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Stagecoach has entered into a joint venture with City Sightseeing and Grupo Julia to operate a hop-on, hop-off sightseeing service in London. The new service, which started on May 20, uses the open-top Alexander Dennis Enviro400s previously operated on Stagecoach's Megasightseeing.com tour. The buses have been repainted in City Sightseeing's red livery and will initially run half-hourly operating under the London Service Permit previously issued to London City Tours. A full circuit of the route is expected to take about 150 minutes. Grupo Julia began running its London City Tour in March 2015 although it ceased using its own vehicles when it entered into a marketing agreement with RATP-owned The Original Tour in August 2018. The City Sightseeing brand has been licenced to The Original Tour for use in London since it acquired the goodwill of Ensignbus' sightseeing operations in 2001. Enrique Ybarra, CEO of City Sightseeing, said: "Since we founded City Sightseeing, London has always been an inspiration. After developing the hop-on hop-off service around the world through more than 100 cities on six continents, I am very happy to see City Sightseeing at the cradle of the hop-on, hop-off business. Together with renowned partners Stagecoach and Grupo Julia, we want to provide the best experience to the city's visitors, as we put all the experience gained and our industry network to make City Sightseeing London the leading operator." |