Stagecoach Cumbria & North Lancashire

Stagecoach Cumbria & North Lancashire is a major operator of bus services in North West England. It is a subsidiary of the Stagecoach Group, and has its origins in the purchase of Cumberland in 1987 and Ribble in 1988 from the National Bus Company. The head office of Stagecoach Cumbria & South Cumbria is in Carlisle. It was previously known as Stagecoach North West until 1 September, when Stagecoach Merseyside joined Preston and Chorley depots to form Stagecoach Merseyside & South Lancashire

History

Stagecoach North West operates services in Carlisle, Lancaster, Morecambe, the Lake District with service 685 running to/from Newcastle. Currently 2 different brand names are used;

• Stagecoach in Cumbria
• Stagecoach in Lancaster

Stagecoach Cumbria & North Lancashire also run several services which are contracted to Cumbria County Council, or Lancashire County Council.

Stagecoach in Cumbria

Stagecoach in Cumbria is a trading name of Stagecoach North West Ltd and operates services around the Cumbria area (formerly known as Stagecoach Cumberland, Stagecoach Ribble and Barrow Borough Transport).

Cumberland was one of the first National Bus Company subsidiaries 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.

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.

In January 2008, the flagship 555/6 route from Keswick - Lancaster was upgraded to Dennis Trident/ALX400 operation. A further upgrade is due in October 2011, this time to brand new Scania N230UD/Enviro400s.

Depots

• Barrow (Walney Road) (BA)
• Carlisle (Willowholme Road) (CE)
• Kendal (Station Road/Beezon Road) (KL)
• Workington (Blackwood Road, Lillyhall Trading Estate) (LL)

Stagecoach in Lancaster

Stagecoach in Lancaster operates services in Lancaster, Morecambe, and the surrounding area, including the services between Morecambe/Lancaster and Preston/Blackpool. It is a trading name of Stagecoach North West Ltd, and consists of the former Stagecoach Ribble services in the area combined with those formerly operated by Lancaster City Transport, the local municipal bus operator which ceased trading in 1993.

They operate mainly from their depot in White Lund, Morecambe. There is also a small outstation, which is no more than 10 parking spaces next to Whittingham's Farming Supplies, in Catterall near Garstang, Preston, used only to keep buses which operate the 40,41,940 & 941 that start in Preston, the 42 from Blackpool and the 942 from Catterall.

Depot

• Lancaster (Whitegate White Lund Industrial Estate, Morecambe) (ME)

Services

This is a summary of services run by Stagecoach North West: ^{[1] [2] [3]}

References

External links

• Stagecoach UK Bus
• A report on the merger situation between Stagecoach Holdings plc and Lancaster City Transport Limited (Competition Commission