SOUTH AFRICA Optare is to supply 190 Solo SR midibuses to Cape Town. The fleet will form a key element of a Bus Rapid Transport (BRT) network as part of an integrated system combining many […]
From January 25, 2012, Manchester’s Palace Theatre will host Cameron Mackintosh’s new production of Lionel Bart’s hit musical Oliver! starring Neil Morrissey, Iain Fletcher and Samantha Barks. Oliver! recently completed a twoyear run at the […]
The UK Coach Awards have extended the deadline for nominations for this year’s awards by two weeks, so nominations for the coach operator, coach driver, attraction and supplier awards will now close on Friday 23 […]
Funding also earmarked for Bristol BRT and Manchester Cross City Bus A third round of Green Bus Fund (GBF) of £25m was announced in the chancellor’s Autumn Statement last week, as was funding for the […]
Deputy prime minister Nick Clegg has said better-off elderly people should make a “sacrifice” to benefits such as the concessionary travel to help the government balance its books, it was reported last week. “We should […]
Camden Council has launched a crackdown on bus and coach drivers who leave their engines idling for more than four minutes. The north London local authority says operators will be fined £80 if their drivers […]
Operators failed to define socially necessary journey, said Paul Maynard MP Bus operators came under fire from MPs including Paul Maynard of the Transport Select Committee (TSC), in a Commons debate on bus services last […]
Almost three quarters (72%) of local education authorities in England are cutting or considering cutting school transport according to new figures collected through freedom of information requests by the Campaign for Better Transport.
Go North East has applied for planning permission for a new purpose-built bus depot and ancillary support accommodation at Handy Drive, Metro Riverside in Gateshead. The £7.7m investment would replace the company’s two existing facilities […]
The bus operations of Felix Bus and Coach, based in Stanley near Ilkeston, has been bought out by Wellglade, trent barton’s parent company. Felix, which runs an hourly Black Cat service between Ilkeston and Derby, […]
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