LOCAL AUTHORITIES AND TRANSPORT OPERATORS WORK TOGETHER TO HELP KEEP EXETER MOVING
L-R Back row Richard Marsh, CEO Exeter Chamber, Peter Knight, Stagecoach, Helen Scholes GWR L-R Front row Cllr Josie Parkhouse, Ian Collinson, Exeter City Council, Luke Farley, GWR, Jamie Hulland, Devon County Council Delegates from across Exeter gathered at the Future Skills Centre on Tuesday 17th October to hear from transport leaders and local authorities […]
Stagecoach South West prepare to take part in carnival parades
The Stagecoach South West roadshow team is excited to announce that they will be attending annual carnivals in Barnstaple and Honiton. Following the success of Teignmouth and Dawlish carnival’s in August, where Stagecoach South West won second and third place for their carnival displays, the roadshow team are looking forward to taking part in two […]
South Western Railway outlines strike day services in May and June
SOUTH Western Railway (SWR) has outlined its services during upcoming strike action on Wednesday 31 May, Friday 2 June and Saturday 3 June. On Wednesday 31 May, a nationwide strike by ASLEF union members will affect SWR’s network-wide depot drivers, who bring trains in and out of service, as well as drivers on the Island […]
Timetable changes across the South West from Sunday 28th May
From Sunday 28th May we are introducing a number of new timetables across our network, focused primarily on the Torbay area, which are predominantly centred around improving the punctuality of our bus services, and a number of new exciting enhancements to our services. We are excited to be introducing night buses, initially over the summer […]
Stagecoach South West and Devon County Council partner to operate bus journeys from Exeter to Okehampton, Chulmleigh and Barnstaple from 5th June
The current operator of Services 315, 345 and 377 linking Exeter with Barnstaple, Okehampton and Chumleigh, has notified Devon County Council that they no longer wish to operate these services. Working in partnership with Devon County Council, Stagecoach South West will provide replacement services, which will start from Monday 5 June 2023. Service 315 will […]
Stagecoach confirms its largest ever order of electric vehicles
Stagecoach, the UK’s biggest coach and bus operator has today (6 April) announced its plans to introduce 170 fully electric vehicles in Stockport as it places its largest electric bus order to date. The electric fleet of 150 double deck and 20 single deck vehicles, which will be produced by Volvo/MCV represent an investment by […]
Stagecoach names new South Wales Managing Director
Stagecoach has announced today (29 March 2023) that it has appointed Martin Gibbon to manage its bus operations in South Wales. Martin, who is currently Operations Director of Stagecoach West and Oxford Tube running bus and coach services, will take over as Managing Director of Stagecoach South Wales in May. A key part of Martin’s […]
RMT calls off the rail strikes planned for Thursday 30 March and Saturday 1 April
GWR will therefore be operating their normal planned timetable without any reductions for the strikes. This includes the changes planned for Friday 31 March and Sunday 2 April.