Stagecoach Manchester is a bus operator based in Manchester, England. It is a division of Stagecoach Group, and is the largest bus operator in the Greater Manchester area.
History
Stagecoach originally entered the Manchester market in the early 1990s, as a subsidiary of Ribble Motor Services, to compete with major operator Greater Manchester Buses South on select corridors. In February 1996, Stagecoach agreed to buy Greater Manchester Buses South, and its previous Manchester operations were sold to Finglands Coachways.
The Magic Bus branding was introduced to Manchester along the Wilmslow Road corridor in the 1990s. The "no-frills" brand attracted customers on corridors with heavy competition by using low fares with older, cheaper coaches. Magic Bus service was expanded to the route 192 corridor in 2006, in response to competition from UK Buses; following the banning of UK Buses from the Manchester market, Magic Bus service was withdrawn. Despite having been rolled out in other cities in the UK, Stagecoach Manchester is currently the only operator using the Magic Bus branding.
Stagecoach continued to expand its Manchester business by purchasing competing bus operators. They purchased the bus operations of Mayne Coaches in January 2008, followed by Bullocks Coaches in August 2008. In December 2012, Stagecoach purchased First Greater Manchester's operations in Wigan; they are set up as Stagecoach in Wigan under Stagecoach Manchester's old A. Mayne & Son registration. Bluebird Bus & Coach was purchased by Stagecoach in March 2013, followed by JPT Bus Company in April 2014.
In 2019, Stagecoach Manchester commenced the first trial of an autonomous bus in the United Kingdom, where it outfitted a single Alexander Dennis Enviro200 MMC bus with AV technology; the vehicle can operate in driverless mode while inside the Sharston garage.
Fleet
Active
Last updated October 2023.
| Fleet Number
|
Thumbnail
|
Year
|
Manufacturer
|
Model
|
Length
|
Engine
|
Transmission
|
Notes
|
| 10042-10051
|
|
2012
|
Alexander Dennis
|
Enviro400
|
|
|
|
Ex-London 2012 Olympic shuttle fleet.
|
| 10401-10429
|
|
2014-15
|
Alexander Dennis
|
Enviro400 MMC
|
|
|
|
|
| 10430
|
|
2015
|
Alexander Dennis
|
Enviro400 MMC
|
|
|
|
|
| 10443-10451
|
|
2015
|
Alexander Dennis
|
Enviro400 MMC
|
|
|
|
|
| 10463-10487
|
|
2016
|
Alexander Dennis
|
Enviro400 MMC
|
|
|
|
|
| 10535
|
|
2016
|
Alexander Dennis
|
Enviro400 MMC
|
|
|
|
Ex-Stagecoach Merseyside & South Lancashire.
|
10578-10617,
10626-10630
|
|
2016
|
Alexander Dennis
|
Enviro400 MMC
|
|
|
|
|
| 10844-10865
|
|
2017
|
Alexander Dennis
|
Enviro400 MMC
|
|
|
|
|
| 11254-11271
|
|
2019
|
Alexander Dennis
|
Enviro400 MMC
|
|
|
|
|
| 11504-11555
|
|
2020
|
Alexander Dennis
|
Enviro400 MMC
|
|
|
|
|
| 11717-11746
|
|
2023
|
Alexander Dennis
|
Enviro400 MMC
|
|
|
|
On order.
|
| 12014, 12016-12017, 12023
|
|
2010
|
Alexander Dennis
|
Enviro400H
|
|
|
|
Ex-Stagecoach West.
|
12028-12030, 12032,
12034, 12036-12043,
12045-12053, 12055-12056
|
|
2010
|
Alexander Dennis
|
Enviro400H
|
|
|
|
|
| 12087-12090
|
|
2011
|
Alexander Dennis
|
Enviro400
|
|
|
|
Ex-Stagecoach Yorkshire.
|
| 12108-12127
|
|
2012
|
Alexander Dennis
|
Enviro400H
|
|
|
|
|
12180-12205,
12215-12219
|
|
2013
|
Alexander Dennis
|
Enviro400H
|
|
|
|
|
| 12220-12257
|
|
2013-14
|
Alexander Dennis
|
Enviro400H
|
|
|
|
|
| 12258
|
|
2014
|
Alexander Dennis
|
Enviro400H
|
|
|
|
Ex-demonstrator.
|
| 17497, 17499
|
|
2001
|
TransBus
|
Trident 2
ALX400
|
9.9 m
|
|
|
|
| 17578
|
|
2002
|
TransBus
|
Trident 2
ALX400
|
9.9 m
|
Cummins ISCe
|
Voith D854.3E
|
|
19227-19279,
19281-19294
|
|
2008
|
Alexander Dennis
|
Enviro400
|
|
|
|
|
19326-19360,
19362-19365
|
|
2008
|
Alexander Dennis
|
Enviro400
|
|
|
|
|
19390-19399,
19401-19407,
19409-19429
|
|
2008
|
Alexander Dennis
|
Enviro400
|
|
|
|
|
19447-19490,
19492-19509,
19514, 19516-19533
|
|
2008-09
|
Alexander Dennis
|
Enviro400
|
|
|
|
|
| 19561-19566
|
|
2009
|
Alexander Dennis
|
Enviro400
|
|
|
|
Ex-Stagecoach Yorkshire.
|
| 19636-19640
|
|
2009-10
|
Alexander Dennis
|
Enviro400
|
|
|
|
|
| 22398-22399
|
|
2006
|
MAN
Alexander Dennis
|
18.220
ALX300
|
|
MAN
|
|
Training vehicle.
|
| 22400-22407
|
|
2006
|
MAN
Alexander Dennis
|
18.220
ALX300
|
|
MAN
|
|
|
| 22521
|
|
2008
|
MAN
Alexander Dennis
|
18.240
ALX300
|
|
MAN
|
|
|
| 22586
|
|
2008
|
MAN
Alexander Dennis
|
18.240
ALX300
|
|
MAN
|
|
|
| 22742
|
|
2009
|
MAN
Alexander Dennis
|
18.240
ALX300
|
|
MAN
|
|
|
| 27207-27208
|
|
2015
|
Alexander Dennis
|
Enviro300
|
11.8 m
|
|
|
|
| 27229-27237
|
|
2015
|
Alexander Dennis
|
Enviro300
|
11.8 m
|
|
|
|
| 27817-27825
|
|
2012
|
Alexander Dennis
|
Enviro300
|
11.8 m
|
|
|
|
| 36076-36077
|
|
2008
|
Alexander Dennis
|
Enviro200
|
|
|
|
Ex-Bluebird Bus & Coach 76-77.
|
| 36481
|
|
2012
|
Alexander Dennis
|
Enviro200
|
|
|
|
|
36778-36780,
36782-36791
|
|
2012
|
Alexander Dennis
|
Enviro200
|
|
|
|
|
| 36796-36801
|
|
2012
|
Alexander Dennis
|
Enviro200
|
|
|
|
|
37146-37147, 37149,
37151-37166
|
|
2014
|
Alexander Dennis
|
Enviro200
|
|
|
|
|
| 47472-47473
|
|
2007
|
Optare
|
Solo
M880
|
|
|
|
Ex-Stagecoach Cumbria & North Lancashire.
|
| 47649-47650
|
|
2008
|
Optare
|
Solo
M880
|
|
|
|
|
| 48023-48025
|
|
2015
|
Optare
|
Solo SR
M990SL
|
|
|
|
Ex-Stagecoach East.
|
| 48031
|
|
2016
|
Optare
|
Solo SR
M990SL
|
|
|
|
Ex-Stagecoach East.
|
| 84001-84032
|
|
2020
|
BYD
Alexander Dennis
|
Enviro400EV
|
|
BYD
|
|
Renumbered from 14001-14032 in 2023.
|
Retired/Transferred
| Fleet Number
|
Thumbnail
|
Year
|
Manufacturer
|
Model
|
Length
|
Engine
|
Transmission
|
Notes
|
| 10000
|
|
2012
|
Alexander Dennis
|
Enviro400
|
|
|
|
|
| 10618-10625
|
|
2016
|
Alexander Dennis
|
Enviro400 MMC
|
|
|
|
|
12015, 12018-12022,
12024-12026
|
|
2010
|
Alexander Dennis
|
Enviro400H
|
|
|
|
Ex-Stagecoach West.
|
12027, 12031, 12033,
12035, 12044, 12054
|
|
2010
|
Alexander Dennis
|
Enviro400H
|
|
|
|
|
| 12206-12214
|
|
2013
|
Alexander Dennis
|
Enviro400H
|
|
|
|
|
| 15444-15455
|
|
2008
|
Scania
Alexander Dennis
|
N230UD
Enviro400
|
|
Scania DC9
|
|
|
| 16971
|
|
|
Dennis
Plaxton
|
Trident 2
President
|
|
|
|
Ex-JP Travel 534; née-London Central PVL271.
|
| 18021-18050
|
|
2003
|
TransBus
|
Trident 2
ALX400
|
|
|
|
|
| 18177-18194
|
|
2004
|
Alexander Dennis
|
Trident 2
ALX400
|
|
|
|
|
| 18309-18315
|
|
2005
|
Alexander Dennis
|
Trident 2
ALX400
|
|
|
|
|
| 18321-18330
|
|
2005
|
Alexander Dennis
|
Trident 2
ALX400
|
|
|
|
|
| 18350-18366
|
|
2005
|
Alexander Dennis
|
Trident 2
ALX400
|
|
|
|
|
| 18372-18390
|
|
2005-06
|
Alexander Dennis
|
Trident 2
ALX400
|
|
|
|
|
| 19001-19022
|
|
2006
|
Alexander Dennis
|
Enviro400
|
|
|
|
|
| 19046-19090
|
|
2006
|
Alexander Dennis
|
Enviro400
|
|
|
|
|
| 19091-19120
|
|
2007
|
Alexander Dennis
|
Enviro400
|
|
|
|
|
19164-19168,
19177-19180
|
|
2007
|
Alexander Dennis
|
Enviro400
|
|
|
|
|
| 19181-19192
|
|
2007
|
Alexander Dennis
|
Enviro400
|
|
|
|
|
| 19220-19226, 19280
|
|
2008
|
Alexander Dennis
|
Enviro400
|
|
|
|
|
| 19361
|
|
2008
|
Alexander Dennis
|
Enviro400
|
|
|
|
|
| 19400, 19408
|
|
2008
|
Alexander Dennis
|
Enviro400
|
|
|
|
|
| 19491, 19510-19513, 19515
|
|
2008-09
|
Alexander Dennis
|
Enviro400
|
|
|
|
|
| 19621-19635
|
|
2009-10
|
Alexander Dennis
|
Enviro400
|
|
|
|
|
| 22055-22056
|
|
2003
|
MAN
TransBus
|
18.220
ALX300
|
|
MAN
|
|
|
| 22083-22100
|
|
2004
|
MAN
Alexander Dennis
|
18.220
ALX300
|
|
MAN
|
|
|
| 22391-22397
|
|
2006
|
MAN
Alexander Dennis
|
18.220
ALX300
|
|
MAN
|
|
|
| 26141-26145
|
|
2017
|
Alexander Dennis
|
Enviro200 MMC
|
|
|
|
|
| 27826-27827
|
|
2012
|
Alexander Dennis
|
Enviro300
|
11.8 m
|
|
|
|
| 29801-29802
|
|
2003
|
Iveco
Vehixel
|
150E24
Scolabus
|
|
|
|
School bus; owned by Greater Manchester.
|
| 29803-29804
|
|
2005
|
Iveco
Vehixel
|
150E24
Scolabus
|
|
|
|
School bus; owned by Greater Manchester.
|
| 36095-36113
|
|
2009
|
Alexander Dennis
|
Enviro200
|
|
|
|
|
| 36416-36430
|
|
2011
|
Alexander Dennis
|
Enviro200
|
|
|
|
|
| 36480, 36482-36485
|
|
2012
|
Alexander Dennis
|
Enviro200
|
|
|
|
|
| 36781
|
|
2012
|
Alexander Dennis
|
Enviro200
|
|
|
|
|
| 37034-37037
|
|
2013
|
Alexander Dennis
|
Enviro200
|
|
|
|
|
| 37148, 37150
|
|
2014
|
Alexander Dennis
|
Enviro200
|
|
|
|
|
| 47559
|
|
2008
|
Optare
|
Solo
M880
|
|
|
|
|
| 47618-47624
|
|
2008
|
Optare
|
Solo
M880
|
|
|
|
|
| 47670-47672
|
|
2009
|
Optare
|
Solo
M880
|
|
|
|
|
| 47822-47824
|
|
2009
|
Optare
|
Solo SR
M890SR
|
|
|
|
Ex-Bluebird 4-6; acquired in March 2013.
|
| 47825
|
|
2011
|
Optare
|
Solo SR
M890SR
|
|
|
|
Ex-Bluebird 7; acquired in March 2013.
|
| 50147-50149
|
|
2005
|
Neoplan
|
N122/3L
Skyliner
|
|
|
|
|
References
- Bus Lists on the Web
- Stagecoach Fleet List, UK Buses, retrieved July 2023.