Proudly serving 9 October 1980 Stagecoach is founded by Brian Souter and his our communities sister, Ann Gloag, with the fi rst coach services 1980 for 40 years running between Scotland and London
1985 Transport Act allows 1981 private operators to run Princess Diana completes the fairy tale for the bus services throughout 750 million people around the world tuning into 1989 1987 Great Britain enabling the most-watched wedding in history We become the fi rst UK transport Stagecoach invests in Stagecoach to expand group to expand overseas, buying several National Bus 1985 buses in Malawi, Africa Company businesses The fi rst mobile phone calls in the UK are made
1990 1986 Magic Bus launched in Glasgow. This budget bus service was used initially to 1991 1986 the World Wide run between Castlemilk and 30 million people tune into Eastenders Web goes global Easterhouse using former on Christmas Day to see Dirty Den London Routemasters. serve divorce papers on Angie
1992 Stagecoach Rail is launched, off ering sleeper train services from Scotland to London 1996 1996 Stagecoach becomes Stagecoach starts the largest bus operator 1993 operating the UK’s fi rst in Scandanavia with the Stagecoach is listed on the privatised train service purchase of Swedish London Stock Exchange, - South West Trains - bus operator, Swebus, valued at £134m marking the start of a 23 running 3000 buses in 1992 year railway journey Sweden, Norway and Stagecoach continues Denmark. to expand overseas, entering the New Zealand bus market 1994 1997 with the purchase of Wellington Stagecoach starts 1995 Start of Stagecoach Supertram City Transport running its fi rst bus Britain draws closer to with a 27 year concession to run services in London Europe with the Channel tram services in Sheffi eld Tunnel opening 2003 1998 Stagecoach transforms Amazon and Starbucks the low cost coach travel 1999 launch in the UK market with the launch of Stagecoach enters the megabus.com US market for the fi rst time with a £1.1bn buy 2005 out of American Bus George Psaradakis drives the and Coach USA number 30 Stagecoach bus which is involved in the tragic bombings in London’s Tavistock Square 2000 1998 2001 Stagecoach and Virgin 2007 2007 Tragedy strikes in the join forces on the UK rail The world’s fi rst We continue to innovate, US with the 9/11 attacks network iPhone is released introducing the fi rst double 1999 decker buses in the US The overseas bus expansion continues, as Stagecoach acquires 2007 Hong Kong’s Citybus Demonstrating our Group - the second environmental focus, largest franchise bus we launch the UK’s fi rst operator in Hong Kong bio-buses
2007 New and innovative ideas keep fl owing with the 2010 trial of a hovercraft between Fife and Edinburgh 2008 We launch Scotland’s 2010 fi rst carbon neutral bus 2011 We show our entrepreneurial 2012 Millions tune in spirit with the trial of an network Stagecoach enters to watch Prince amphibious bus on the Clyde in to the UK’s fi rst William of Wales and deep rail alliance Catherine Middleton with Network Rail 2013 get married Martin Griffi ths becomes 2014 Chief Executive of Stagecoach, and Ross Stagecoach delivers 2016 Paterson becomes transport for the This was the year of Finance Director Commonwealth Games harnessing technology and the Ryder Cup with the development of plans to deliver contactless travel on every 2012 bus, completed in 2018 2013 We play a huge role in the 2013 Stagecoach and London 2012 Olympics TfL run a pilot to 2011 2014 Stagecoach launches the UK’s and Paralympics, operating run buses on diesel the media and athletes We trial an innovative We expand our budget fi rst long term discounted bus made from used transportation sleeper coach service between megabus.com services scheme for jobseekers giving them half-price travel chip fat and other Glasgow and London into France, Germany food waste and Italy
2016 We place a £97m order for 480 new buses which is part 2018 of more than £1bn of new megasightseeing greener buses introduced in starts running the previous decade in London 2019 2016 2018 We bring our colleagues together Launch of the Launch of Tram-Train with the launch of our new employee Stagecoach Bus App in Sheffi eld, the fi rst of communication and engagement that now has more its kind in the UK platform, Blink than 3m users 2017 2019 Stagecoach dedicates a bus to those Stagecoach starts the trial of killed, injured or aff ected, by the terrible 2018 Europe’s fi rst full-sized autonomous terror attack at Manchester Arena We launch our industry leading buses in partnership with Transport and to staff at the Royal Manchester bus driver apprenticeship Scotland, Alexander Dennis and Children’s Hospital scheme Fusion Processing 2020
2020 Stagecoach rolls out a fl eet of 32 new electric double- decker buses in Manchester representing one of the biggest single investments in electric 2020 buses anywhere in Europe We’re proud to serve with the launch of the new Stagecoach brand 2020 Launch of Tees Flex, a state- of-the-art demand bus service, in partnership with Tees Valley Combined Authority