Fleet Numbers
The Stagecoach Group number their buses as follows:-
- 10001 - 19999 Double Deck Buses
- 20001 - 29999 Single Deck Buses
- 30001 - 39999 Midibuses
- 40001 - 49999 Minibuses
- 50001 - 59999 Coaches
The allocated number is for the life of the bus whilst in the Stagecoach Group until it is sold. If it were to be re-acquired through take-overs of other bus companies then the next available free number would be given to that vehicle dependent on the vehicle type.
As a result of the purchase of Stagecoach London whose fleet numbers duplicate some current buses in various group subsidiaries, fleet numbers can be reused, but only after that fleet number has been unused for three years.
Preserved vehicles take up numbers at the end of each series but do not carry the allocated numbers instead they carry the original fleet number given when new by the original company that owned it when new an example of this being the AEC Routemasters in London.
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