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Stagecoach Cambridgeshire was a bus company in England, which was part of the
Stagecoach Group Stagecoach Group is a transport group based in Perth, Scotland. It operates buses and express coaches in the United Kingdom. Stagecoach was originally founded in 1976 as ''Gloagtrotter'', a recreational vehicle and minibus hire business. Dur ...
. Its headquarters were in
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, and it operated services under the following brand names: *Stagecoach in Cambridge, the trading name of Cambus Ltd. (demerged from the Eastern Counties Omnibus Company in 1984) *Stagecoach in
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, the trading name of the Viscount Bus and Coach Company Ltd. (demerged as a subsidiary of Cambus Holdings Ltd. in 1989) *Stagecoach in Huntingdonshire, the trading name of Stagecoach in The Fens Ltd.Undertakings given by Stagecoach Bus Holdings Ltd.
pursuant to Section 71 of the
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,
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, 1 July 2008 (originally part of the operated by
Stagecoach East Stagecoach East is a bus operator providing local and regional services across the East of England, operating in the counties of Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire. The company is a subsidiary of the Stagecoach Group and is headquartered and regis ...
from 1989 until the company acquired Cambus Holdings in 1995 and opted to divest the
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and District business to prevent the acquisition being referred to the
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; the operations were reacquired by Stagecoach in 2008) In 2010, these services were merged into
Stagecoach East Stagecoach East is a bus operator providing local and regional services across the East of England, operating in the counties of Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire. The company is a subsidiary of the Stagecoach Group and is headquartered and regis ...
(formed in 1999, from
Stagecoach in Northants A stagecoach (also: stage coach, stage, road coach, ) is a four-wheeled public transport coach used to carry paying passengers and light packages on journeys long enough to need a change of horses. It is strongly sprung and generally drawn by ...
and
Stagecoach in Bedford Stagecoach East is a bus operator providing local and regional services across the East of England, operating in the counties of Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire. The company is a subsidiary of the Stagecoach Group and is headquartered and regist ...
); at the same time, Stagecoach in Northants was transferred to
Stagecoach Midlands Stagecoach Midlands is a bus operator providing local and regional services across the English Midlands, operating in the counties of Northamptonshire, Warwickshire and the West Midlands. The company is a subsidiary of the Stagecoach Group and ...
.


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* Ely *
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(
Fenstanton Fenstanton is a village and civil parishes in England, civil parish in Cambridgeshire, England, south of St Ives, Cambridgeshire, St Ives in Huntingdonshire, a non-metropolitan district of Cambridgeshire and historic counties of England, hist ...
) *
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{{UK-bus-company-stub Stagecoach Group bus operators in England Former bus operators in Cambridgeshire