 CZF respectively and are due imminently in Oxford for driver and engineering staff training. Stagecoach expects the introduction of electric vehicles on Oxford City services will commence from early May. Source: www.oxford-chiltern-bus-page.co.uk/ (weekly briefing 29th February 2024) |
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Post by TB123 on Mar 7, 2024 23:52:43 GMT
 ust been sent this, first of the 55 new E400EVs has arrived at Stagecoach Oxford |
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Post by ThinLizzy on Mar 8, 2024 0:42:50 GMT
View Attachmentust been sent this, first of the 55 new E400EVs has arrived at Stagecoach Oxford Have to say, that looks fantastic. I wasn't really a fan of the new ADL E400EV initially, but that livery sits on it really well. Livery looks much better than the current national Stagecoach one. |
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Post by wirewiper on Mar 8, 2024 8:52:29 GMT
View Attachmentust been sent this, first of the 55 new E400EVs has arrived at Stagecoach Oxford Looks like 80002 is 24-reg after all (SK24 XRC). It was reported as a 73-reg. Interesting that Stagecoach have gone for a very similar livery to Oxford City for its Oxford electrics. |
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Post by mark on Mar 8, 2024 15:57:34 GMT
View Attachmentust been sent this, first of the 55 new E400EVs has arrived at Stagecoach Oxford Looks like 80002 is 24-reg after all (SK24 XRC). It was reported as a 73-reg. Interesting that Stagecoach have gone for a very similar livery to Oxford City for its Oxford electrics. The livery choice is designed to provide a more consistent image for services within the Oxford Smartzone. COMS is also ditching its separate park & Ride scheme although the Brookes Bus vehicles will retain a discrete identity. |
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Post by imarkeh on Mar 10, 2024 1:05:46 GMT
Looks like 80002 is 24-reg after all (SK24 XRC). It was reported as a 73-reg. Interesting that Stagecoach have gone for a very similar livery to Oxford City for its Oxford electrics. The livery choice is designed to provide a more consistent image for services within the Oxford Smartzone. COMS is also ditching its separate park & Ride scheme although the Brookes Bus vehicles will retain a discrete identity. But that logic is surely flawed unless both firms rid their own ops tickets and make it so that all tickets are accepted by both firms within Oxford. This is just a recipe for disaster otherwise. Drivers will be telling passengers to look at the legal lettering to know if their ticket is valid or not! |
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Post by mark on Mar 10, 2024 8:09:02 GMT
The livery choice is designed to provide a more consistent image for services within the Oxford Smartzone. COMS is also ditching its separate park & Ride scheme although the Brookes Bus vehicles will retain a discrete identity. But that logic is surely flawed unless both firms rid their own ops tickets and make it so that all tickets are accepted by both firms within Oxford. This is just a recipe for disaster otherwise. Drivers will be telling passengers to look at the legal lettering to know if their ticket is valid or not! There has been joint ticketing in the Smartzone for years - see www.oxfordbus.co.uk/smartzone |
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