Media Advisory note: Updated media contact details for Stagecoach

Stagecoach is one of Britain's leading public transport businesses, helping connect communities for over four decades. Our team of 24,000 people and our 8,300 buses, coaches and trams are part of the fabric of daily life in England, Scotland and Wales.

We serve communities in major cities including London, Manchester, Liverpool, Newcastle, Hull, Sheffield, Oxford and Cambridge, as well as rural locations from the Highlands and Islands of Scotland to Wales and south-west England. We also operate megabus, the market-leading value coach operator, and Scottish Citylink, which connects 200 locations across Scotland. In Sheffield, we operate the Supertram light rail network.        

Regional bus services are managed by our regional operating companies, and each operating company has a dedicated contact to respond to local media queries. Please see table below for details of how to contact our regional teams.

Any national media enquiries, or queries relating to megabus.com, Scottish Citylink coach services or Supertram services need to be directed to: media@stagecoachgroup.com or by phone to Steven Stewart, Director of Communications on 07764 774680 or Emma Knight, Head of Media & Public Affairs on 07771 830995. Out of hours contact can be directed to: 0115 9659727, Quote National 1.

Please can you update your records with the information below:

Company name

Areas covered

Daytime contact (0900-1700)

Out of hours contact

SCOTLAND

Stagecoach North Scotland

Highlands and Islands

Kirsty Scott        

07787 666334

Kirsty.Scott@stagecoachbus.com

0115 9659727

Quote ScotWales1

Stagecoach Bluebird

Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Moray

Courtney McKenzie

07721 492562

courtney.mckenzie@stagecoach.com

0115 9659727

Quote ScotWales1

Stagecoach East Scotland

Fife (including Fife - Edinburgh & Glasgow services), Perth, Dundee and Angus

Kirsty Scott        

07787 666334

Kirsty.Scott@stagecoachbus.com

0115 9659727

Quote ScotWales1

Stagecoach West Scotland

Glasgow, Ayr, Kilmarnock, Ardrossan, Arran, Irvine, Stranraer, Dumfries

Jacqueline Rowan

07776 497499

Jacqueline.Rowan@stagecoachbus.com

0115 9659727

Quote ScotWales1

ENGLAND

Stagecoach Cumbria & North Lancashire

Cumbria: Carlisle, Workington, Barrow, Kendal

North Lancashire: Lancaster

Tom Waterhouse

07808 142084

tom.waterhouse@stagecoachbus.com

0115 9659727

Quote NEngland1

Stagecoach Merseyside & South Lancashire

Merseyside, Chorley, Preston and Fylde Coast areas

0115 9659727

Quote NEngland1

0115 9659727

Quote NEngland1

Stagecoach North East

Tyne and Wear: Sunderland, Newcastle, South Shields

Teesside: Stockton & Hartlepool including Tees Flex

Mark Middleton

07764 976066

Mark.Middleton@stagecoachbus.com

0115 9659727

Quote NEngland1

Stagecoach Manchester

Greater Manchester

Tangerine Communications Tel. 0161 817 6600

Email: Stagecoach@tangerinecomms.com

or

Gillian Woodford, Marketing Manager

Tel. 07500 072623

Email: gillian.woodford@stagecoachbus.com

0115 9659727

Quote NEngland1

Stagecoach Yorkshire

Barnsley, Rotherham, Doncaster, Chesterfield & Sheffield

Louise Holroyde

07775 404806

Louise.Holroyde@stagecoachbus.com

0115 9659727

Quote NEngland1

Stagecoach East Midlands

Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire, Scunthorpe, Grimsby-Cleethorpes, Hull

Leah Watts

07522 529771

leah.watts@astleymedia.co.uk

0115 9659727

Quote SEngland2

Stagecoach East

Cambridge, Peterborough & Bedford

Leah Watts

07522 529771

leah.watts@astleymedia.co.uk

0115 9659727

Quote SEngland2

Stagecoach Midlands

Kettering, Corby, Northampton, Rugby, Coventry, Leamington, Nuneaton & Stratford-upon-Avon

Chris Child         

07740 640182

Chris.Child@stagecoachbus.com

0115 9659727

Quote SEngland2

Stagecoach West

Cheltenham, Gloucester, Ross, Swindon, Stroud, Bristol, Oxford and Oxfordshire

Natasha Hall

07342 098628

Natasha.Hall@stagecoachbus.com

0115 9659727

Quote SEngland2

Stagecoach London

Contracted services on behalf of Transport for London in East and South East London

0343 222 4141

pressoffice@tfl.gov.uk

0115 9659727

Quote National 1

Stagecoach South

Aldershot, Andover, Basingstoke, Chichester, Guildford, Portsmouth, Winchester & Worthing

Stacey Churton

07824 451214

Stacey.Churton@stagecoachbus.com

0115 9659727

Quote SEngland2

Stagecoach South East

East Kent and East Sussex: Ashford, Canterbury, Dover, Eastbourne, Folkestone, Hastings, Herne Bay & Thanet (Margate, Broadstairs, Ramsgate)

Matthew Maytum         

07920 889379

Matthew.Maytum@stagecoachbus.com

0115 9659727

Quote SEngland2

Stagecoach South West

Barnstaple, Exeter, Exmouth, Sidmouth, Paignton, Cullompton, Tiverton, Torbay, Torquay and Plymouth

Sarah Clark

07584 614998

Sarah.clark2@stagecoachbus.com

0115 9659727

Quote SEngland2

Wales

Stagecoach South Wales

South Wales

Rosa Williams

07826 532441

Rosa.Williams@stagecoachbus.com

0115 9659727

Quote ScotWales1

Other

Supertram

Sheffield and Rotherham

media@stagecoachgroup.com

Steven Stewart, Director of Communications - 07764 774680

Emma Knight, Head of Media & Public Affairs - 07771 830995

0115 9659727

Quote National 1

Scottish Citylink

Scotland-wide

media@stagecoachgroup.com

Steven Stewart, Director of Communications - 07764 774680

Emma Knight, Head of Media & Public Affairs - 07771 830995

0115 9659727

Quote National 1

Megabus.com

UK-wide

media@stagecoachgroup.com

Steven Stewart, Director of Communications - 07764 774680

Emma Knight, Head of Media & Public Affairs - 07771 830995

0115 9659727

Quote National 1

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