Who started Stagecoach buses?

Stagecoach Group plc is a leading international public transport group, with extensive operations in the UK, United States and Canada. The company was founded by Chief Executive Sir Brian Souter and his sister, Ann Gloag, in Perth, Scotland, in 1980 and has been listed on the London Stock Exchange since 1993.



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The Concord stagecoach was developed by J. Stephen Abbot and Lewis Downing in 1827 in Concord, New Hampshire. It wasn't the first stagecoach ever made. Up and down the East Coast, horse-drawn vehicles were used to carry passengers to and from hotels and other destinations.

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Total remuneration including pension contributions for the highest paid director in Stagecoach Group - Chief Executive Martin Griffiths - was worth £1,751,000 in the financial year ending 30 April 2022, an increase of 92.4 per cent on the year before.

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For the 2021/2022 financial year, Stagecoach reported revenues of almost £1.2 billion with adjusted profits of £72.7 million. Unite general secretary Sharon Graham said: “Stagecoach is a hugely profitable company.

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A stagecoach is so called because it travels in segments or “stages” of 10 to 15 miles. At a stage stop, usually a coaching inn, horses would be changed and travellers would have a meal or a drink, or stay overnight.

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Business. Stagecoach has confirmed that it will sell the retailing activities of its intercity coach businesses, megabus.com and Falcon, to Scottish Citylink. megabus.com and Falcon are currently 100 percent owned by Stagecoach.

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Stagecoach is one of the biggest UK bus operators, running 8,500 buses and employing around 25,000 people across the country. Around 3 million people travel on our buses every day. Other major operators include Arriva, National Express, GoAhead and First.

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Stagecoach Group is a transport group based in Perth, Scotland. It operates buses, express coaches and a tram service in the United Kingdom.

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Bus operator Stagecoach has confirmed it is set to cut jobs in Cornwall - blaming the drop in passenger numbers and the challenging economic climate for the redundancies.

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