Stagecoach Yorkshire

Stagecoach Yorkshire

Stagecoach Yorkshire Volvo B10B on service 47 in Barnsley
Parent	Stagecoach Group plc
Founded	14 December 2005
Headquarters	Barnsley, South Yorkshire
Service area	Yorkshire
Service type	Bus
Hubs	Barnsley Rotherham
Depots	2
Operator	Stagecoach Group
Website	Official Website

Stagecoach Yorkshire is an operating division of Stagecoach UK Bus.

It was formed in 2005 to take over the former Traction Group fleets in Yorkshire by Stagecoach Group, which took over Traction from Frank Carter on 14 December 2005; Yorkshire Traction, Yorkshire Terrier and Barnsley & District. Since then the geographical coverage of the division has changed, with the divestment of services in the Huddersfield area, and the addition of Derbyshire operations from Stagecoach East Midlands. The former Yorkshire Traction and Barnsley & District operations are now branded as Stagecoach Yorkshire, whilst services in Yorkshire Terrier's former area are operated as Stagecoach Sheffield, and the Derbyshire operation continues as Stagecoach in Chesterfield. However, following rationalisation, services throughout the division are now registered to Yorkshire Traction.

Traction Group was formed in 1986, when Barnsley-based Yorkshire Traction was sold to its management and employees, led by Frank Carter. In 2000 Sheffield-based Yorkshire Terrier was taken over along with the operations of Andrews, South Riding, Sheffield Omnibus, and Kingsman, all in Sheffield, which all competed with Mainline in the city.

Barnsley & District was formed in July 1990 when Traction bought Tom Jowitt Travel of Tankersley. It was enlarged in 1992 when Pride of The Road, Royston was purchased, and in 1995, when the bus operations of Globe of Barnsley were taken over.

Mainline was sold to FirstGroup, became First Mainline and then First South Yorkshire. It still competes with Stagecoach Yorkshire and Stagecoach Sheffield today, which brings Britain's largest two bus groups into competition with each other.