Stagecoach Investment put at "Over £1mil"

In May 2004, Stagecoach West invested £1.2mil in new double decks for Service 94 between Cheltenham and Gloucester.

In the days of wholesale single deck bus operation, it is comforting to note that even at frequencies of up to 10 minutes, the 94 between Cheltenham and Gloucester requires double decks. 10 such vehicles - all Transbus Dennis Tridents with Alexander ALX400 bodies - are to be used. But that was not all...

Gloucestershire County Council has paid for an ACIS BusNet satellite real time information system and currently Passenger Information Points are operating at 23 stops on 10 (Gloucester suburbs - Cheltenham) and 94, with about another 40 to follow in the coming weeks. To date, it is understood that routes A, D, E, 12 and 41 will also benefit next year. In addition to this, Gloucestershire has also provided traffic signal priorities.

The official launch took place a little after 1030 on 8 May 2004 at Cheltenham Racecourse. It was immediately followed by a half-hour cavalcade topped and tailed by two of the new vehicles but otherwise comprising a flotilla of preserved vehicles similar to those seeing service in the area. The oldest was from 1948.