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Proposed split of London Country North East

An editor has requested that London Country North East be split into multiple pages, which may be of interest to this WikiProject. You are invited to participate in the split discussion. Hullian111 (talk) 19:34, 27 July 2025 (UTC)
Requested move at Talk:Bx18 (New York City bus)#Requested move 13 October 2025

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Bx18 (New York City bus)#Requested move 13 October 2025 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. --pro-anti-air ––>(talk)<–– 01:43, 21 October 2025 (UTC)
This has been unsourced for 14 years, and tagged as such almost 4 years. Please add reliable sources, or could we suggest a deletion or redirect? Bearian (talk) 22:25, 19 November 2025 (UTC)
- Seems like redirecting to a subsection of Bus#Design (which itself badly needs citations) would be sufficient. Pi.1415926535 (talk) 22:37, 19 November 2025 (UTC)
- Redirect per above. Entirely unsourced. 162 etc. (talk) 22:44, 19 November 2025 (UTC)
Stagecoach UK subdivision changes
As discussed in Stagecoach East Scotland, late last year, certain Stagecoach UK operating divisions have undergone some big administrative changes to contend with regional franchising:
- Stagecoach East Scotland and Stagecoach West Scotland have merged to form Stagecoach South Scotland,[1]
- Stagecoach Manchester and parts of Stagecoach Merseyside and South Lancashire have merged to form Stagecoach Manchester and Merseyside to handle both Bee Network and Metro franchising respectively, as well as rumoured franchising in Chester and Cheshire, with the latter spinning out operations based from Preston and Chorley to Stagecoach Cumbria and North Lancashire,[2]
Stagecoach West's operations in Bristol are to be split off into Stagecoach South Wales.
Done as of 6 February 2025.[3]
On Stagecoach Manchester and Merseyside, a good point made on the SkyscraperCity forum about the merger was that it represented "[more] of an admin change (No change on the ground for Joe Public, but will have admin/management changes)", which is probably why there's not been much industry coverage over the changes. However, sources basing off Stagecoach press releases, for example, are beginning to use the Manchester and Merseyside name for Metro franchising announcements.[4] Perhaps it is time that we nip it in the bud and discuss article mergers/renames/splits for the ones listed above?
My only problem is that for some of the merged divisions (especially North Scotland and Manchester and Merseyside), the merged divisions' histories are so distinct, the articles may end up unwieldy when describing their merged histories. Stagecoach West's Bristol operation seems the easiest to do, but merging the other two seems like a rather difficult task to handle alone and without consensus. Hullian111 (talk) 09:00, 29 January 2026 (UTC)
- New articles starting with the amalgamation of x and y into z might be a solution. As you've hinted above with the redlinks for new article titles. Murgatroyd49 (talk) 10:39, 29 January 2026 (UTC)
- ^ "Stagecoach South Scotland operation consolidates East and West". routeone. 3 November 2025. Retrieved 29 January 2026.
- ^ "Stagecoach restructures for franchising". Buses. No. 849. Stamford: Key Publishing. December 2025. p. 24.
Stagecoach Manchester becomes Manchester & Merseyside, adding the two depots in the Liverpool City Region (Gillmoss and Rock Ferry) along with that at Chester. Operations at Preston and its Chorley outstation are transferred to Stagecoach Cumbria and North Lancashire, leading to the abolition of the current Stagecoach Merseyside and South Lancashire subsidiary.
- ^ "Stagecoach restructures for franchising". Buses. No. 849. Stamford: Key Publishing. December 2025. p. 24.
Stagecoach West is ceding control of Bristol operations to Stagecoach South Wales. Most of the dozen or so services run by the depot are contracted to the West of England Combined Authority, which has yet to declare its position on franchising, although is under public pressure to do so. Wales is expected to adopt franchising from 2027.
- ^ Maxwell, Kelsey (23 January 2026). "St Helens first franchised bus services in 40 years announced". St Helens Star. Retrieved 29 January 2026.
Rob Jones, Managing Director of Stagecoach Manchester & Merseyside said: "We are extremely proud to have been chosen for this crucial contract, which underlines our long-term commitment in the Liverpool City Region".