Stagecoach West
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| Headquarters | Gloucester, |
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| Service area |  United Kingdom |
| Service type | Urban and interurban bus services |
| Destinations | Cheltenham, Gloucester, Cotswolds, Wye Valley, Forest of Dean and Swindon |
| Fleet | Optare Solo Volvo B10M Alexander Dennis Trident Alexander Dennis Pointer Volvo Olympian Leyland Olympian |
| Operator | Stagecoach Group |
| Web site | Official Website |
Stagecoach West is an operating division of the Stagecoach Group. Based in Gloucester, it operates bus services in Cheltenham, Gloucester, the Cotswolds, the Wye Valley, the Forest of Dean and Swindon (as Stagecoach in Swindon).
Stagecoach West was formerly Cheltenham & Gloucester Omnibus Company, acquired by Stagecoach in 1993. Cheltenham & Gloucester was split off from Bristol Omnibus Company in 1983 and privatised in 1986. The Forest of Dean operations of the old Red & White company were acquired from National Welsh in 1991.
Many bus services have been upgraded in recent years with more promotion of the routes, more frequent services and new easy access buses with CCTV, in a bid to win more passengers and to get motorists to make more use of public transport.
Amongst principal local bus services operated by Stagecoach West in Gloucestershire are:
- LOCAL BUS SERVICES:
- Cheltenham local buses are, unusually, lettered not numbered. The A service passes Cheltenham Town FC. Service B serves Charlton Kings.
- citi local buses in Gloucester including 1 Matson - City Centre, 9 Tuffley Court - City Centre, 10/N10 Gloucester - Brockworth - Cheltenham, 12/12A Quedgeley - City Centre.
These services depart from various pick-up stops in Gloucester City Centre including Clarence St.
Longer-distance routes include:
- 24 Gloucester - Joys Green
- 30 and 31 Gloucester - Coleford via Cinderford
- 33 Gloucester - Ross On Wye
- 41 Cheltenham - Tewkesbury
- 46 Cheltenham - Stroud - Nailsworth - Forest Green
- 51 Cheltenham - Cirencester - Swindon
- 73 Gloucester - Lydney - Chepstow
- 93 Gloucester - Stroud - Nailsworth - Forest Green
- 94/N94 Cheltenham - Gloucester via Staverton
- 97/98 Gloucester - Longlevens - Churchdown - Readings - Cheltenham
- X94 Cheltenham - Gloucester via A40
- 504 Wotton under Edge - Nailsworth - Stroud - Gloucester (St Peter's School)
In Gloucester and Swindon, pick-up point is the Bus Station; in Cheltenham, most services pass The Promenade.
In Swindon, as well as local bus services 6, 7, 8 and 54, Stagecoach West operate longer routes including:
- 55 Swindon - Chippenham
- 66 Swindon - Oxford
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