Stagecoach Bus: Plan>Track>Buy - Bus Planner & Tickets

Stagecoach Bus app makes catching the bus simpler than ever. With this app, you can access bus information on your mobile, plan your journey, check estimated arrival times of buses, find the right mobile ticket for your needs, and securely purchase it all from one place.

Numerous improvements have been made based on customer feedback, including:

- New bus tracker map view

- New menu for easy navigation

- Clear bus times with expected times displayed

- Simple journey planning with easy search functionality for locations, buses, and stops

- Convenient ticket access

- The ability to save favorite services, stops, and journeys

We appreciate the input from customers that have helped enhance the app. If you have any suggestions on how we can further improve the app, please do not hesitate to share your thoughts with us.

Key features of the app include:

Interactive map:

An interactive map has been introduced to facilitate bus travel. Users can view all services and stops by tapping on a bus or stop to access journey information.

Latest bus information:

Check the estimated arrival time and distance of your bus from your location.

Find the right stop for you:

Locate nearby bus services and stops, see which buses stop there, and learn about the routes they take.

Favourites:

Save preferred journeys, bus services, and stops to streamline journey planning.

Mobile tickets:

Purchase mobile tickets securely, and your tickets will instantly appear on your phone for immediate use. Activate your ticket when ready to board and present it to the driver.

You may want to know:

1. How do I add a favourite on the Stagecoach Bus App?

Adding favourites on the app is a handy feature to make your journey planning even quicker. You can add places you visit most like your home and work. You can also save your most used services and bus stops.

Make sure you are logged in to your account and you can do this from the live map or 'Plan your journey' screen. Just tap the star icon to add them.

2. How do I add a favourite on the Stagecoach website?

Adding favourites on the website is a handy feature to make your journey planning even quicker. You can add places you visit most like your home and work. You can also save your most used services and bus stops.

Save your favourite Journey.

    Once you are logged in to your account, you can do this when planning your journey and tapping the star at the top of the screen to save your favourite journey.

Save your favourite bus route

    To save your favourite bus route go to 'Live times' and search you favourite route, you can then click on the star at the top of the page

To save your favourite bus stop

    Go to 'Plan your journey' in the menu or navigation bar and click on 'Bus stops nearby' and enter the relevant location.

    You can then select the bus stop and then click on the star at the top of the screen to add this stop to your favourites.

Save your favourite home and work locations

    To save your home and work login to your account and go to your favourites, here you can add and edit these.

3. How do I enable GPS on my Android?

    Set up GPS on your Android in a few simple steps:

    Find and tap your 'Settings' menu

    Find and tap 'Location' - your phone may show 'Location services' or 'Location access' instead

    Tap 'Location' on or off to enable or disable your phone's GPS

4. How do I enable location access on the app on my Android?

You can turn on your location access on your android device in just a few steps:

    Find and tap your 'Settings' menu

    Find and tap 'Location' - your phone may show 'Location services' or 'Location access' instead

    Tap 'Location' on or off to enable or disable location access

5. How do I enable location access on the app on my iPhone?

You can turn on your location access on your iPhone in just a few steps:

    Go to your iPhone's home screen and tap 'Settings

    Find and tap 'Privacy'

    Find and tap 'Location Services'. (Ensure location is on) 

    Find and tap 'Stagecoach Bus' 

    Tap 'While using the App' or 'Never' to turn location access on or off

6. My location is wrong on the App on my Android app. How do I fix this?

We understand this can be annoying and we're here to help you fix it. Just follow these simple steps:

    Go to the your Android home screen

    Select Settings >Privacy/Connections

    Tap Location and toggle the switch to off

    Restart (power off, power on) your Android Device

    Go to your Android Settings > Privacy/Connections

    Tap Location and toggle the switch on

7. My location is wrong on the App on my iPhone. How do I fix this?

We understand this can be annoying and we're here to help you fix it. Just follow these simple steps:

    Go to the iOS home screen

    Select iOS Settings > Privacy > Location Services

    Turn OFF the Location Services switch

    Restart (power off, power on) your iOS Device

    Go to iOS Settings > Privacy > Location Services

    Turn ON the switch for Location Services

    Scroll down the list of apps with Location Services and make sure the switch for Stagecoach Bus App is set to 'While Using the App'

    Re-open the Stagecoach Bus App

Financial

Sustainable growth through partnership

Public transport is central to government plans to deliver economic recovery, level up communities, provide better air quality and health for local people, and transition to a net zero future.

Our strategy is focused on three core objectives:

    Maximise our core business’ potential in a changing market

    Manage change through our people and technology to make it simpler and better

    Grow by diversifying to balance the portfolio and open up new markets

Working in partnership with national governments, regional transport authorities, our local communities and other strategic partners is central to our business approach.

We have several fundamental strengths which have supported our sustainable growth over more than four decades, including:

    Delivering vital connectivity which underpins our local communities and helps drive economic growth

    Sustainability at our core, providing solutions to help tackle climate change and improving air quality in our towns and cities

    Operational expertise and excellence, providing safe, reliable, good quality, value for money, customer-focused transport services

    Devolved management teams and engaged employees who are close to their customers and wider stakeholders

    A trusted partner with strong government, policy maker and stakeholder relationships

    Strong financial discipline, a robust balance sheet and good liquidity

    A track-record of innovation, leading the sector in making public transport better for our customers

About Us

Founded in 1980, Stagecoach has established itself as the UK’s largest transport operator, with services connecting more than 100 major towns and cities in England, Scotland, and Wales. We work with our partners to deliver a greener, smarter, safer, healthier, and fairer country. Providing extensive expertise in commercial and contracted markets, we assist national and regional government to deliver on ambitious plans for their citizens, communities, and local economy. Our team of 23,000 employees are proud to serve our customers and be an integral part of their local communities.

Stagecoach buses operate in various areas, including but not limited to:

- Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire

- Alton, Petersfield

- Alyth

- Blairgowrie, Coupar Angus

- Andover, Salisbury

- Arbroath, Montrose, Mearns Coast

- Ashford

- Aviemore

- Ayrshire, Arran

- Barnsley

- Barrow, Furness

- Basingstoke

- Bedfordshire

- Blackwater Valley

- Caithness

- Cambridgeshire

- Canterbury

- Cardiff

- Carlisle, Penrith, Wigton

- Cheltenham

- Cheshire

- Chesterfield

- Chichester, Bognor Regis

- Cirencester

- Clackmannanshire

- Falkirk, Stirling

- Doncaster

- Dover

- Dronfield

- Dumfries, Galloway

- Dundee

- Dunfermline, West Fife

- Eastbourne

- East Devon

- Edinburgh

- Folkestone

- Forest of Dean

- Forfar, Brechin

- Fort William

- Gainsborough

- Glasgow

- Glenrothes

- Leven, Kirkcaldy

- Gloucester

- Greater Exeter

- Grimsby, Cleethorpes

- Guildford, South Surrey

- Gwent

- Hartlepool

- Hastings

- Herefordshire

- Highland Perthshire

- Hull

- Inverness

- Kendal, The Lakes

- Lancashire

- Leicestershire

- Lincoln

- Manchester

- Mansfield

- Merseyside

- Merthyr Tydfil

- Milton Keynes

- Moray

- Morecambe, Lancaster

- Newark

- Newcastle upon Tyne

- Norfolk

- Northamptonshire

- North Cornwall

- North Devon

- Orkney

- Oxfordshire

- Perth

- Peterborough

- Plymouth

- Portsmouth, Havant

- Powys

- Retford

- Rhondda Cynon Taf

- Rotherham

- Salford

- Scunthorpe

- Sheffield

- Skegness

- Skye

- Somerset

- South Hams

- South Perthshire

- South Shields

- Staffordshire

- St Andrews, Cupar, East Neuk

- Stockport

- Stroud

- Sunderland

- Swindon

- Tameside

- Teesside

- Teignbridge

- Tewkesbury

- Thanet

- Torbay

- Wakefield

- Warwickshire, Coventry

- West Cumbria

- West Devon

- West Perthshire

- Wigan

- Winchester

- Worcestershire

- Worksop

- Worthing, Brighton