News

• Stagecoach weekly travel nearly £1 cheaper than UK average and £4 cheaper than London prices
• Britain's biggest bus and coach operator also offers biggest weekly mobile ticket discount
• Stagecoach one of only two operators with 100% smartcard, m-ticket and contactless availability
• Bus travel accounts for 3% of the average weekly wage compared with 16% for running a car
• Multi-operator ticketing available in all of the biggest regions outside London
• Operators keeping fares down despite above-inflation cost increases driven by road congestion

• Company marks National Apprenticeship Week with pledge to double level of learners
• Britain's biggest bus and coach operator to employ 1,200 apprentices by end of year
• Stagecoach sets benchmark as industry leader in bus driver apprenticeships

• Customers can now pay on their tram service using contactless or chip and pin cards
• Apple Pay and Google Pay devices also accepted
• Pre-purchase tickets also available online or through the Stagecoach mobile app

Paul Lynch to become Regional Director London & Wales

• Marc Turley to take up the new position of Commercial Director from 3 February
• Leading on customer proposition, product and pricing as well as marketing and brand

• Changes to Stagecoach Managing Directors for Merseyside and South Lancashire, Yorkshire, Cumbria and North Lancashire and Midlands
• Part of Stagecoach’s ongoing business change programme

• Sam Greer to take over as new Regional Director for Scotland
• Follows announcement that Robert Andrew is to retire after 35 years in the transport industry

• Stagecoach shortlisted in the Large Organisation category
• Recognition follows initiatives by Stagecoach to build inclusive workforce
• Stagecoach recently rated as Britain’s top public transport company for diversity and inclusion

• 28 apprentices completed the first bus driver apprenticeship programme in England
• 12 month apprenticeship programme to train the next generation of bus drivers

• Recognition follows initiatives by Stagecoach to build inclusive workforce
• Corporate reputation peer review of 250 companies across 25 sectors

• Two Tram-Train services an hour now running in each direction

Please find below an update on Tram-Train services: