Stagecoach West


Stagecoach West is the trading name of Cheltenham & Gloucester Omnibus Company Limited, a bus operator providing services in Gloucestershire, Bristol, Wiltshire, Somerset and Herefordshire, in the west of England. The company is a subsidiary of Stagecoach Group.

History

In 1983, Bristol Omnibus Company's Gloucestershire-based operations were transferred to the Cheltenham & Gloucester Omnibus Company. In 1985, the National Bus Company's Swindon and District operation was transferred to the same company. In 1986, all the assets were transferred to a new legal entity, Western Travel.
In 1986, Western Travel was privatised in a management buyout and in December 1987 purchased Midland Red South. In 1993, Western Travel purchased Circle Line of Gloucester before being sold to Stagecoach in November 1993.
In 1988, National Welsh Omnibus Services was privatised in a management buyout. After being placed in receivership in January 1992, the Eastern Division was purchased by Stagecoach South Wales. After the Western Travel purchase, the Wye & Dean operations were transferred to Stagecoach West.
In September 2018, the company took over the operation of eight routes in the Bristol and Bath areas from Wessex Bus.
On 1 September 2019 Stagecoach West took over operation of the X5 and Severn Express routes from First West of England. In October 2019, Stagecoach West took over the South Gloucestershire Bus & Coach business with 53 vehicles.

Depots

Stagecoach West operated six depots as of 2017:
Stagecoach West mainly operates services across Gloucestershire, Bristol, Herefordshire, Wiltshire and into South Gloucestershire, although some routes serve more distant destinations including Hereford, Monmouth, Oxford and Bath.
The local bus network is operated in two brands, Stagecoach livery & Stagecoach Gold with vehicles of a higher specification and generally providing more frequent, higher profile or interurban routes.
Routes operated as Stagecoach Gold services are: 10 Cheltenham to Lower Tuffley, 55 Chippenham to Swindon, 63 Forest Green to Gloucester, 94 Cheltenham to Gloucester, 97/98 Cheltenham to Gloucester and S6 Swindon to Oxford.
When Stagecoach West purchased South Gloucestershire Bus & Coach in November 2019, they took over operation of their existing local bus, Private Hire & Megabus work. This included the fleet but this has been replaced with newer vehicles sourced from across Stagecoach Group.

Fleet

, the fleet consisted of around 400 vehicles. Types include: