Stagecoach in Merseyside
An Alexander Dennis Enviro 400, operating on Route 20 to Kirkby in 2015.
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| Slogan | Greener, Smarter, Travel |
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| Parent | Stagecoach Group |
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Glenvale Transport (2001) Stagecoach in Merseyside (2005) Stagecoach Merseyside & South Lancashire (2011) |
| Headquarters | Stagecoach Merseyside & South Lancashire, Gillmoss Depot, East Lancashire Road, Liverpool |
| Service area | Merseyside, Lancashire, Cheshire, North Wales, Wirral |
| Service type | Local bus services |
| Routes | See Services operated |
| Destinations | Liverpool, Knowsley, Sefton, St Helens, West Lancashire |
| Fleet | Approximately 200 |
| Operator | Stagecoach Merseyside & South Lancashire |
| Website | http://www.stagecoachbus.com/merseyside |
Stagecoach Merseyside is a major operator of bus services in the British city of Liverpool and in the surrounding area of Merseyside. It is a subsidiary of the Stagecoach Group. It was formed in July 2005 due to the acquisition of Glenvale Transport (GT), which in turn had initially been formed by ex-MTL managers bidding for company, following a Competition Commission ruling that Arriva must sell their newly acquired Gillmoss depot to preserve the competition within the Merseyside area.
The fleet of the newly created Glenvale Transport mostly comprised elderly Leyland Titans and aging Dennis Darts, although efforts were made to update the fleet via an agreement with Essex-based dealer Ensignbus, seeing newer buses arrive regularly from the end of 2003 right up to the Stagecoach takeover in the summer of 2005. Several much newer buses, although in need of repair, were permanently stationed at the depot, likely due to financial struggles making it difficult to repair the buses. Glenvale had an annual turnover of approximately £25 million.
The company was sold to Stagecoach Group in 2005, who pledged to invest in new buses for Merseyside. The result since takeover has been a £6.5m fleet of 75 new low-floor Alexander Dennis Dart buses that have entered service with the company, with the sale and disposal of older buses previously in operation with Glenvale.
Also, in late January 2013 Stagecoach purchased First Chester & The Wirral bus operations in and these now operate as part of Stagecoach Merseyside.
On numerous occasions Stagecoach made bids for some or all of the companies making up the former MTL Trust Holdings. In June 1998 MTL sold off MTL London but Stagecoach were outbid by the then independent Metroline. When MTL went bankrupt in January 2000 Stagecoach were very interested in acquiring the company but was again outbid this time by Arriva. It wasn't known at the time but Stagecoach did bid for the Gillmoss depot after Arriva was ordered to dispose of it. But again it was an unsuccessful bidder losing out to Glenvale Transport (GT).
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