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Stagecoach in Oxfordshire〔(Companies House extract company no 2272113 ) Thames Transit Limited〕 is a bus operator in Oxford. It is a subsidiary of Stagecoach. ==History== In the 1990s Stagecoach South Midlands was formed from Midland Red (South)〔(Companies House extract company no 1556310 ) Midland Red (South) Limited〕 and Thames Transit〔 were both purchased by Stagecoach. Stagecoach South Midlands operated under four different brands: *''Oxford Tube'' for express buses between Oxford and London Victoria *''Stagecoach in Banbury'' for local buses in and around Banbury *''Stagecoach in Oxford'' for local buses in and around Oxford *''Stagecoach in Warwickshire'' for local buses in Warwickshire In July 2002, the Banbury and Oxford brands were merged under the ''Stagecoach in Oxfordshire'' brand.〔(Midland Red Depots ) MidlandRed.net〕 In March 2004 Stagecoach in Oxfordshire and Stagecoach in Warwickshire were split to into two separate divisions with those names. Buses in Oxford operate in competition with local buses operated by the Oxford Bus Company. Oxford is one of the few UK cities where such free and unsubsidised competition, as envisaged by the architects of bus deregulation in the 1980s, still exists. Similarly the ''Oxford Tube'' services competes with the Oxford Bus Company's ''X90 Oxford-London'' service. This unusual level of both service and competition is facilitated by Oxford's status as a university city, lack of car parking spaces in the city centre, and the consequent large numbers of young, affluent but car-less residents. In 2010 it was announced that a quality partnership had been agreed between the two principal bus operators and Oxfordshire County Council leading to coordinated timetabling on four key corridors and improved multi-operator ticketing across the City. On 15 July 2010, Stagecoach in Oxfordshire introduced a fleet of twenty-six hybrid buses on Routes 1 (Blackbird Leys) and 7A/7B (Kidlington). Double deckers were selected over single deckers as a result of the co-ordinated timetables and reduced frequencies to be introduced under the quality partnership. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Stagecoach in Oxfordshire」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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