Stagecoach Merseyside & South Lancashire
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Stagecoach Merseyside & South Lancashire is a major operator of bus services in North West England. It is a subsidiary of the Stagecoach Group, and has its origins in the purchase of Ribble Motor Services in 1988 from the National Bus Company and Glenvale Transport in 2005. The head office of Stagecoach Merseyside & South Lancashire is in Liverpool and was formed in 2011 following the merger of Stagecoach Merseyside and Ribble Motor Services which was the Chorley and Preston operations of Stagecoach North West.
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Parent | Stagecoach |
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Founded | 2011; 13 years ago (2011) |
Headquarters | Ribble Motor Services Ltd, Gillmoss Bus Depot, East Lancashire Road, Liverpool, Merseyside, L11 0BB |
Service area | North West England |
Service type | Bus |
Hubs | Chester, Chorley, Liverpool, Preston, Birkenhead |
Stations | Chester, Chorley, Liverpool, Preston, Wirral, Blackburn, Blackpool, Bolton, Southport, St Helens, Ellesmere Port, Runcorn and Mold |
Depots | 5 |
Fleet | 380 (April 2023)[1] |
Fuel type | Biodiesel & Diesel |
Chief executive | Elizabeth Tasker |
Website | https://www.stagecoachbus.com/about/merseyside-and-south-lancashire |
From January 2013, not long after Wigan takeover, Stagecoach Merseyside & South Lancashire also includes the Chester and Rock Ferry depots of First Chester & The Wirral following their takeover from FirstGroup.[2]
From July 2016 Stagecoach Chester took over several former GHA Coaches routes after the firm went into Administration.