Stagecoach West Scotland
A Stagecoach A1 Service Transbus Trident in Ardrossan.
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| Parent | Stagecoach Group plc |
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| Founded | 1994 |
| Headquarters | Ayr, Scotland |
| Service area | West Scotland |
| Service type | Bus |
| Hubs | Ayr, Greenock, Isle of Arran, Carlisle, Hamilton, Kilmarnock, Cumnock |
| Fleet | (Mostly Enviro Buses now)Optare Solo Optare Versa Alexander Dennis Trident Alexander Dennis Enviro 200 Alexander Dennis Enviro 300 Volvo Olympian Volvo B10M Alexander Dennis Enviro 400 Plaxton Profile Mercedes 709d |
| Fuel type | Diesel |
| Operator | Stagecoach Group |
| Website | Official Website |
Stagecoach West Scotland is an operating region of Stagecoach UK Bus, comprising Western Buses Ltd based in Ayr, Scotland. Stagecoach West Scotland also operate Stagecoach in Cumbria and Lancashire
Stagecoach West Scotland operates in west central and southwest Scotland, in an area bounded by Greenock and Braehead to the north, Hamilton to the east, Carlisle to the south and the Isle of Arran to the west. Frequent express services also reach Glasgow from throughout Ayrshire.
Stagecoach West Scotland operates under five different brands:
In addition, vehicles operating on the former AA Buses services in the Irvine area previously wore the historical AA green and cream livery, though to date there has never been a Stagecoach AA Buses brand. Buses wearing this livery carried simplistic 'Stagecoach' branding.
The company also provide vehicles for Scottish Citylink express work, mainly on the Glasgow to Edinburgh corridor.
Stagecoach West Scotland had faced sustained competition from the FirstGroup between Ardrossan and Kilmarnock since Stagecoach launched its network of Glasgow city services in the heart of First's Glasgow operating territory in 1997, though First withdrew from Ayrshire in October 2005 leaving Stagecoach the sole dominant operator once again. While minor competition existed for several years from T & E Docherty around Irvine, Stagecoach has since purchased the routes and vehicles used by that operator. Minor competition exists from Shuttle Buses between Irvine and Girdle Toll (including local operation around Kilmarnock and Irvine) along with competition in the Irvine area from Bennetts of Kilwinning, JAS Transport around the Ardrossan, West Kilbride and Largs areas and also McGill's Bus Services between Largs and Greenock.
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