Magicbus is the brand Stagecoach applies to local "no-frills" bus operations in the UK, usually operated on routes with strong competition from other operators. The name was first used in Glasgow, Scotland in the late 1980s, where ex-London Transport Routemasters were used, but that operation was sold to Kelvin Central Buses in 1994. Today, most Magicbus vehicles are older double deckers cascaded from normal service work in the UK. A number of tri-axle double deckers reimported from Stagecoach's former operations in Kenya and Hong Kong are also used.