Stagecoach Merseyside & South Lancashire
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| Slogan | Greener, Smarter, Travel |
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| Parent | Stagecoach Group plc |
| Founded | 2011 |
| Headquarters | Gillmoss Bus Depot, East Lancashire Road, Liverpool, Merseyside, L11 0BB |
| Service area | North West England |
| Service type | Bus |
| Hubs | Chester, Chorley, Liverpool, Preston, Birkenhead |
| Stations | Chester, Chorley, Liverpool, Preston, Wirral, Blackburn, Blackpool, Bolton, Southport, St Helens, Ellesmere Port, Runcorn, Mold and Ruthin |
| Depots | Stagecoach in Preston - Preston Stagecoach in Chorley - Cowling Brow, Chorley Stagecoach in Merseyside - Gillmoss Stagecoach in Chester & Wirral - Chester, Rock Ferry. |
| Fleet |
Alexander Dennis Trident Alexander Dennis Dart Alexander Dennis Enviro200 Alexander Dennis Enviro300 Alexander Dennis Enviro400 Alexander Dennis Enviro400MMC Optare Versa Optare Esteem Optare Solo. |
| Fuel type | Diesel |
| Operator | Stagecoach Group |
| Website | http://www.stagecoachbus.com/merseyside |
Stagecoach Merseyside & South Lancashire (Glenvale Transport Limited [In Liverpool]) is a major operator of bus services in North West England. It is a subsidiary of the Stagecoach Group, and has its origins in the purchase of Ribble in 1988 from the National Bus Company and Glenvale Transport in 2005. The head office of Stagecoach Merseyside & South Lancashire is in Liverpool and was formed in 2011 following the merger of Stagecoach Merseyside and Ribble Motor Services which was the Chorley and Preston operations of Stagecoach North West.
From January 2013, Stagecoach Merseyside & South Lancashire also includes the Chester and Rock Ferry depots of First Chester & The Wirral following their takeover from FirstGroup.
From July 2016 Stagecoach Chester took over several former GHA Coaches Routes after the firm went into Administration.
Stagecoach is the trading name of Ribble Motor Services Ltd, which was purchased by Stagecoach in 1988 and was originally known as Stagecoach Ribble (until 1997), and operated services around the Central Lancashire area, serving Preston, Chorley, Bolton and Blackburn. The company also operated Network Chorley which provided transport around the local Chorley area until 2012.. Since 2015 the company has been known as Stagecoach in Chorley. When the company was formed, Stagecoach In Lancashire operated many bus services in Chorley, Preston and Leyland. These included the Route 125,125C, 125PHS, 126, 109, 113, 114, 115, 118, 119, 10, 11, 12, 12A, 13, 1, 1A, 2, 2A, 3, 3A, 7, 8, 337, 347, X60, X61, 124. By 2013, the new company, Stagecoach Merseyside and South Lancashire based in Merseyside, had phased out many of the original Chorley services. By 2015 Stagecoach in Chorley operated just the 125, 109, 1, 2, 1B, 7 and 24A and 109A (after October 2015). The Preston side of the company also operate the service 115 to Chorley every two hours on a Saturday. Routes such as the 115, 119 and 114 have been sold to competing operators like John Fishwick & Sons and Preston Bus, whilst others have been replaced, merged or eliminated.
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