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Stagecoach schedules extra buses and coaches to help passengers hit by rail strike

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06/03/2007

  • 1,200 extra inter-city coach seats provided by Scottish Citylink and megabus.com
  • Standby vehicles in Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Inverness and Perth
  • Additional seats for local bus services in Fife, North-east, Highlands and Ayrshire

Transport group Stagecoach will provide hundreds of extra bus and coach seats to help rail passengers hit by strike action this week, it was confirmed today (6 March 2007).

Hundreds of signal workers in Scotland are expected to stage a 48-hour strike from 12 noon on Wednesday 7 March, causing significant disruption to the rail network.

Stagecoach has organised 1,200 extra coach seats for the inter-city coach network in Scotland, which will be provided by Scottish Citylink and the leading budget operator megabus.com.

More than 20 additional coaches will be on standby in Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Inverness and Perth to react to extra demand as a result of cancelled rail services.

Stagecoach has also organised additional standby capacity on bus services in Fife, the North-east, Highlands and Ayrshire, including the following routes:

  • Aberdeen - Inverness
  • Aberdeen - Stonehaven
  • Ferrytoll Park and Ride - Edinburgh
  • Kilmarnock – Glasgow
  • Ayr - Glasgow

Robert Andrew, Managing Director of Stagecoach Scotland, said: “We are a major provider of bus and coach services in Scotland and we have been working hard to ensure rail passengers have access to alternative transport on a number of key routes, particularly at peak times.

“We are expecting a significant increase in demand for inter-city coach travel and we will be making hundreds of extra seats available on services linking Scotland’s main cities.”

ENDS

For media enquiries only, please contact:
Steve Stewart, Head of Media and Public Affairs, Stagecoach Group
Tel: 01738 442111 or 07764 774 680

NOTES TO EDITORS

  • Stagecoach Group is a leading international public transportation group, with extensive operations in the UK, United States and Canada. The company employs around 27,000 people, and operates bus, coach, rail, and tram services.
  • Stagecoach operates more than 1,300 buses in Scotland, covering the Highlands, Moray, Aberdeenshire, Fife, Tayside, Glasgow, Ayrshire and Dumfries and Galloway, and carries around 88 million passengers a year.
  • megabus.com is the UK’s market-leading low-cost inter-city coach service, offering fares starting from £1. In Scotland, the company operates services linking Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Inverness and Perth.
  • Scottish Citylink is Scotland’s leading provider of express coach services. Each year, its fleet of blue and yellow coaches transports over 3million passengers to more than 200 destinations in Scotland.
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