Day in the Life

Ever wonder what it's like behind the scenes at Stagecoach? Each month we're visiting a different team member at Stagecoach South East to find out what a ‘Day in the Life’ in their role is like.
For May check in with Phil Laker, a bus driver from our Hastings bus depot.
For more info: stge.co/w3I030rGYGr

[@cyrilwilson8342]

So great to see something like this being done. Bus drivers are so far from nobody’s and getting to know them, and we do when using buses often, familiar face makes a difference

[@thatcodfan7572]

Respect to this man

[@CheekyDenny]

0:36 I love busses I even love your latest bus the envrio 400 mmc poppy apeal I want to be a bus driver for stagecoach when im older!

[@joshpipe7755]

You can do anything you set your mind to :)

[@alf3428]

I cant wait to become a driver for stagecoach!

[@millercool21]

Nice I love Stagecoach

[@Finley_Stuff]

Story Time: I was on the Route 16 in Oxfordshire on an Enviro200 and the tire popped

[@notna]

very cool!

[@scotland2142]

Your buses run in my local town in East Ayrshire Scotland and is the 42,x42and the x76B

[@Kaikaiblogs]

I play stagecoach on roblox bus game😊

[@keithmartin4178]

I wonder how much the company paid him to say that ??

[@binitagurung4081]

I see a stagecoach enviro 400 scania

[@Finiboi13]

Ive seen you before phil laker

[@lewiswilson3186]

Do u know gordan pain the driver

[@AndyH2023.]

The drivers in Hampshire needs to take a note out of your book

[@jellybaby7]

Yeah right, defects, most likely same as other Transport Depots, drive it with defects or u sacked or defect vehicle gets passed to last driver in so has no choice but to take it

[@devon896]

It's illegal to drive a bus with certain defects, the company can actually lose their operating licence as has happened several times in the West of England.

[@christill]

When will all the buses in the fleet be full EVs?

[@definitelytransport484]

Probably a while as the last batch of new buses hastings had was 2017 but if any it would be the single deckers

[@christill]

@@definitelytransport484 What did they buy in 2017? Was it the hybrid double deckers?

[@fin57]

@@christill probably just normal mmcs

[@christill]

@@fin57 Stupid question but MMC is the standard diesel version?

[@christill]

@@fin57 Thanks. I’m going to do anything to avoid taking a diesel bus or coach again. No way I’m going back to vibraty, stressful, dirty diesel buses after driving an EV for 4 years. Luckily the Southern train system is almost 100% third rail electrified and once they make e-scooters legal I’ll probably use those as well as my bike for the local stuff. Even though it sucks to cycle here. I’d rather cycle amongst drivers who hate me on roads with no infrastructure than take a diesel bus.