About Stagecoach in Oxfordshire

Key Facts May 2016 – April 2017

• 18.8 million passenger journeys 
• 7.2million miles operated 
• 525 employees 
• 172 buses 
• £6.9 million invested on new double deck buses
• 99.6% reliability 
• 84.2% punctuality

Our staff 

We have a team of local people to help us, employing: 

• 431 drivers 
• 57 maintenance staff 
• 36 administrative staff, managers and supervisors 

We were awarded for our employees’ consistently strong eco-driving performance over the past year, which is measured by our GreenRoad system, designed to reduce CO2 emissions through safe and careful driving.

Our services

We have routes all over the county from Banbury, Witney and Bicester to Wantage and Abingdon.

Our buses also go as far as Brackley and the popular Oxford Tube coach service takes people to London all day, every day.

 Last year our buses travelled over 7.2 million miles. with only 0.3% of journeys lost.

We continue to seek improvements both through rescheduling services and discussions with the local authority, Oxfordshire County Council. 

Our fares

We have a range of value for money tickets available.  You can select the best options for the journeys you want to make based on where and when you want to travel.

In 2012, we also joined the Oxford SmartZone  system. In Oxford you can purchase one ticket and take any Stagecoach, Oxford Bus Company or Thames Travel bus across the SmartZone city network. 

We also have a range of special tickets for students, young people  and jobseekers. 

Our buses

We run a fleet of 172 buses and coaches of which we  invested £6.9 million on 31 new double deck buses,

We have a mixture of buses from smaller single deck buses to larger double deck coaches used on our Gold services into Oxford. We also run a number of Hybrid buses on our city network. 

Keeping our buses clean and safe is a twenty-four hour job. Each bus is cleaned inside and out every day and every three weeks they get a full check by our engineering team. 

We provide free Wi-Fi for all passengers on our buses in the city, Oxford Tube and Stagecoach Gold services.

Our environment

All Stagecoach in Oxfordshire buses and Oxford Tube coaches now run on B30 fuel - a fuel blend consisting of 30 per cent biofuel and 70 per cent standard diesel, cutting emissions by up to 22%. 

By the end of 2017/17, 58% of Stagecoach departures from Oxford City Centre were operated with buses fitted with Euro 6 engines.

Our Oxford city centre bus fleet is fully compliant with the requirements of the Oxford Low Emission Zone which was introduced in January 2014. 

Stagecoach was awarded the Christopher Ball Memorial Award for best performing company in Stagecoach UK Bus for our employees’ consistently strong eco-driving performance for the third year running.

Moving forward we are working to continue to make improvements in line with the Stagecoach Group Sustainability Strategy .

If you want to know a few more of the facts and figures download our annual report.

Our community

In 2014, Stagecoach in Oxfordshire and Oxford Tube employees selected local organisation Helen & Douglas House to become our official company charity. 

Our staff take part in many activities throughout the year to raise money for the hospice including the annual Santa Run and the charity's Rainbow Run. Unclaimed lost property from our buses and coaches are also donated to Helen & Douglas charity shops.

  The hospice gives young people the chance to join in with fun activities and outings.  They get the chance to be with people their own age, whilst getting the specialist care and support they need. 

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