dennis enviro 400 at newcastle railway station in april 2009 parent stagecoach founded 1986 headquarters sunderland service area tees valley tyne and wear service type bus services hubs hartlepool middlesbrough newcastle south shields stockton on tees sunderland depots 6 fleet 475 april 2013 website www.stagecoachbus.com north east stagecoach north east is a bus operator of providing services in north east england . it is a subsidiary of stagecoach . the company is made up of two formerly municipal operations ; busways travel services and cleveland transit . contents 1 busways travel services 1.1 stagecoach in newcastle 1.2 stagecoach in south shields 1.3 stagecoach in sunderland 2 cleveland transit 2.1 stagecoach in hartlepool 2.2 stagecoach on teesside 3 former operations 3.1 stagecoach in darlington 4 fleet 5 references 6 external links busways travel services edit alexander ps bodied scania n113 in newcastle in september 2003 alexander rl bodied volvo olympian in stockton on tees in may 2009 stagecoach s first presence in the north east of england came with the purchase of busways travel services 1 in july 1994 from its employees and management shareholders . busways travel services limited is now a holding company for stagecoach north east s operations in newcastle south shields and sunderland the three locations in which busways operated . stagecoach in newcastle edit main article stagecoach in newcastle stagecoach in south shields edit stagecoach is the largest operator of local services in south shields . stagecoach in south shields operates mostly local services within south shields however services linking the town to gateshead jarrow newcastle and sunderland are also operated . 2 stagecoach in south shields is the eventual successor to south shields corporation transport . stagecoach in sunderland edit sunderland operates a large network of local services in the city . sunderland s operations are confined to the city s boundaries . citation needed services e1 e2 and e6 which operates out of the city to south shields are operated by stagecoach in south shields . cleveland transit edit stagecoach purchased cleveland transit 3 in september 1994 . cleveland transit also owned kingston upon hull city transport now part of stagecoach east midlands . darlington transport company 4 refused to sell to stagecoach and a competition commission inquiry later concluded it was the combination of busways actions in recruiting so many of dtc s drivers so quickly registering services on all its routes and running free services which caused dtc s final collapse . we find these actions to be predatory deplorable and against the public interest . the adverse effects which we identify are the disruption of the orderly sale of dtc and the deterrence of future competitive entry into local bus markets where stagecoach is present with implications not only in the reference area but elsewhere . 5 in december 1994 hartlepool transport was purchased by stagecoach . 6 the stagecoach darlington company was sold to arriva north east in 2007 . stagecoach in hartlepool edit hartlepool operates a network of local services around hartlepool . it also operates route 1 to middlesbrough . 7 stagecoach on teesside edit stagecoach on teesside operate a number of local services in the middlesbrough and stockton areas as well as route 36 to hartlepool . 8 former operations edit stagecoach in darlington edit after its purchase by stagecoach busways became a key participant in the darlington bus war with the establishment of stagecoach in darlington . in 1995 stagecoach in darlington passed from busways to cleveland transit . 6 in august 2007 the darlington depot was sold to arriva north east with 28 dennis darts . 9 10 11 arriva north east s darlington depot was closed with operations consolidated at the former stagecoach depot . fleet edit as at april 2013 the fleet consisted of 475 buses and coaches . 12 stagecoach north east operate six depots in stockton on tees hartlepool slatyford south shields sunderland and newcastle . references edit companies house extract company no 2295227 busways travel services limited south shields bus guide pdf . stagecoach . retrieved 11 november 2012 . dead link companies house extract company no 2546698 cleveland transit limited companies house extract company no 2003023 darlington transport company limited the supply of bus services in the north east of england . competition commission . archived from the original on february 4 2012 . a b cleveland transit ltd the 500 group hartlepool bus guide pdf . stagecoach bus . retrieved 11 november 2012 . teesside bus guide pdf . stagecoach . retrieved 11 november 2012 . cheaper travel for passengers as arriva takes over stagecoach s darlington services arriva 9 may 2007 oft grants arriva clearance to take over stagecoach s darlington operations arriva 23 august 2007 watchdog clears bus routes sale bbc news 23 august 2007 stagecoach north east annual report may 2012 april 2013 stagecoach north east external links edit company website travelnortheast.co.uk north east public transport information v t e stagecoach group key personnel brian souter chairman martin griffiths ceo ann gloag stagecoach uk bus founder united kingdom bus companies stagecoach london east london selkent thameside stagecoach east scotland fife bluebird perth strathtay jw coaches rennies stagecoach north east newcastle south shields sunderland hartlepool teesside stagecoach cumbria & north lancashire cumbria lancaster lancashire stagecoach manchester manchester magic bus stagecoach merseyside & south lancashire merseyside preston network chorley stagecoach yorkshire chesterfield sheffield stagecoach east midlands bassetlaw mansfield grimsby cleethorpes hull lincolnshire stagecoach midlands northants warwickshire stagecoach oxfordshire oxfordshire oxford tube stagecoach east stagecoach cambridgeshire cambridge peterborough the fens bedford norfolk stagecoach south 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