Stagecoach Order 2015

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Stagecoach invests more than £80m in new buses and coaches

10 Mar 2015
Passengers to benefit from nearly 470 new vehicles for UK and mainland Europe, many equipped with wi-fi
Investment in UK regions hits £630million in last eight years, plus over £100million in London since 2010, and over £20million for megabus.com services in mainland Europe since 2013.
Further major boost for British bus manufacturing and UK supply chain
Britain's lowest bus fares and continued passenger growth providing profits to reinvest
Cross-industry smart, multi-operator ticketing programme for key city regions underway

Stagecoach Group today (10 March 2015) announced passengers are to benefit from an investment of more than £80million in new buses and coaches for services in the UK and mainland Europe.

A new fleet of nearly 470 vehicles, many equipped with free wifi, will be introduced in the coming 2015-16 financial year as the company continues its policy of reinvesting profits in improving services for local communities.

The orders by Britain's biggest bus and coach operator are a further boost for the country's manufacturing sector, with most vehicles set to be built in the UK. It will support hundreds of British manufacturing jobs and smaller businesses in the supply chain who produce key components from drivers' seats and toilets to wheelchair lifts and destination displays*.

More than £75million of new buses and coaches will be introduced in Stagecoach's regional networks in England, Scotland and Wales. There is also a £2.7million order for new buses for London, as well as £6.9million of new coaches for the company's expanding megabus.com low-cost service in the UK and mainland Europe.

The latest announcement takes Stagecoach Group's total orders of new buses and coaches for its regional bus operations in the UK to around £630million in the last eight years. The Group has also ordered more than £20million of new coaches for megabus.com services in mainland Europe as well as £105million of new vehicles for its London bus operations since buying the business in 2010.

All of the new vehicles will be fitted with CCTV while many will also have wi-fi installed, giving customers free internet access during their journeys.

The latest orders follow an annual competitive tendering process and the first of the new vehicles will be delivered from Spring 2015.

Highlights of the latest investment are 412 low-floor double-decker, single-decker, midi and mini buses for Stagecoach regional bus networks in the UK as well as a total of 22 new coaches for megabus.com in the UK and Europe, and a further 34 coaches for Stagecoach Express operations in the UK. Of the local bus order, 93 will be manufactured to the company's Gold specification to operate on Stagecoach's luxury Gold services.

All of the new vehicles meet Euro 5 or Euro 6 emissions standards.

These orders will ensure Stagecoach's entire single deck fleet meets the UK Disability Discrimination Act deadline later this calendar year, and the Group remains on track to meet the deadlines for other vehicle types over coming years.

Along with the country's other major bus operators, Stagecoach is also making a multi-million pound investment in smart multi-operator ticketing across all of the main city regions in the UK. Work on the ground-breaking project is underway and is due to be completed during 2015.

Stagecoach Group Chief Executive Martin Griffiths said: "This new investment is all about delivering better bus and coach journeys for our passengers. We have the lowest bus fares in Britain and a strong track-record of investment over many years that has attracted growing numbers of people back on board the bus. We believe strongly in reinvesting our profits to continue that growth and our sector-leading levels of customer satisfaction.

"Buses are central to our communities, giving people a greener way to access work, health, education and leisure. They are also critical to our economy. I'm delighted that most of our new buses will be built right here in the UK, helping support British manufacturing and hundreds of jobs in the supply chain."

Details of the new orders are as follows:

UK REGIONAL OPERATIONS
50 ADL Enviro 400 Scania double-deckers
30 ADL MMC E400 Scania double-deckers
57 ADL MMC E400 double-deckers
10 Wrightbus Eclipse Volvo single-deckers
28 ADL Enviro 300 Scania single-deckers
89 ADL Enviro 300 single-deckers
33 ADL MMC E200 11.9metre midibuses
27 ADL Enviro 200 midibuses
23 ADL MMC E200 10.8metre midibuses
42 Optare Solo minibuses
23 Optare Solo Slimline minibuses
12 Volvo Plaxton Elite 12.5metre coaches
44 Volvo Plaxton Ellite i 15metre coaches (8 left-hand-drive)

LONDON
7 ADL MMC E400 double-deckers
8 ADL MMC E200 10.8metre midibuses

[Tony]

That answers a question in another thread....Is the standard E400 still being produced. Yes, Stagecoach are having 50

[the trainbasher]

Hmmm...Can't wait to see the MMC E200s in stagecoach livery :)

[winston]

It will also be interesting to see what the future holds for E300 after this years batch for Stagecoach have been delivered and E200MMC come on stream in full length version

[woody38]

Good to see Stagecoach investing in Opture unlike some of the other big groups

[Tony]

Good to see Stagecoach investing in Opture unlike some of the other big groups

Are you referring to National Express who have just taken some Optares for Heathrow Airport?

[woody38]

Good to see Stagecoach investing in Opture unlike some of the other big groups

Are you referring to National Express who have just taken some Optares for Heathrow Airport?

Tony I was referring to Arriva & First, but good to to see NX buying there products again.

[winston]

Good to see Stagecoach investing in Opture unlike some of the other big groups

Are you referring to National Express who have just taken some Optares for Heathrow Airport?

Tony I was referring to Arriva & First, but good to to see NX buying there products again.

First have taken 15 x Optare Solo SR's for Hampshire & 12 x Versa's for York over the past 12 months & have yet to announce orders for 2015/16

[leepenfold30]

Any New buses for Stagecoach Nuneaton

[Ally]

It's not looking that way so far @leepenfold30 but Leamington are getting Solo SRs as I expected, to replace the current Gold Solos which according to Nuneaton's engineers, are in a worse state than their 04 reg ones (hence their refurbishment and further stay - the Gold ones were considered as replacements).

But a list has appeared, I imagine it's probably not going to stay 100% like this, especially with some allocations not shown. So far it is as follows:

STAGECOACH ORDERS 2015 – 2016.
10431 – 10487 Enviro 400 Euro 6 Enviro 400MMC
10431 – 10442 for Oxford.
10443 – 10451 for Wigan.
Rest unallocated.

12364 – 12389 Enviro 400H Enviro 400
All for London.

13041 – 13080 Volvo B5LH Enviro 400MMC
All for London.

15211 – 15220 Scania N230UD Enviro 400
For Fenstanton (guided busway).

15221 – 15260 Scania N230UD Enviro 400
15221 – 15225 for Lillyhall.
15226 – 15249 for Chorley.
15250 for Torquay.
15251 – 15260 for Exeter.

15261 – 15290 Scania N230UD Enviro 400MMC
No allocations shown.

21301 – 21310 Volvo B8R Wrightbus Eclipse
For Fenstanton.

26001 – 26033 Enviro 200 Enviro 200MMC
26001 – 26019 for Cowdenbeath.
26020 – 26023 for Barnsley.
26024 – 26033 for Rawmarsh.

27211 – 27299 Enviro 300 Enviro 300
27211- 27225 for Glasgow.
27226 for South West.
27227 – 27228 for Glasgow.
27229 – 27237 for Wigan.
27238 – 27254 for Stockton.
27255 – 27272 for Rock Ferry.
27273 – 27299 no allocations shown.

28721 – 28748 Scania N3230UB Enviro 300
28721 – 28741 for Cwmbran.
28742 – 28746 for Banbury.
28747 – 28748 for Lillyhall.

36601 – 36608 Enviro 200 Enviro 200MMC
For Romford.

37301 – 37327 Enviro 200 Enviro 200
37301 – 37319 for South Shields.
37320 – 37326 for Gloucester.
37327 for Hastings.

37401 – 37423 Enviro 200 Enviro 200MMC
No allocations shown.

47941 - 47966 Optare Solo M920SR Optare
All for Carlisle.

47967 – 47980 Optare Solo M990SR Optare
All for Leamington Spa.

48001 – 48020 Optare Solo M920SL Optare
48001 – 48002 for Carlisle.
48003 – 48020 for Exeter.

48021 – 48025 Optare Solo M990SL Optare
All for King's Lynn.

53801 – 53812 Volvo B8R Plaxton Elite i
All for Aberhill.

54241 – 54262 Volvo B11R Plaxton Elite i
54241 – 54257 for Buchan / Peterhead.
54258 – 54262 for Glasgow.

54263 – 54276 Volvo B11R Plaxton Elite i
All for Rugby.

56028 – 56050 Van Hool Astromega TDX27 Euro6 Van Hool
All for Rugby.

Source :- British Bus Publishing, Stagecoach 2015 Handbook.

[Cheese]

It's not looking that way so far @leepenfold30 but Leamington are getting Solo SRs as I expected, to replace the current Gold Solos which according to Nuneaton's engineers, are in a worse state than their 04 reg ones (hence their refurbishment and further stay - the Gold ones were considered as replacements).

But a list has appeared, I imagine it's probably not going to stay 100% like this, especially with some allocations not shown. So far it is as follows:

STAGECOACH ORDERS 2015 – 2016.
10431 – 10487 Enviro 400 Euro 6 Enviro 400MMC
10431 – 10442 for Oxford.
10443 – 10451 for Wigan.
Rest unallocated.

12364 – 12389 Enviro 400H Enviro 400
All for London.

13041 – 13080 Volvo B5LH Enviro 400MMC
All for London.

15211 – 15220 Scania N230UD Enviro 400
For Fenstanton (guided busway).

15221 – 15260 Scania N230UD Enviro 400
15221 – 15225 for Lillyhall.
15226 – 15249 for Chorley.
15250 for Torquay.
15251 – 15260 for Exeter.

15261 – 15290 Scania N230UD Enviro 400MMC
No allocations shown.

10452-6 for Exeter Park & Ride, 10457-87 might be for Hyde Road (Manchester), and 15261-90 should be for Canterbury.

[the trainbasher]

10452-6 for Exeter Park & Ride, 10457-87 might be for Hyde Road (Manchester), and 15261-90 should be for Canterbury.

I assume @Cheese to replace the existing Scania/E400s on the 4/6 Canterbury - Whitstable - Herne Bay - Canterbury services allocated to Herne Bay depot.

(Canterbury is a o/s of Herne Bay!)

[Cheese]

I assume @Cheese to replace the existing Scania/E400s on the 4/6 Canterbury - Whitstable - Herne Bay - Canterbury services allocated to Herne Bay depot.

(Canterbury is a o/s of Herne Bay!)

I think that is indeed the plan, to replace the existing 59-plate examples on the Triangle services.  I still have 56 Olys at East Kent (55 in service) so there is no doubt some kind of cascade planned involving Tridents...

[the trainbasher]

I think that is indeed the plan, to replace the existing 59-plate examples on the Triangle services.  I still have 56 Olys at East Kent (55 in service) so there is no doubt some kind of cascade planned involving Tridents...

Do you know if the B10Ms have been whittled down since the E400s that were on the 16 have been cascaded down the routes having had Gold launch there? I know one 82 in Deal was a B10M duty last summer when i went down for the week

[Cheese]

Do you know if the B10Ms have been whittled down since the E400s that were on the 16 have been cascaded down the routes having had Gold launch there? I know one 82 in Deal was a B10M duty last summer when i went down for the week

I have 15 B10Ms left at SEK, 8 at Thanet, 4 at Hastings and 3 at Dover (plus 3 out of service).  Half of my family are from Deal, haven't been down there for ages, have loads of memories of standing at South Street as a child watching EK Olympians and VRs and ignoring breadvans.  East Kent got about 20 Dart SLFs late last year which were replaced by new E200s at Peterborough which have been spread all over the depots.