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Stagecoach is one of the UK's largest bus operators. We believe greener, smarter travel by bus is a key part of the solution to climate change.

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Coming soon.....Stagecoach Green Week! customer.service@stagecoachbus.com Posted 13 May 2013 by Stagecoach Green Team The countdown is on to our 5th annual Stagecoach Green Week which takes place from 3-7 June and is a week-long programme of events to help raise awareness of environmental issues among our staff an... Print Email
Winners for a second time! customer.service@stagecoachbus.com Posted 01 May 2013 by Stagecoach Green Team We recently won the Sustainability Award for the second year in a row at the 2013 Scottish Business Insider and PricewaterhouseCoopers Scotland Plc Awards. Awarding the honour to Stagecoach... Print Email
We're shortlisted for a European award! customer.service@stagecoachbus.com Posted 24 April 2013 by Stagecoach Green Team We have been named as a finalist in the prestigious 2013 Eurostar Ashden Awards. Our UK Bus division has been shortlisted for the Eurostar Ashden Award for Sustainable Travel in recognition... Print Email
Aberdeen hybrids in the running for award! customer.service@stagecoachbus.com Posted 01 April 2013 by Stagecoach Green Team Stagecoach Bluebird has been named as one of the finalists in the Contribution to Sustainability category at the Scottish Transport Awards after introducing 10 hybrid-electric vehicles on the Servi... Print Email
We've lowered our carbon emissions! customer.service@stagecoachbus.com Posted 14 March 2013 by Stagecoach Green Team We have cut our CO2 emissions from our bus fleet in the UK by more than 188,000 tonnes over the past 8 years through use of a hi-tech fuel additive. The Envirox™ fuel additive, which was de... Print Email
Saving energy through our Big Switch Off! customer.service@stagecoachbus.com Posted 19 February 2013 by Stagecoach Green Team Our UK Bus division cut its daily energy consumption by 15% through a Big Switch Off energy reduction drive held at all of our bus depots across the UK. We undertook the one-day Big Sw... Print Email
Greener fuel for Scottish buses! customer.service@stagecoachbus.com Posted 26 October 2012 by Stagecoach Green Team We are aiming to further reduce our CO2e emissions after introducing cleaner, greener fuel on almost 1,000 of our buses in Scotland. We have introduced a new mix of fuel to 530 buses and co... Print Email
In the running for a Green Award! customer.service@stagecoachbus.com Posted 27 September 2012 by Stagecoach Green Team Two of our bus companies have been shortlisted in the Environment category at the 2012 UK Bus Awards. Stagecoach East Midlands has been named as a finalist for its BioBus project, which allows vehi... Print Email
Tyler's our North East winner! customer.service@stagecoachbus.com Posted 25 June 2012 by Stagecoach Green Team In the North East, Tyler Patrick was delighted to be chosen as the winner of a year’s free travel through the Stagecoach Green Week competition. She was presented with her travel pass by M... Print Email
Green Award for Stagecoach Manchester customer.service@stagecoachbus.com Posted 25 June 2012 by Stagecoach Green Team Stagecoach Manchester has scooped the North West Carbon Reduction Award at the Business in the Community awards ceremony. Christopher Bowles, managing director of Stagecoach Manchester, sa... Print Email
Another Green Week winner! customer.service@stagecoachbus.com Posted 25 June 2012 by Stagecoach Green Team Stagecoach East Scotland’s lucky Green Week winner was Lois Simpson f... Print Email
Moragh's a winner! customer.service@stagecoachbus.com Posted 25 June 2012 by Stagecoach Green Team Stagecoach Bluebird proudly announced the winner of its Green Week competition as Moragh Buchan. Mrs Buchan, who won an Aberdeen Zone 6 Megarider worth £1690, said: “I'm so pleased to have ... Print Email
Green Week winner! customer.service@stagecoachbus.com Posted 20 June 2012 by Stagecoach Green Team East Midlands Marketing Analyst Michael Sanderson was delighted to present a year’s free travel to an equally delighted competition winner, Emma Victoria Ackland-Snow who won a year’s free travel... Print Email
Green Week school winners! customer.service@stagecoachbus.com Posted 29 May 2012 by Stagecoach Green Team These talented youngsters from Sandown Primary School in Hastings, East Sussex, were the lucky winners of our Green Week poster competition. Their posters will now be displayed on Stagecoach South ... Print Email
Green Week ends...but our work continues customer.service@stagecoachbus.com Posted 25 May 2012 by Stagecoach Green Team Although Green Week is coming to and end, our efforts to become a greener business will continue day in, day out. We've had a great week with activities going on across the country and abr... Print Email
Litter pickers! customer.service@stagecoachbus.com Posted 25 May 2012 by Stagecoach Green Team As part of Green Week, Stagecoach Bluebird's green team employees got together to take part in a local litter pick in Aberdeenshire, to help do their bit for the environment. Print Email
The big giveaway! customer.service@stagecoachbus.com Posted 25 May 2012 by Stagecoach Green Team Yet more of our Green Week eco kits were handed out throughout the week in West Scotland as lucky staff took to the streets to give passengers a treat and raise awareness of the environmental ... Print Email
Staff Green Raffle! customer.service@stagecoachbus.com Posted 25 May 2012 by Stagecoach Green Team Staff at Stagecoach South Wales are celebrating Green Week with a staff raffle. Pictured is Merthyr Tydfil local green representative Geraint Howells selling raffle tickets to co... Print Email
Green Team in Banbury! customer.service@stagecoachbus.com Posted 25 May 2012 by Stagecoach Green Team Our Oxfordshire Green Team were out and about in Banbury yesterday, setting up a stall to hand out our eco kits as well as providing service information and timetables to passers-by. Print Email
Out and about! customer.service@stagecoachbus.com Posted 24 May 2012 by Stagecoach Green Team Stagecoach South East employees have been out and about in Thanet and Canterbury, handing out our eco kits to passers-by. The eco kits, which contain practical items to help people re... Print Email
Going green at the beach! customer.service@stagecoachbus.com Posted 24 May 2012 by Stagecoach Green Team Visitors to Ayr beach were in for a treat yesterday as Stagecoach West Scotland's green team turned up to hand our our Green Week eco kits. Print Email
Green Week on tour! customer.service@stagecoachbus.com Posted 24 May 2012 by Stagecoach Green Team Stagecoach East Midlands staff have been out on the road handing out our eco kits to passengers across the region. Pictured are East Midlands employees Sharyn Swaby, Darren Waddingham... Print Email
Eco design winners! customer.service@stagecoachbus.com Posted 23 May 2012 by Stagecoach Green Team These talented youngsters have won Stagecoach Manchester's green design competition as part of the company's Green Week. For the competition, the youngsters were asked to draw a desig... Print Email
Staff poster pin-ups! customer.service@stagecoachbus.com Posted 23 May 2012 by Stagecoach Green Team As well as running activities for our customers, we’re also making sure our staff play an important role in Green Week. One part of this is our staff posters, which feature Stagecoach empl... Print Email
Manchester staff roadshow customer.service@stagecoachbus.com Posted 22 May 2012 by Stagecoach Green Team Staff in Manchester took part in a roadshow at Sharston Depot yesterday to mark the start of Green Week. Manchester Green Team members Steve Dawson and Matthew Stennings were on ... Print Email
And there's more.... customer.service@stagecoachbus.com Posted 22 May 2012 by Stagecoach Green Team Also in Newcastle, Stagecoach employee Stuart Welford was out and about on Green Giveaway Day making sure that our Eco Kits were handed out to all those who passed by! Print Email
Grabbing a giveaway! customer.service@stagecoachbus.com Posted 22 May 2012 by Stagecoach Green Team Our staff have been out on the streets of Newcastle today handing out Eco Kits. Here's Ray James from our Slatyford depot with some lucky giveaway recipients on Blackett Street. Print Email
Green Giveaway Day! customer.service@stagecoachbus.com Posted 22 May 2012 by Stagecoach Green Team As part of our Green Week celebrations, today is our Green Giveaway Day with giveaways taking place at our bus companies across the UK. This year we are handing out an Eco Kit which contain... Print Email
Green Week is here! customer.service@stagecoachbus.com Posted 21 May 2012 by Stagecoach Green Team Today marks the start of our annual Stagecoach Green Week which aims to raise awareness of environmental issues among our staff and our customers. There are a number of activities taking p... Print Email
Green Week is on its way! customer.service@stagecoachbus.com Posted 14 May 2012 by Stagecoach Green Team We’ve announced that our 4th annual Stagecoach Green Week will take place next week, from 21-25 May. During the week, we’ll be celebrating our environmental acievements so far as well as en... Print Email
Sustainability Award winners! customer.service@stagecoachbus.com Posted 19 April 2012 by Stagecoach Green Team We’ve been honoured for environmental excellence at the 2012 Scotland plc Awards. At the event last night we were named as winner of the Sustainability Award – along with transport operator... Print Email
We're buying more hybrid buses! customer.service@stagecoachbus.com Posted 26 March 2012 by Stagecoach Green Team We recently announced that Britain’s busiest regional bus route is to get even greener thanks to the introduction of a fleet of 40 hybrid electric vehicles in Manchester. The 192 route, whi... Print Email
Award winners! customer.service@stagecoachbus.com Posted 14 March 2012 by Stagecoach Green Team Our team at Stagecoach Manchester have won a top honour at the inaugural Greater Manchester Green Business Awards. The company won the Large Business category for its commitment... Print Email
Awards shortlist for Manchester! customer.service@stagecoachbus.com Posted 15 February 2012 by Stagecoach Green Team Our bus operations in Manchester have been named as a finalist in the ‘Large Business’ category at the inaugural Greater Manchester Green Business Awards. The company has been shortlisted ... Print Email
We've won another green award! customer.service@stagecoachbus.com Posted 16 November 2011 by Stagecoach Green Team We are celebrating further green success after being named Low Carbon Vehicle Operator of the Year. After investing heavily in state-of-the-art hybrid electric buses and launching innovati... Print Email
We've won a top green award! customer.service@stagecoachbus.com Posted 31 October 2011 by Stagecoach Green Team We are celebrating a recent success at the 2011 Route One Operator Excellence Awards after winning a top green honour. Along with Scottish vehicle manufacturer Alexander Dennis Limited (ADL... Print Email
We're testing a gas bus! customer.service@stagecoachbus.com Posted 03 October 2011 by Stagecoach Green Team At Stagecoach we have recently launched a six-week trial in Liverpool of a new hi-tech bus powered by compressed natural gas (CNG). CNG-powered buses are used extensively in continental Eur... Print Email
We're shortlisted for a top green award! customer.service@stagecoachbus.com Posted 19 September 2011 by Stagecoach Green Team We are in the running for a top environmental honour after being shortlisted as a finalist at the 2011 Scottish Green Awards. Stagecoach has been named as one of four finalists in the Best ... Print Email
We've been highly commended! customer.service@stagecoachbus.com Posted 29 July 2011 by Stagecoach Green Team Our commitment to sustainability was recognised at the inaugural 2011 BusinessGreen Leaders Awards when we were highly commended in the main Company of the Year category at the awards ceremony held... Print Email
We're blending our own biofuel! customer.service@stagecoachbus.com Posted 20 June 2011 by Stagecoach Green Team Stagecoach has become the first UK bus company to mix our own biofuel on site using a new bio-blender installed at our Kilmarnock depot. This means that around 100 buses in the west of Scot... Print Email
Introducing our biomethane buses! customer.service@stagecoachbus.com Posted 31 May 2011 by Stagecoach Green Team Stagecoach has launched a fleet of greener buses powered by household rubbish and animal waste. The innovative project has been launched on some of our buses in Lincoln, in partnership with... Print Email
Roadshows on the go! customer.service@stagecoachbus.com Posted 27 May 2011 by Stagecoach Green Team During this year’s Green Week, roadshows and events have been held at a number of our bus companies across the UK. In Ayr, passers-by were intrigued by the goodies on offer at the ... Print Email
What a giveaway! customer.service@stagecoachbus.com Posted 26 May 2011 by Stagecoach Green Team Stagecoach Merseyside staff played their part in Green Week by handing our green travel kits to passengers in Liverpool. The team – dressed in their special Green Week t’shirts – to... Print Email
Cleaning up the beach! customer.service@stagecoachbus.com Posted 25 May 2011 by Stagecoach Green Team Members of Stagecoach East Scotland's Green Team and staff volunteers took part in a litter pick on Leven Beach and Promenade yesterday as part of Green Week 2011. Despite the blustery cond... Print Email
Jodine's our green champion! customer.service@stagecoachbus.com Posted 25 May 2011 by Stagecoach Green Team Each year, we launch a search for our Green Champion – an employee who has done most to champion greener working practices and sustainability. We’re delighted to announce that the ... Print Email
We're fitting greener bus engines! customer.service@stagecoachbus.com Posted 24 May 2011 by Stagecoach Green Team Today Stagecoach announced that we are fitting new, greener engines in some of our mid-life buses to reduce emissions and lower our carbon footprint. We plan to spend around £500,000 over t... Print Email
We're leading the way on hybrid buses customer.service@stagecoachbus.com Posted 22 April 2011 by Stagecoach Green Team Government figures have shown that Stagecoach is leading the way on investing in new greener buses using state-of-the-art hybrid electric technology. Transport Minister Norman Baker re... Print Email
In line for top awards! customer.service@stagecoachbus.com Posted 19 April 2011 by Stagecoach Green Team Stagecoach Group is in the running for two honours at the 2011 BusinessGreen Leaders Awards. We have been named as a finalist in the Company of the Year category, while our Group Chief Exe... Print Email
New eco-driving technology! customer.service@stagecoachbus.com Posted 17 March 2011 by Stagecoach Green Team Stagecoach is investing millions of pounds in a hi-tech eco-driving system for our bus operations in Scotland, England and Wales. Around 13,800 Stagecoach drivers will soon start using... Print Email
New bus orders! customer.service@stagecoachbus.com Posted 12 January 2011 by Stagecoach Green Team Stagecoach has announced multi-million-pound plans to buy and lease a total of more than 520 new buses and coaches for its operations across the UK in 2011-12. Print Email
Celebrating green success! customer.service@stagecoachbus.com Posted 18 November 2010 by Stagecoach Green Team Stagecoach recently won a top honour at the 2010 Green Business Awards for its innovative Bio-bus project in Kilmarnock. The company scooped the Travel and Transport Award at a ceremony hel... Print Email
Going green in Manchester! customer.service@stagecoachbus.com Posted 13 October 2010 by Stagecoach Green Team Stagecoach Manchester has become the second Stagecoach bus company to launch electric hybrid buses. Following the introduction of 26 of the cleaner, greener vehicles in Oxfordshire, Manches... Print Email
Greener clothing for Stagecoach bus drivers! customer.service@stagecoachbus.com Posted 29 September 2010 by Stagecoach Green Team In its latest environmental initiative, Stagecoach is issuing its bus drivers across the UK with new greener clothing made from recycled plastic bottles. Incorporatewear, which designs and ... Print Email
We're shortlisted for the Scottish Green Awards! customer.service@stagecoachbus.com Posted 15 September 2010 by Stagecoach Green Team Stagecoach Group is in the running for a top honour at the 2010 Scottish Green Awards. The transport group has been ... Print Email
Steve's our Green Champion! customer.service@stagecoachbus.com Posted 02 September 2010 by Stagecoach Green Team Stagecoach Manchester Depot Cleaner Steve Dawson was delighted to be named the 2010 Stagecoach Green Champion. Steve, who works at Princess Road Depot, is part of the “Green Team” at the Princess R... Print Email
Hybrid buses go into service customer.service@stagecoachbus.com Posted 01 September 2010 by Stagecoach Green Team Stagecoach has launched Britain's biggest single investment in green hybrid bus technology. The first of a £16m investment in 56 state-of-the-art buses for the UK, ... Print Email
New biobuses arrive in Cambridgeshire! customer.service@stagecoachbus.com Posted 16 June 2010 by Stagecoach Green Team Stagecoach in Cambridgeshire has taken delivery of three brand new buses which run on 100% recycled biofuel. The newest vehicles mean Cambridgeshire now has 23 biobuses in total for local passenger... Print Email

Coming soon.....Stagecoach Green Week!

Posted 13 May 2013 by Stagecoach Green Team

The countdown is on to our 5th annual Stagecoach Green Week which takes place from 3-7 June and is a week-long programme of events to help raise awareness of environmental issues among our staff an...

Winners for a second time!

Posted 01 May 2013 by Stagecoach Green Team

We recently won the Sustainability Award for the second year in a row at the 2013 Scottish Business Insider and PricewaterhouseCoopers Scotland Plc Awards.

Awarding the honour to Stagecoach...

We're shortlisted for a European award!

Posted 24 April 2013 by Stagecoach Green Team

We have been named as a finalist in the prestigious 2013 Eurostar Ashden Awards.

Our UK Bus division has been shortlisted for the Eurostar Ashden Award for Sustainable Travel in recognition...

Aberdeen hybrids in the running for award!

Posted 01 April 2013 by Stagecoach Green Team

Stagecoach Bluebird has been named as one of the finalists in the Contribution to Sustainability category at the Scottish Transport Awards after introducing 10 hybrid-electric vehicles on the Servi...

We've lowered our carbon emissions!

Posted 14 March 2013 by Stagecoach Green Team

We have cut our CO2 emissions from our bus fleet in the UK by more than 188,000 tonnes over the past 8 years through use of a hi-tech fuel additive.

The Envirox™ fuel additive, which was de...

Saving energy through our Big Switch Off!

Posted 19 February 2013 by Stagecoach Green Team

Our UK Bus division cut its daily energy consumption by 15% through a Big Switch Off energy reduction drive held at all of our bus depots across the UK.

We undertook the one-day Big Sw...

Greener fuel for Scottish buses!

Posted 26 October 2012 by Stagecoach Green Team

We are aiming to further reduce our CO2e emissions after introducing cleaner, greener fuel on almost 1,000 of our buses in Scotland.

We have introduced a new mix of fuel to 530 buses and co...

In the running for a Green Award!

Posted 27 September 2012 by Stagecoach Green Team

Two of our bus companies have been shortlisted in the Environment category at the 2012 UK Bus Awards. Stagecoach East Midlands has been named as a finalist for its BioBus project, which allows vehi...

Tyler's our North East winner!

Posted 25 June 2012 by Stagecoach Green Team

In the North East, Tyler Patrick was delighted to be chosen as the winner of a year’s free travel through the Stagecoach Green Week competition.

She was presented with her travel pass by M...

Green Award for Stagecoach Manchester

Posted 25 June 2012 by Stagecoach Green Team

Stagecoach Manchester has scooped the North West Carbon Reduction Award at the Business in the Community awards ceremony.

Christopher Bowles, managing director of Stagecoach Manchester, sa...

Another Green Week winner!

Posted 25 June 2012 by Stagecoach Green Team

Stagecoach East Scotland’s lucky Green Week winner was Lois Simpson f...

Moragh's a winner!

Posted 25 June 2012 by Stagecoach Green Team

Stagecoach Bluebird proudly announced the winner of its Green Week competition as Moragh Buchan.

Mrs Buchan, who won an Aberdeen Zone 6 Megarider worth £1690, said: “I'm so pleased to have ...

Green Week winner!

Posted 20 June 2012 by Stagecoach Green Team

East Midlands Marketing Analyst Michael Sanderson was delighted to present a year’s free travel to an equally delighted competition winner, Emma Victoria Ackland-Snow who won a year’s free travel...

Green Week school winners!

Posted 29 May 2012 by Stagecoach Green Team

These talented youngsters from Sandown Primary School in Hastings, East Sussex, were the lucky winners of our Green Week poster competition. Their posters will now be displayed on Stagecoach South ...