| Stagecoach Strathtay | |
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| Type | Public |
| Founded | 2005, formerly Strathtay Scottish Omnibuses |
| Headquarters | Cowdenbeath, Fife |
| Area served | Dundee, Arbroath, Blairgowrie, Forfar and Montrose |
| Website | stagecoachbus.com/strathtay |
| Subsidiary of Stagecoach East Scotland. A public company usually refers to a company that is permitted to offer its registered securities ( Stock, bonds, etc Etymology Cowdenbeath (Coilltean Beithe in Scottish Gaelic, literally meaning 'birch woods' is a Burgh in west Fife, Scotland. Fife ( Gaelic: Fìobha) is a Council area of Scotland, situated between the Firth of Tay and the Firth of Forth, with inland Dundee (Dùn Dèagh is the fourth-largest city in Scotland and fully named as Dundee City, one of Scotland's 32 local government council Arbroath or Aberbrothock ( Scottish Gaelic: Obair Bhrothaig which translates literally as 'at the mouth of the Brothock' is a former Royal burgh Blairgowrie and Rattray ( Blàr Ghobharaidh and Raitear in Gaelic Blairgowrie - likely Scottish Gaelic Blàr Ghobharaidh and Rattray - possibly Forfar is a town and former Royal burgh of approximately 13500 people located in the Unitary authority of Angus in Scotland. Montrose is a coastal Resort town and former Royal burgh in Angus, Scotland. A website (alternatively web site or Web site, a back-construction from the Proper noun World Wide Web) is a collection of Web pages Stagecoach East Scotland is an operating region of Stagecoach UK Bus, with its regional base in Cowdenbeath, Fife, Scotland and including the Brand name for services in the Angus area of Scotland. Angus ( Aonghas in Gaelic) is one of the 32 local government Council areas of Scotland, and a lieutenancy area. | |
Strathtay Scottish Omnibuses Ltd, in Scotland, was formed as a bus operating subsidiary of the Scottish Transport Group in June 1985 from Walter Alexander & Sons (Midland) Ltd and Walter Alexander & Sons (Northern) Ltd. Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. The Scottish Bus Group was a State -owned Scottish holding company that included a number of Bus operators covering the whole of Scotland It is a subsidiary of the Stagecoach Group and is now branded as Stagecoach Strathtay although Stagecoach have retained the right to the operating name Strathtay Scottish and this is reflected in the legal lettering on the fleet. Stagecoach Group plc ( is a leading international transport group operating Bus, Train, Tram, express coach and Ferry operations Strathtay Scottish Omnibuses Ltd, in Scotland, was formed as a bus operating subsidiary of the Scottish Transport Group in June 1985 from Walter Alexander & Sons (Midland
Operation
Since joining the Stagecoach Group, Stagecoach Strathtay now has an operating area bounded by Aberdeen in the north, Gauldry & Newport-on-Tay to the south and Perth to the west. Aberdeen ( pronounced; Aiberdeen Obar Dheathain is Scotland 's third most populous city and one of Scotland's 32 local government council Newport-on-Tay is a small town in the north east of Fife in Scotland. Perth (Peairt is a town and former Royal burgh in central Scotland. Before joining Stagecoach, Strathtay operated only as far as Laurencekirk in the north, however, Montrose depot have acquired some work from Bluebird's Stonehaven depot. Laurencekirk is a small town in the ancient county of Kincardineshire, modern county of Aberdeenshire, Scotland, just off the A90 Dundee Montrose is a coastal Resort town and former Royal burgh in Angus, Scotland. Stonehaven ( Steenhive in the Doric dialect of Scots) and Cala na Creige in Gaelic is a town with around fourteen thousand inhabitants Including Service #24 from Brechin to Stonehaven, Service #103 from Laurencekirk to Aberdeen's Guild Street bus station and also a handful of School Contracts serving Mackie Academy in Stonehaven. Brechin is a former Royal burgh in Angus, Scotland. Traditionally Brechin is often described as a city because of its cathedral and its status Laurencekirk is a small town in the ancient county of Kincardineshire, modern county of Aberdeenshire, Scotland, just off the A90 Dundee Aberdeen ( pronounced; Aiberdeen Obar Dheathain is Scotland 's third most populous city and one of Scotland's 32 local government council Mackie Academy is a secondary school located in Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire. Stonehaven ( Steenhive in the Doric dialect of Scots) and Cala na Creige in Gaelic is a town with around fourteen thousand inhabitants
Strathtay is the largest operator in Angus and is responsible for urban, rural and interurban services in and around Dundee, Arbroath, Blairgowrie, Forfar (scheduled for closure in August 2008) and Montrose. Angus ( Aonghas in Gaelic) is one of the 32 local government Council areas of Scotland, and a lieutenancy area. Arbroath or Aberbrothock ( Scottish Gaelic: Obair Bhrothaig which translates literally as 'at the mouth of the Brothock' is a former Royal burgh Blairgowrie and Rattray ( Blàr Ghobharaidh and Raitear in Gaelic Blairgowrie - likely Scottish Gaelic Blàr Ghobharaidh and Rattray - possibly Forfar is a town and former Royal burgh of approximately 13500 people located in the Unitary authority of Angus in Scotland. Montrose is a coastal Resort town and former Royal burgh in Angus, Scotland. Depots are also located in those towns. On its creation Strathtay was also the largest operator in Perth, Crieff and Pitlochry, but depots in those towns have long since closed and operations scaled back, ironically due to intensive Stagecoach competition at the time. Crieff (Craoibh meaning "tree" is a Market town in Perth and Kinross, Scotland. Pitlochry ( Baile Chloichridh in Gaelic) is a Burgh in the Council area of Perth and Kinross, Scotland, lying on the
Strathtay also provide coaches for Scottish Citylink and Megabus express work, mainly from Perth and Dundee to other points in Scotland. Scottish Citylink Coaches Ltd is a long distance express coach operator in Scotland and the Republic of Ireland (where it operates simply as "Citylink" Megabus can refer to Megabus (United Kingdom - a low-cost bus service in Great Britain owned by Stagecoach Group and organized as an intercity bus network
Although Strathtay's Head Office function at Dundee bus station has been closed down, there still remains a Booking/Depot Office at that site. Head Office function has been amalgamated with Stagecoach East Scotland (which also covers Fife, Perth and Bluebird operating areas) at Guthrie House in Cowdenbeath. Stagecoach East Scotland is an operating region of Stagecoach UK Bus, with its regional base in Cowdenbeath, Fife, Scotland and including the Etymology Cowdenbeath (Coilltean Beithe in Scottish Gaelic, literally meaning 'birch woods' is a Burgh in west Fife, Scotland.
History
Strathtay Scottish was a brand new company created through reorganisation of the Scottish Bus Group in preparation for deregulation of the bus industry in 1986, and eventual privatisation. Deregulation, a term which gained widespread currency in the period 1970-2000 can be seen as a process by which governments remove reduce or simplify Restrictions on Business Privatization is the incidence or process of transferring ownership of business from the Public sector (government to the Private sector (business It inherited the eastern operations of Alexanders (Midland) based in Perth, Crieff, Blairgowrie and Pitlochry, as well as the southern operations of Alexanders (Northern) in Dundee, Forfar, Arbroath and Montrose. A bright blue and orange livery was adopted for the fleet, which would be controlled from Dundee. The colour orange occurs A livery is a Uniform or other sign worn in a non-military context on a person or object (such as an airplane or Vehicle) to denote a relationship
The company would have a turbulent infancy, however, as Strathtay faced very heavy competition from local Perth-based firm, Stagecoach. Strathtay purchased a number of ex-London Transport Routemaster buses to counter the competition, which ironically also used a number of the same vehicle type on city services in Perth. See also History of transport in London (1933-2003 RM Routemaster profilejpg|thumb|right|Routemaster in profile]] The AEC Routemaster is a model of Double-decker bus that was introduced by Associated Equipment Company A new Perth City Transport brand was created by Strathtay to compete with Stagecoach, using a mainly red livery with white. But as Stagecoach grew nationally it became financially stronger and had ready access to vehicles from the larger companies in England it had purchased. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Strathtay could not sustain the level of intense competition that ensued, and in 1993 it closed its Perth depot. Crieff and Pitlochry also closed, and the company withdrew from the majority of services around these towns.
Perhaps because it was pre-occupied with protecting its market share in Perth, Strathtay did not take advantage of deregulation to launch a substantial city network in Dundee to compete against the city operator there.
Despite experiencing heavy and sustained competition on the lucrative city services in Perth, Strathtay managed to remain profitable on the run up to privatisation, and in June 1991 was sold to Barnsley-based Yorkshire Traction Ltd for £1. Barnsley is a town in South Yorkshire, England. It lies on the River Dearne, north of the city of Sheffield, and west of Doncaster The Yorkshire Traction Company Limited was formed in 1902 as the Barnsley & District Electric Traction Company Limited. The Pound Sterling ( symbol £; ISO code: GBP) subdivided into 100 pence (singular penny) is the Currency 9m. Now trading simply as Strathtay Buses, the new owners established and maintained a working relationship with Stagecoach around Perth, even jointly operating the trunk service between Dundee and Perth with the national operator, while the remainder of the operations remained largely unchanged from privatisation.
On 14 December 2005, Strathtay's parent company Traction Group was purchased by Stagecoach for £26m. Events 1287 - St Lucia's flood: The Zuider Zee sea wall in the Netherlands collapses killing over 50000 people Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Strathtay is bordered to the north, east and south by Stagecoach subsidiaries, all part of Stagecoach East Scotland, which Strathtay has also joined. Stagecoach East Scotland is an operating region of Stagecoach UK Bus, with its regional base in Cowdenbeath, Fife, Scotland and including the The Stagecoach corporate livery has been adopted for vehicles and most display Strathtay - Part of the Stagecoach Group fleetnames, however all buses have now been re-branded with "Stagecoach Strathtay".
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