Heritage livery honours 10 years of Stagecoach buses
in Barnsley
Yorkshire Traction will be
back on the roads in Barnsley this summer!
Stagecoach Yorkshire
has launched a special bus in heritage Yorkshire Traction livery to mark 10
years since they bought the company in December 2005.
The red and cream double-deck
vehicle will operate on a variety of local Barnsley
routes. Yorkshire
Traction operated buses and trams in Yorkshire
from 1902 until 2005 and was known locally as ‘Tracky’.The average age of the Yorkshire fleet is currently 7.6 years, with more new
buses due to arrive later this year. An extensive network of local bus services,
including night buses, carries 17.7 million passengers 8.4 million miles every
year.Services operated by
Stagecoach Yorkshire have a 99.1 per cent reliability rate and 95.9 per cent
punctuality rate. Some have free WiFi and 100 per cent of its fleet is
low-floor to provide easy access.In 2013, Stagecoach became
the first transport operator in South Yorkshire
to achieve a four-star Care4Air ECO Stars Fleet Recognition rating and
Stagecoach has the Carbon Trust standard for reducing energy consumption. John Young, commercial director
at Stagecoach Yorkshire, said: “In celebrating our success, we felt it was
really important to remember our history.
“Yorkshire Traction played a
big part in the lives of many local people and we hope our customers enjoy
seeing this nostalgic look back at ‘Tracky’ on the roads in Barnsley. “But buses have advanced in
so many ways since the days of Yorkshire Traction and the public transport
network in Barnsley has transformed over the
last 10 years. Our customers are at the heart of everything we do. “Our ethos is all about
caring for passengers and the local community. Through our policy of continuous
investment, all our vehicles are fully accessible to all passengers, they are
much cleaner and greener and an increasing number offer free WiFi for
customers.”
Stagecoach has been named Britain’s best
value bus company for the last three years and a recent Customer Tracking
Survey found 99 per cent of customers intend to continue using Stagecoach.
For more information visit
www.stagecoachbus.com/yorkshire or follow @stagecoachyrks on Twitter.
The images used have been kindly provided by John Young
NOW SEE THE LATEST ON THE NEW FOCUS FLICKR SITE:
From one Stagecoach owned Scania to another, but a few years younger. This time though in sunny Lincolnshire at the popular seaside location of Skegness. An album of buses and the odd coach in the town, especially the seasonal open-toppers, can now be viewed by clicking here
The images used have been kindly provided by John Young
NOW SEE THE LATEST ON THE NEW FOCUS FLICKR SITE:
From one Stagecoach owned Scania to another, but a few years younger. This time though in sunny Lincolnshire at the popular seaside location of Skegness. An album of buses and the odd coach in the town, especially the seasonal open-toppers, can now be viewed by clicking here
