About Stagecoach East Scotland

Key facts May 2018 – April 2019

• 32.5  million passengers journeys 
• 28.7 million miles operated 
• 1,309 employees 
• 468 buses and coaches 
• 99.8% reliability 
• £10.1 million investment

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Our passengers 

We carried a total of 32.5 million passengers  over the year. In the same period, we received a total of 2,768 complaints, equivalent to one complaint for every 11,757 customer journeys.

Our customer service team are available from 9am until 5pm Monday to Friday to assist with customer queries. The team can be contacted via email, post (including a FREEPOST option), online form and Twitter and Facebook.

Our employees

We are a major employer in the local economy, with 1309 staff, of whom 996 are drivers, 179 are engineers and 134 are administration and managerial staff.  The majority of our employees live within the local communities in which our buses and coaches operate. We are committed to staff training and, over the past year, we have recruited and trained 174 employees.

We have a programme in place to ensure all drivers complete the necessary CPC courses throughout the year and 70 drivers obtained their PCV licence and CPC qualification during the year.  We are also active in getting more young people into our company through the Stagecoach Apprenticeship Scheme, and we currently employ 12 engineering apprentices within the local community.

We are proud of our employees for both their work performance and their individual achievements.  Our staff have also been involved in numerous individual charity efforts in the community.

All our staff have the benefit of our Group pension scheme with employer contributions. If you would like to work for us, please take a look at our latest vacancies.

Our services 

We operated over 28.75 million miles in the last year, over some 1.8 million scheduled journeys.  Our key performance measure is the reliability and punctuality of our journeys.

In the past year, we operated 99.8% of our scheduled services and, of the 0.2% of scheduled journeys that we did not operate, 0.068% was due to factors outwith our control such as bad weather, road closures and traffic congestion.

We continually monitor our services for punctuality and, in the past year, we monitored 97.1% of all scheduled journeys. Of these, 84.5% operated within 5 minutes of their scheduled time. We continue to seek improvements both through rescheduling services and discussions with our local highway authorities, councils and Transport Scotland.

Our fares

We offer value for money fares and tickets, including standard single fares and unlimited travel zone tickets. 

Our fleet

We operate a fleet of 468 buses and coaches and, in the past year, we have invested £10.1m in 46 new vehicles for local areas, all of which are fully accessible and meet the latest Euro emission standards.

Within our fleet we also operate a network of luxury coaches for our express routes. Our coach fleet now includes 19 Plaxton Panther LE coaches, with an innovative design improving accessibility for wheelchair users/those with mobility issues.

Our environment

We are rightly proud of our green status within Stagecoach East Scotland. We now operate 25 electric-hybrid buses in Angus and have recently added 16 double deck hybrid buses to our fleet in Fife. With Euro VI engines, the buses offer the latest technology for an electric-hybrid, as well as stop/start technology. They are reducing emissions by over 30% and are 10-20% more fuel efficient compared to conventional diesel powered vehicles.

We used 15 million litres of diesel last year at an average of 8.72 miles per gallon. All our drivers have completed a fuel-efficient driving course and onboard technology measures their ‘eco performance’, providing traffic-light style feedback for the driver.

We are involved in a free fleet recognition scheme, ‘ECO Stars’, which assesses fuel efficiency and emissions. We were awarded a 5* rating for the scheme and were the first operator to receive the high rating in Scotland and just the second in the UK.

Read more about our sustainability strategy and our drive to net zero

Our community

We are a major employer in the local community and enable thousands of people to go about their daily activities. We work closely with employees to support their charity fundraising efforts and community events.

We work closely with community partnerships such as the local constabulary, Guide Dog puppy trainers and RNIB Scotland to participate in events to raise awareness of public transport issues.  Dedicated members of staff work with these groups to assist members of the public who find using our buses a challenge for various reasons.  

In May we invited the community to visit our Dunfermline depot to commemorate 100 years of the bus garage. Over 1500 people attended the event, which also raised money for charity.

Our success

The independent Transport Focus Survey carried out in 2018 identified that 97% of Stagecoach customers in Tayside and Central Scotland were satisfied with their journey, the highest satisfaction rating of any operator in the UK.

Our Marketing team won the ‘Travel Information and Marketing Award’ for their consistent Express campaign activity at the National Transport Awards in 2018.