Stagecoach new buses

[snowman]

Stagegroup has announced that they will be buying 420 new buses (all euro5) worth £70m (average £166,666 each)

Details of the orders are to follow, there is no indication which manufacturers will get them, or which part of the UK there will be used in. These details of order will be after contract is agreed with each manufacturer

Part of the same press release also indicates that discounts for passengers will be made available to beat the credit crunch (these are megarider fares, and there is one covering an area south of Merthyr Tydfil-Hereford-Leamington-Kings Lynn with some local restrictions)

www.stagecoachgroup.com/scg/media/press/pr2009/2009-01-26/

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Hope MAN Enviro 300's are in the deal!

[snowman]

Stagecoach announced today 8th June that it is replacing the whole of its Oxford tube fleet, with 26 Van Hool Astromega double deck coaches

www.stagecoachgroup.com/scg/media/press/pr2009/2009-06-08/

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Again?

Didn't the Oxford Tube service recieve new double-deck coaches 3 years ago?

Jun 8, 2009 14:14:15 GMT snowman said:

Stagecoach announced today 8th June that it is replacing the whole of its Oxford tube fleet, with 26 Van Hool Astromega double deck coaches

www.stagecoachgroup.com/scg/media/press/pr2009/2009-06-08/

[snowman]

Stagecoach has announce purchase of 434 new buses and coaches today
as they don't have a London operation anymore, will presumably be for other parts of UK
various upto 15m long

100 Alexander Dennis Enviro 400 Scania double-deckers
100 Alexander Dennis Enviro 400 double-deckers
15 Alexander Dennis Enviro 300 single-deckers
100 Alexander Dennis Enviro 300 MAN single-deckers
33 Alexander Dennis Enviro 200 midi-buses
9 Plaxton Profile Volvo inter-urban coaches
7 Plaxton Panther Volvo inter-urban coaches (12.3m)
29 Plaxton Panther Volvo inter-urban coaches (15m)
10 Optare Versa midi-buses
1 Optare Solo mini-bus

www.stagecoachgroup.com/scg/media/press/pr2009/2009-07-29/

I think TfL only issues LSP permits upto about 14m, if so the 15m ones won't work into London, maybe someone can clarify

[snowman]

Alexander Dennis must be happy with 200 Enviro 400s and 148 Enviro single deckers ordered

Don't know about delivery schedules, but it is clearly going to use plenty of factory capacity so it could stop others ordering Enviros for a while (that might please a few on this forum who aren't too keen on them), having said that TfL aren't really annoucing tenders with loads of new buses at the moment

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Jul 29, 2009 9:36:51 GMT snowman said:

Stagecoach has announce purchase of 434 new buses and coaches today
as they don't have a London operation anymore, will presumably be for other parts of UK
various upto 15m long

100 Alexander Dennis Enviro 400 Scania double-deckers
100 Alexander Dennis Enviro 400 double-deckers
15 Alexander Dennis Enviro 300 single-deckers
100 Alexander Dennis Enviro 300 MAN single-deckers
33 Alexander Dennis Enviro 200 midi-buses
9 Plaxton Profile Volvo inter-urban coaches
7 Plaxton Panther Volvo inter-urban coaches (12.3m)
29 Plaxton Panther Volvo inter-urban coaches (15m)
10 Optare Versa midi-buses
1 Optare Solo mini-bus

www.stagecoachgroup.com/scg/media/press/pr2009/2009-07-29/

I think TfL only issues LSP permits upto about 14m, if so the 15m ones won't work into London, maybe someone can clarify

The buses shown here only total 404 units.

You have to read the Stagecoach press release (attached) to discover there are an additional 30 Van Hool bodied Volvos ordered, 26 for the Oxford Tube, and 4 for Megabus services.