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Photo opportunity - Launch of Perth’s first fully electric buses
Media invitation from Stagecoach

Supertram announce service changes from 28 November
- Temporary service changes due to driver shortages affecting the transport industry
- Minor changes to peak time journeys
- Timetables available at supertram.com

New livery revealed for UK’s first full-sized autonomous bus service
- New autonomous bus service trial due to go live in Scotland in early summer 2022
- Service will use the dedicated transport corridor across the Forth Road Bridge
- New route will make it attractive for people to make the switch from car to bus
- Partnership between Fusion Processing, Stagecoach, Alexander Dennis and Transport Scotland

Stagecoach works successfully with Police Scotland to deliver COP26 transport operation
- Largest mobilisation of police ever to happen in the UK
- Over 100 bus services a day transporting around 12,000 police officers

Stagecoach announce two award wins for initiatives supporting the NHS
- Winners announced at virtual UK Bus and Coach Awards
- East Midlands scoop ‘outstanding partnership’ award
- Stagecoach London win award for helping refit ambulances and almost doubling the fleet

Embargoed until 00:01 on Wednesday 10 November: Stagecoach urges COP26 leaders to put in place firm plans to incentivise people to use public transport
- UK’s biggest bus and coach operator warns net zero ambitions cannot be achieved by technology alone
- Major emphasis needs to be put on changing the way people travel
- Call comes as COP26 climate change summit marks Transport Day today
- Stagecoach has committed to target a zero emissions UK bus fleet by 2035
- Investment by Stagecoach is planned to cut the company's annual emissions by 351,945 tCO2e by 2035

Stagecoach partners with transport authorities across England to develop ambitious Bus Service Improvement Plans
- Stagecoach companies involved in 60 out of the 84 strategies submitted to Department for Transport for funding
- Initiatives to lower fares, speed up journeys, boost connections, improve customer information
- Call on government to ensure smaller authorities receive sufficient funding to deliver plans

Stagecoach announces free travel for veterans and military personnel across the UK on Remembrance Day and Remembrance Sunday
- Free travel for military and ex-military personnel on 11thand 14th November
- Commitment will continue annually
- New employee led Veterans Network key to Stagecoach commitment

Stagecoach boosts its apprenticeship goals with almost 800 people in ‘earn and learn’ positions
- 790 Stagecoach employees currently in ‘earn and learn’ positions
- Among one of the top five organisations audited for number of apprenticeship development opportunities
- Awarded silver membership with 5% Club

Stagecoach electric buses transport world leaders at COP26 Climate Change Summit
- Hundreds of VIPs, including Prime Minister Boris Johnson, got to travel in style on brand new, electric double-decker buses
- The ten buses, built in Scotland by Alexander Dennis, showcased the iconic London bus livery
- Following COP26, the buses will be used on passenger services in London on behalf of TfL
- Stagecoach has committed to the United Nations Race to Zero initiative as part of its new sustainability strategy
- Major investment being made in new electric buses for Scotland
- Zero emissions Stagecoach UK bus fleet targeted by 2035, and initiatives to further reduce waste, conserve water and minimise energy use