Stagecoach South



Stagecoach South is a bus operator providing services in South East England. It is a subsidiary of Stagecoach. It operates services in Hampshire, Surrey and Sussex with some routes extending into Berkshire and Wiltshire. As at April 2013 it operates 473 buses from seven depots.

It is branded as three sub-divisions: Stagecoach in Hampshire, Stagecoach in Hants & Surrey and Stagecoach in the South Downs.

Stagecoach in Hampshire
Stagecoach in Hampshire operates from depots in Andover, Basingstoke and Winchester. It also operates services in Fleet under the Fleet Buzz name.

Stagecoach in Hants & Surrey
Stagecoach in Hants & Surrey operates from a depot in Aldershot.

The company operates a number of routes across Hampshire, serving Aldershot, Camberley, Farnborough, Godalming and Guildford.

Many of the routes are branded, with large route number vinyls, or with names such as Yo-Yo and The Kite.

On 9 February 2009 route 1 was upgraded to Goldline status with new vehicles. Route 2 lost its service name of The Marbles in 2008/9. Due to Hampshire County Council cuts in October 2011, routes 2 and 3 lost some of their evening services on Monday-Friday. Route 18 also lost a handful of evening services. Route 41 Ash to Farnborough was taken over by Countryliner.

In September 2012 Surrey County Council's bus review phase 3 saw route 92 renumbered to 72 to fit with routes 70 and 71. The contract for route 46 was lost to Countryliner.

However a month later, Countryliner went into administration, with Stagecoach taking back route 46, as well as Surrey County Council school routes 43, 45 and 87, all on n emergency basis until July 2013. Countryliner ceased trading on 18 January 2013 with Stagecoach operating route 41 for one week before it passed to sister company Fleet Buzz.

Stagecoach in the South Downs
Stagecoach in the South Downs, operates from depots in Chichester, Portsmouth and Worthing. In August 1989 Stagecoach purchased Southdown Motor Services. It had previously been owned by the National Bus Company until sold in a management buy out.

Services in Portsmouth are operated under the Stagecoach in Portsmouth banner. It also operates the Coastliner 700 service from Portsmouth to Brighton.