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branch. 76-year-old pedestrian Dora Hancox and 7-year-old top-deck bus passenger Rowan
Fitzgerald were pronounced dead on scene while other passengers suffered serious injuries. Chander, aged 77 at the time, was found to have worked over 60 hours per week and had previously been warned by Stagecoach
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Midlands was fined £2.3 million in December 2018 and later had its vehicle authorisation cut from 227 to 200 for 28 days in March 2019 by the West Midlands Traffic Commissioner for violating health and safety laws. On 3 October 2015, bus driver Kailash Chander mistook the brake pedal
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Following an investment in 17 Enviro400 MMCs featuring revised Unibus branding in late 2019, replacing the Enviro400s on the service, Stagecoach
Midlands launched the U12 service on 2 January 2020, which runs between Coventry and the University of Warwick at a frequency of up to every 15 minutes, as
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in
Northamptonshire. Bus services based at the town's depot ran to all estates in Corby, with opportunities provided for passengers to transfer onto the X4 service, using a fleet of orange, red and blue-branded buses. The Corby Star was unique within the Stagecoach Group due to the purchase of five
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service becoming the 48L. In March 2023, services 48C and 48L were merged back together with funding from the
Warwickshire Enhanced Bus Partnership to form the 148 service, serving Coventry and Leicester. The 148 reuses the same Gold-specification Enviro200 MMCs that were delivered for the original
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Stagecoach in Northants to create Stagecoach Midlands. The Warwickshire headquarters was moved from Rugby to Northampton after a management restructure. However, the legal name for the Warwickshire operations remained as Midland Red (South) Ltd. with the other Stagecoach Midlands operations in
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November 1993 for £9.25 million (equivalent to £23,800,000 in 2023). Stagecoach re-branded part of the company as Stagecoach Midland Red, adopting the company's national livery scheme, and set about simplifying the routes and improving the profitability of the operation, which included
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and the ensuing break-up of the
National Bus Company, Midland Red South would be threatened in 1984 with competition in Stratford-upon-Avon by The Best of British (Travel UK) Ltd, which traded as Shakespeare Country Bus Services. The operator aimed to operate an hourly service from the Dove House
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From 2018, however, the Corby depot was reduced to being an outstation for only local bus services, with the main intertown services being transferred to
Kettering depot. Buses painted in Corby Star livery would slowly begin to be painted into standard fleet livery following this transfer of
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Meanwhile, Guide Friday, a nationwide operator of open-top sightseeing bus tours which ran such services in
Stratford, had established a small number of local and tendered bus services in the town following Stagecoach's closure of Stratford depot. Guide Friday was eventually purchased by
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purchased both Stratford Blue and the Leamington Green Bus Company from Balfour Beatty. Stratford Blue was kept separate from the main Midland Red operation and continued to operate as an independent subsidiary, surviving into Midland Red becoming the largest bus operator within the
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by Stagecoach Group chief executive Brian Souter. The route operated at a frequency of around every 10 minutes Monday to Saturday during the day, running every half-hour on evenings and on Sundays. From mid-2015, the G1's fleet was replaced with 14 new
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Farm estate into Stratford town centre, as well as a town service within Stratford, which were both to compete with Midland Red South's existing network. However, the registration of these services was strongly opposed by the
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the closure of the depots in Coventry and Stratford in 1999. Upon the national rebranding of the Stagecoach Group in November 2000, Stagecoach Midland Red became Stagecoach in Warwickshire for operations from Leamington Spa,
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with the BET. However, in January 1971, the NBC would merge the Stratford Blue operation into Midland Red's southern division as part of a cost-saving rationalisation of some of the NBC's operations' subsidiaries.
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bought new for the service. After the PrimeLines branding had been dropped, service 48 became part of the Stagecoach Gold network in February 2018 with the delivery of a fleet of Gold specification
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During 2020, the 48 service was split into 3 different routes, with the Nuneaton to Atherstone segment becoming the 48A, the main Coventry to Nuneaton service becoming the 48C, and the Nuneaton to
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As of June 2024, Stagecoach Midlands operates 323 buses from seven depots and outstations in Corby, Kettering, Leamington Spa, Nuneaton, Northampton, Rugby and Stratford-upon-Avon.
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double-decker bus for the accelerator, hitting a parked bus on Trinity Street and driving across a grass verge before the bus accelerated down the street and crashed into a
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bosses after four bus crashes three years beforehand, however he had been allowed to continue driving buses with the company; he was diagnosed with
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from 1 January 2023. The contract gain marks the first time the Stagecoach Group have operated regular bus services in Birmingham for many years.
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Millar, Allan (December 2007). "£2m two-town trial for Stagecoach's new luxury bus brand".
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1269:"Midland Red South (Stagecoach Midlands): All vehicle types — Overview"
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1571:"Stagecoach invests £3.7 million in university bus service"
1544:"Stagecoach to invest £3.7m for student travel in Warwick"
1367:. No. 766. Stamford: Key Publishing. 20 December 2018
1629:. No. 779. Stamford: Key Publishing. 16 January 2020
1623:"Group seeks Midlands students in competition with NatEx"
1492:"More UniRider buses for "unexpected" passenger increase"
1471:. No. 1058. Peterborough. 17 October 2012. p. 7
1349:. No. 633. Hersham: Ian Allan Publishing. p. 6.
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Preserved Stagecoach Midland Red Leyland National at the
1732:"Midland Red fined £2.3m following fatal Coventry crash"
1660:. No. 758. Stamford: Key Publishing. 19 April 2018
899:. No. 773. Stamford: Key Publishing. 18 July 2019
282:(NBC) on 1 January 1969, following the passing of the
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1706:"Coventry death crash bus firm must reduce fleet"
557:. Running from Peterborough to Milton Keynes via
1680:"Stagecoach fined £2.3million after fatal crash"
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840:"Stratford-upon-Avon Blue Motors Ltd. 1927-1971"
393:In 2010, Stagecoach in Warwickshire merged with
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1413:"Coventry service changes from 15th April 2023"
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1597:"Unibus network to expand to serve Coventry"
951:. Temple Press. 18 December 1970. p. 31
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1388:"GOLD buses to hit the streets of Nuneaton"
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1851:Stagecoach Cumbria & North Lancashire
1361:"Stagecoach Midlands makes major changes"
977:. Temple Press. 11 April 1981. p. 24
350:services in Coventry in competition with
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1003:. Temple Press. 30 June 1984. p. 18
2135:Chicago Trolley & Double Decker Co.
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1653:"Stagecoach to downgrade Corby depot"
1386:Harrison, Claire (22 February 2018).
1211:Sharman, Richard (19 December 2023).
179:. The company is a subsidiary of the
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1490:Lawton, Georgina (24 October 2012).
1104:"Midland minibuses sent to Coventry"
785:"Stratford Blue is back on the road"
16:Bus operator in the English Midlands
1519:"New £1.3m bus fleet hits the road"
1319:Sarkar, Asmita (22 December 2022).
1078:"Western snaps up Vanguard Coaches"
997:"Heavy opposition for breakthrough"
512:scheme, operating using a fleet of
405:contractor, taking on three former
336:Cheltenham & Gloucester Omnibus
286:which merged the government-owned
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3024:Hop! City Centre Circular Service
1517:Smith, Chris (11 November 2016).
1129:Murray, John (27 November 1993).
812:"Leamington Licensing Conditions"
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1603:. Peterborough. 10 December 2019
1569:Simcox, Georgia (16 June 2019).
1445:. Peterborough. 30 November 2011
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3071:Bus operators in Leicestershire
2777:Johnsons Coach & Bus Travel
1738:. Peterborough. 4 December 2018
1439:"Stagecoach X4 route goes gold"
641:Alexander Dennis Enviro400 MMCs
525:Alexander Dennis Enviro200 MMCs
167:, operating in the counties of
2822:National Express West Midlands
1300:. Peterborough. 3 January 2023
1049:"Wales tops NBC buyout league"
868:. 27 December 1935. p. 31
820:. 29 November 1927. p. 45
783:Smith, Chris (10 March 2018).
452:Alexander Dennis Enviro200 MMC
407:National Express West Midlands
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2079:Stagecoach Gold/Citylink Gold
1132:"Stagecoach acquires Western"
3014:Skylink (Leicester to Derby)
1550:. Peterborough. 18 June 2019
2799:Transport for West Midlands
1684:Health & Safety Matters
756:"About Stagecoach Midlands"
637:Alexander Dennis Enviro400s
403:Transport for West Midlands
358:based at Vanguard's depot.
321:Warwickshire County Council
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2789:Stagecoach in Warwickshire
2567:Stagecoach in Lincolnshire
2503:Stagecoach in Lincolnshire
1992:Stagecoach North Scotland
1523:Stratford-upon-Avon Herald
945:"Stratford Blue turns Red"
790:Stratford-upon-Avon Herald
605:Alexander Dennis Enviro400
548:Alexander Dennis Enviro400
470:and services X46 and X47.
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354:, using a fleet of eleven
34:Alexander Dennis Enviro200
3086:Transport in Warwickshire
3045:St Margaret's bus station
2817:National Express Coventry
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2232:Stagecoach Cambridgeshire
842:. Local Transport History
649:National Express Coventry
454:operating service 148 in
380:Stagecoach in Oxfordshire
288:Transport Holding Company
271:British Electric Traction
199:Preserved Stratford Blue
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2308:Virgin Trains East Coast
2237:Stagecoach in Darlington
2064:Megabus (United Kingdom)
2033:Stagecoach West Scotland
1893:Stagecoach East Scotland
1861:Stagecoach East Midlands
475:Stagecoach West Scotland
183:and is headquartered in
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2919:Buses in Leicestershire
2572:Stagecoach in Mansfield
2212:Megabus (North America)
1577:. University of Warwick
1498:. University of Warwick
1417:West Midlands Bus Users
236:Wirral Transport Museum
2247:Stagecoach New Zealand
2170:Van Galder Bus Company
2018:Stagecoach South Wales
919:"National Bus Company"
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2739:Diamond East Midlands
2651:Bus operators in the
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2383:Diamond East Midlands
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2267:Stagecoach in Preston
2257:Stagecoach in Norfolk
2252:Stagecoach North West
2175:Wisconsin Coach Lines
2047:Brands & Services
2023:Stagecoach South West
2013:Stagecoach South East
1961:Stagecoach North East
1920:Stagecoach Manchester
1187:"Midland Red History"
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2408:Stagecoach Yorkshire
2277:Stagecoach Supertram
2227:Stagecoach Australia
2202:Manchester Metrolink
2182:East Midlands Trains
2038:Stagecoach Yorkshire
1736:Coach & Bus Week
1601:Coach & Bus Week
1548:Coach & Bus Week
1469:Coach & Bus Week
1443:Coach & Bus Week
1298:Coach & Bus Week
1220:Coach & Bus Week
866:The Commercial Motor
862:""Midland Red" deal"
817:The Commercial Motor
693:East Lancs OmniDekka
673:East Lancs OmniDekka
352:West Midlands Travel
302:, Northamptonshire,
280:National Bus Company
252:Royal Leamington Spa
2957:Stagecoach Midlands
2827:Stagecoach Midlands
2526:Stagecoach Midlands
2300:Virgin CrossCountry
1949:Stagecoach Midlands
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760:Stagecoach Midlands
655:Discontinued brands
555:double-decker buses
492:Service 48 between
161:Stagecoach Midlands
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2548:Johnson Bros Tours
2197:Island Line Trains
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2122:Gray Line Montreal
1392:Coventry Telegraph
1023:"Stratford battle"
971:"The Reds regroup"
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1686:. 3 December 2018
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273:(BET) subsidiary
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