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UK’s first full sized fleet of autonomous vehicles to be launched in May

  • Buses will be in operation across the Forth Road Bridge from 15 May 2023 
  • First registered service of an autonomous bus in UK
  • Capacity for around 10,000 passenger journeys across the Forth Road Bridge every week 
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You could win a year's free bus travel as Stagecoach celebrates a three-month extension to the £2 single fare scheme

  • Stagecoach announces extension of £2 fare scheme until the end of June
  • Bus services in England offering single fares capped at a maximum of £2
  • Operator celebrates its 15 millionth customer to use the scheme with one year of free bus travel - further prizes to be won
  • Builds on Stagecoach’s continuing commitment to offer value-for-money fares 
  • Offers new incentive for people to move out of cars and onto bus, improving air quality
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Stagecoach names new South Wales Managing Director

 •  Martin Gibbon, currently Operations Director of Stagecoach’s operations in West England and Oxford Tube

•  Martin has over a decade of operational experience working for Stagecoach across the UK

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Stagecoach welcomes new Head of Safety

  • Peter Jenkins joins Stagecoach from Monday 6 February 
  • An award-winning safety professional, Peter joins from Dalziel Ingredients 
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Apprenticeships: a key part of the pathway to delivering our net zero ambitions

As the country marks National Apprenticeship Week, Tracey Smyth, Head of People Services and Talent for Stagecoach, Britain's biggest bus operator, explains the benefits of investing in the sector's future workforce - and its role in ensuring a greener future.

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Stagecoach set to expand autonomous vehicle trials more widely with government funding announced for new projects

  • Bus operator involved in two new autonomous projects in Cambridge and Sunderland
  • Government funding provided for extension of Scotland’s cross Forth Road Bridge full-size autonomous bus trial
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UK’s first full size autonomous bus carries passengers for the first time as part of the testing process in major milestone for innovative project

  • 22 passengers experienced the UK’s first full-size autonomous bus for the first time as part of the testing process  
  • When launched, it will be the first registered service of an autonomous bus in UK 
  • Capacity for around 10,000 journeys across the Forth Road Bridge every week 
  • Co-Design Panel invited to try the service, and offer feedback ahead of its official launch 
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Stagecoach searches for new graduates to join its UK wide team

  • UK’s biggest bus and coach operator on the hunt for new graduates
  • Graduate programme offers proven opportunities for future managers and leaders
  • Applications open until 27 February at https://employers.sanctuarygraduates.co.uk/stagecoach/#benefits
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Transition to new management team as Stagecoach looks to next phase of growth

  • New structure reflects evolution of business from global listed plc to UK private company
  • CEO Martin Griffiths to retire from Stagecoach; CFO Ross Paterson also decides to step down
  • Ray O’Toole becomes Executive Chairman and Bruce Dingwall appointed CFO
  • Carla Stockton-Jones continues to lead the day-to-day operations of the business
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Over 300,000 bus journeys made using new £2 single bus fares on Stagecoach services in first few days of national initiative

  • Services on the South Coast and in South Lancashire amongst those seeing the highest number of travellers  
  • Stagecoach bus services in England offering single fares capped at a maximum of £2  
  • Builds further on Stagecoach’s continuing commitment to offer value-for-money fares  
  • Offers new incentive for people to move out of cars and onto bus to improve air quality
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Stagecoach employees walk almost 9000 miles to raise money for charity partner Roald Dahl’s Marvellous Children’s Charity

  • Over £1000 raised by Stagecoach employees 
  • Driver David Hunt walked 1000 miles in a month 
  • Roald Dahl’s Marvellous Children’s Charity one of Stagecoach’s partnership charities  
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Stagecoach offers single bus fares for £2 as part of national initiative

  • Bus services in England to offer single fares capped at a maximum of £2 as part of national government initiative
  • Builds further on Stagecoach’s continuing commitment to offer value-for-money fares
  • Offers new incentive for people to move out of cars and onto bus to improve air quality
  • Government initiative reflects pressure on the costs of running bus services