In June 1935, Midland Red purchased Stratford Blue but continued to operate under its own identity until January 1971 when the National Bus Company integrated the Stratford Blue operation into Midland Red.[2]
In December 1987, Midland Red South was sold in a management buyout to Western Travel Group,[3] which also owned Cheltenham & Gloucester Omnibus. During Western Travel ownership, Midland Red South opened a garage in Coventry, and also revived the Stratford Blue name.
In 1993, Western Travel was sold to Stagecoach who re-branded part of it as Stagecoach Midland Red.[2] It set about simplifying the routes and improving the profitability of the operation, which included the closure of the depots in Coventry and Stratford in 1999. Upon national re-branding in 2000, Stagecoach Midland Red became Stagecoach in Warwickshire for operations from Leamington, Nuneaton and Rugby and Stagecoach in Banbury for operations in Banbury. For a long time Midland Red shared a management team with Stagecoach Oxford, but this was split in July 2002 with the Banbury operations becoming part of Stagecoach in Oxfordshire.[2]
Meanwhile, Guide Friday, an operator of sight-seeing tours in Stratford had established a small number of local and tendered bus services in the town following Stagecoach's departure. This company was eventually purchased by Ensignbus, who rebranded the Stratford services by once again reviving the Stratford Blue fleetname.
In February 2007, Stagecoach purchased the Stratford operation from Ensignbus, once again giving them a depot in the town. On 12 November 2007, Stagecoach in Warwickshire introduced the second Stagecoach Goldline service in the UK, on route 66 (renumbered G1) between South Farm, Leamington Spa and Warwick, using Optare Solos.
The 'Unibus' brand is used for services operating predominantly between Leamington Spa and the University of Warwick, mainly direct via the A46, although variations exist at weekends.
In 2010 - Stagecoach in Warwickshire merged with Stagecoach East and Stagecoach in Northants to create Stagecoach Midlands. The Warwickshire HQ was moved from Rugby to Northampton after a management restructure. However the legal name for the Warwickshire operations remains as Midland Red (South) Ltd. with the other Stagecoach Midlands operations maintaining the historic legal name of United Counties Omnibus Company Ltd..
^Companies House extract company no 2041677 Stagecoach West Limited formerly Western Travel Limited
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stagecoach, warwickshire, been, suggested, that, this, article, merged, into, stagecoach, midlands, discuss, proposed, since, march, 2024, operator, around, county, warwickshire, subsidiary, stagecoach, northern, counties, palatine, bodied, volvo, olympian, ke. It has been suggested that this article be merged into Stagecoach Midlands Discuss Proposed since March 2024 Stagecoach in Warwickshire 1 is a bus operator in and around the county of Warwickshire It is a subsidiary of Stagecoach Stagecoach in WarwickshireNorthern Counties Palatine bodied Volvo Olympian in Kenilworth in 2010ParentStagecoachFoundedSeptember 1981HeadquartersNorthamptonService areaWarwickshireLeicestershireWest MidlandsService typeBus servicesDepots4Websitewww stagecoachbus com warwick Contents 1 History 2 Depots 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksHistory editIn 1927 Stratford on Avon Motor Services commenced operating a service between Stratford on Avon and Royal Leamington Spa In June 1935 Midland Red purchased Stratford Blue but continued to operate under its own identity until January 1971 when the National Bus Company integrated the Stratford Blue operation into Midland Red 2 In September 1981 Midland Red South 1 was formed with 163 buses operating from five depots in Buckinghamshire Northamptonshire Oxfordshire and Warwickshire 2 In December 1987 Midland Red South was sold in a management buyout to Western Travel Group 3 which also owned Cheltenham amp Gloucester Omnibus During Western Travel ownership Midland Red South opened a garage in Coventry and also revived the Stratford Blue name In 1993 Western Travel was sold to Stagecoach who re branded part of it as Stagecoach Midland Red 2 It set about simplifying the routes and improving the profitability of the operation which included the closure of the depots in Coventry and Stratford in 1999 Upon national re branding in 2000 Stagecoach Midland Red became Stagecoach in Warwickshire for operations from Leamington Nuneaton and Rugby and Stagecoach in Banbury for operations in Banbury For a long time Midland Red shared a management team with Stagecoach Oxford but this was split in July 2002 with the Banbury operations becoming part of Stagecoach in Oxfordshire 2 Meanwhile Guide Friday an operator of sight seeing tours in Stratford had established a small number of local and tendered bus services in the town following Stagecoach s departure This company was eventually purchased by Ensignbus who rebranded the Stratford services by once again reviving the Stratford Blue fleetname In February 2007 Stagecoach purchased the Stratford operation from Ensignbus once again giving them a depot in the town On 12 November 2007 Stagecoach in Warwickshire introduced the second Stagecoach Goldline service in the UK on route 66 renumbered G1 between South Farm Leamington Spa and Warwick using Optare Solos The Unibus brand is used for services operating predominantly between Leamington Spa and the University of Warwick mainly direct via the A46 although variations exist at weekends In 2010 Stagecoach in Warwickshire merged with Stagecoach East and Stagecoach in Northants to create Stagecoach Midlands The Warwickshire HQ was moved from Rugby to Northampton after a management restructure However the legal name for the Warwickshire operations remains as Midland Red South Ltd with the other Stagecoach Midlands operations maintaining the historic legal name of United Counties Omnibus Company Ltd Depots editStagecoach in Warwickshire operate depots in Leamington Spa Nuneaton Rugby and Stratford upon Avon See also editList of bus operators of the United KingdomReferences edit a b Companies House extract company no 1556310 Midland Red South Limited a b c d Midland Red History MidlandRed net Companies House extract company no 2041677 Stagecoach West Limited formerly Western Travel LimitedExternal links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Stagecoach UK Bus Company website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Stagecoach in Warwickshire amp oldid 1214046309, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
