Stagecoach in Peterborough
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| Slogan | "City travel made easy" |
| Parent | Stagecoach Group |
| Headquarters | Peterborough |
| Service area | Cambridgeshire, East Northamptonshire, Huntingdonshire, Lincolnshire |
| Service type | Urban and inter-urban bus services |
| Routes | Citi 1, Citi 2, Citi 3, Citi 4, Citi 5, Citi 6, Citi 7, 13, X14, 14, 15, 16, 31, 32, 33, 35, 37 |
| Destinations | Peterborough, Chatteris, Huntingdon, Oundle, Southwick, Spalding, Thrapston |
| Fleet | Dennis Dart SLF/Alexander ALX200 Dennis Dart SLF/Plaxton Pointer 2 Volvo B10M Volvo Olympian Dennis Trident 2/Alexander ALX400 Dennis Trident 2/Enviro400 |
| Operator | Stagecoach Cambridgeshire |
| Web site | www.stagecoachbus.com |
Stagecoach in Peterborough is a bus company, which runs services throughout Peterborough and the surrounding areas. It is part of Stagecoach Cambridgeshire, itself a subsidiary of the larger Stagecoach Group.
Stagecoach in Peterborough is the trading name of The Viscount Bus and Coach Company Limited, demerged as a subsidiary undertaking of Cambus Holdings Limited in 1989. Cambus Limited was formed in 1984 from demerger of the Eastern Counties Omnibus Company in preparation for bus deregulation and privatisation and was acquired by the Stagecoach Group Plc in 1995.
Its main depot and head office is in Peterborough; it also operates from outstations based in Lincoln, Holbeach Drove, Oundle, and March.
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[edit] History
The Viscount Bus and Coach Company Ltd. was incorporated on 9th May 1989[1] as a subsidiary of Cambus Holdings Ltd., the management-owned holding company for Cambus Ltd. It took over the North Division operations of Cambus in September 1989. It introduced a livery of yellow and white with blue and grey stripes[2], while the coach livery incorporated a V logo in the stripes[3][4]. Later there was also a Peterborough Bus Company version, using reds and cream[5].
Following the acquisition by Cambus Holdings of the bulk of Premier Travel Services Ltd. in May 1990, Viscount's coaching operations (Viscount Travel) were transferred to Premier Travel (which adopted a new livery based closely on that of Viscount, but using blues instead of yellow[6]).
Cambus Holdings Ltd. was acquired by Stagecoach Holdings plc on 6th December 1995. Subsequently, full Stagecoach "stripes" livery was applied, with "Stagecoach Viscount" branding. The current livery with "Stagecoach in Peterborough" appeared later.
[edit] Services
Stagecoach in Peterborough operates citi, inter-urban, and express services.
[edit] Citi
Within the Citi family there are eight Stagecoach in Peterborough: Citi map services, operating with minimum frequencies of every 10 minutes during daytime, and hourly during evenings and weekends. The services are:
[edit] Express
- X4 - Oundle to Peterborough (Operated by Stagecoach in Northants)
- X7 - Cambridge to March (1 service each direction Mon - Sat)
- X8 - Peterborough to Chatteris (connecting with X9 at Chatteris operated by Stagecoach in Cambridge for connections to Cambridge)
[edit] Inter-urban
- 23 - Peterborough to Oundle via Kings Cliffe
- 24 - Peterborough to Oundle with some services extending to Southwick or Thrapston
- 24A - Peterborough to Orton Southgate
- 25 - Peterborough to Oundle via Lutton
- 31 - Peterborough to Ramsey
- 32 - Peterborough to Chatteris (Runs as Route 33 between March and Peterborough)
- 33 - Peterborough to Chatteris via Whittlesey, Coates and March
- 36 - Peterborough to Wisbech
- 37 - Peterborough to Spalding
- 46 - Peterborough to Huntingdon
[edit] Other services
Other services operated include:
Stagecoach in Peterborough operate two Park and Ride services on behalf of the City Council on Saturdays until Christmas:
- PR1 - Lynch Wood Park and Ride to city centre
- PR2 - Perkins Park and Ride to city centre
Park and Ride services on Sundays are run by another operator.
[edit] Service frequencies
[edit] Daytimes
| Route | Origin | Destination | Via | Notes |
| Citi 1 | The Ortons | Werrington | Queensgate (Bus Station) | Use this service for Nene Valley Railway |
| Citi 2 | Bretton | Gunthorpe | Queensgate (Bus Station) | |
| Citi 3 | Bretton | Park Farm | Queensgate (Bus Station) | |
| Citi 4 | Welland[disambiguation needed  ] |
Queensgate (Bus Station) | Eastfield | |
| Citi 5 | Dogsthorpe | Queensgate (Bus Station) | Eastfield | |
| Citi 6 | Hampton, Peterborough | Queensgate (Bus Station) | Fletton | |
| Citi 7 | Yaxley | City Hospital | Queensgate (Bus Station) | Also known as the famous Stagecoach Route 7. |
| Citi 8 | Cardea | Queensgate (Bus Station) | Parnwell | |
| Every 10 minutes |
Every 20 minutes |
Hourly | Infrequently | Peak only |
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| Citi 1 | Citi 6 | X8 (1) | 13 | X7 |
| Citi 2 | Citi 7 | 12 | 15 | - |
| Citi 3 | Citi 8 | 14 | 33 | - |
| Citi 4 | - | 16 | - | - |
| Citi 5 | - | 31 | - | - |
1. Operates hourly to Thorney school, and to Chatteris every 2 hours to (off peak), hourly (peak)
[edit] Evenings
Services Citi 1 to 6 operate hourly
[edit] Sundays
| Every 30 minutes (1) |
Hourly |
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| Citi 1 | Citi 4 |
| Citi 2 | Citi 5 |
| Citi 3 | Citi 6 |
| - | Citi 7 |
1. These services operate hourly on Sunday evenings
[edit] Vehicles
Stagecoach operate a fleet of almost 75 vehicles[7] across its operations in Peterborough.
Stagecoach in Peterborough has around:
- 21 Dennis Tridents, all in Stagecoach livery;
- 47 Dennis Dart SLF, these are in Stagecoach livery, many are in the Peterborough Citi livery;
- 7 Volvo B12M coaches in Stagecoach livery.
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.creditgate.com and search for Viscount Bus and Coach
- ^ Photo of Viscount Buses livery: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ewood_eddie1968/4744630331/
- ^ Photo of Viscount coach livery, incorporating a V logo in the stripes: http://www.flickr.com/photos/grrrbpool/5312144329/in/pool-898316@N25/
- ^ Photo of Premier Travel Services coach in Viscount Bus and Coach livery: http://www.flickr.com/photos/iainrobbie9/4052528515/in/set-72157622690505380
- ^ Photo of Peterborough Bus Company livery: http://www.flickr.com/photos/21611052@N02/5780503578/
- ^ Photo of Viscount-based Premier Travel Services livery: http://www.flickr.com/photos/iainrobbie9/4069613360/in/set-72157622690505380/
- ^ Stagecoach Cambridgeshire Fleetcard, Ending 25 May 2008
[edit] External links
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