Stagecoach North West
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| Stagecoach North West | |
| Founded | 2001 |
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| Headquarters | Carlisle, Cumbria |
| Service Area | North West England |
| Service Type | Bus
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| Hubs | Carlisle, Chorley, Morecambe |
| Stations | Chorley Preston Bolton Blackburn Lancaster Barrow Carlisle |
| Fleet | Optare Solo Volvo B10M Alexander Dennis Trident Alexander Dennis Pointer |
| Operator | Stagecoach Group |
| Website | Official Website |
Stagecoach North West is a major operator of bus services in North West England. It is a subsidiary of the Stagecoach Group. The head office of Stagecoach North West is in Carlisle. Although the city of Manchester is in the North West, Stagecoach in Manchester is run as a separate division.
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[edit] Stagecoach in Cumbria
Operates services around the Cumbria area (formerly known as Stagecoach Cumberland, Cumberland Motor Services Ltd., Ribble Motor Services Ltd. and Barrow Borough Transport )
Cumberland was one of the first National Bus Company subsidairies to be privatised: this was almost immediately after gaining the Penrith and Carlisle depots from Ribble. The company was bought from the NBC by Stagecoach, who split it into two territories: CMS Carlislebus for services within Carlisle itself and CMS Cumberland for the rest of the services; eventually both territories merged with Ribble's south Cumbria services to become Stagecoach Cumberland.
Since 2005 with the arrival of new low floor buses Carlisle's urban services are treated separately to the rest of the Cumbria division under the brand name of Carlisle Citi Bus.
In 2005 Stagecoach introduced new double-decker buses on its flagship service X35 route between Barrow-in-Furness, Ulverston, Grange-over-Sands and Kendal. This route is subsidised by Cumbria County Council, ensuring that a return fare between Barrow/Ulverston and Kendal is £4.10, as of April 2006.
The 62, 62A and 62B service to Kingmoor park is also subsidised by Cumbria County Council, as of 2006.
[edit] Stagecoach in Lancashire
Operates services around the Central Lancashire area, serving Preston, Chorley, Bolton and Blackburn (formerly Ribble Motor Services Ltd.) The service also operates Network Chorley which provides transport around the local Chorley area.
[edit] Stagecoach in Lancaster
Operates services in Lancaster, Morecambe, and the surrounding area. (formerly Ribble Motor Services, Cumberland Motor Services and City of Lancaster Transport.)
