Less than six months after it launched, Arriva’s contactless payment system has issued its 100,000th ticket. The operator’s Guildford depot was the first to introduce contactless in the Southern Counties, utilising Ticketer’s Electronic Ticket Machines […]
Passengers will be able to call for a minibus which will arrive ‘within minutes’ Go-Ahead Group is set to launch what it describes as ‘the UK’s most ambitious demand-responsive bus service’, which will pick passengers […]
London-based tech startup UrbanThings’ Government-backed Ticketless technology has been pressed into service on public buses for the first time. The smart ticketing platform has launched on Wessex Bus’ demand-responsive SevernNet buzz service, which operates in […]
Heath Williams has been appointed as Managing Director of Ipswich Buses – taking over from the operator’s interim Managing Director, Rob Bellamy. Rob has led the company since December 2016, overseeing a full review of […]
Transport for London (TfL) was last week granted a Development Consent Order (DCO) by the Department for Transport (DfT), allowing it to begin work on the Silvertown Tunnel. Set to open in 2023, it’s hoped […]
MAN hosted a round table event for the UK media, where it was clear electric power is the way forward for the company. James Day reports MAN chose a dramatic venue for its Media Roundtable […]
Claire Walters, CEO of Bus Users UK argues that – despite the obvious business advantages of autonomous vehicles – the industry can’t afford to ignore the benefits drivers bring Chancellor of the Exchequer, Phillip Hammond, […]
A report on the electric bus sector has claimed that electrically powered vehicles are very close to achieving cost parity with diesel on a whole life cost basis, and might already have it in some […]
There’s a lot of change on the horizon for the transport industry, as manufacturers and operators alike try to cut emissions – with mounting pressure from Westminster. Our bus-driving columnist Busman Bob discusses the challenges […]
Cliff Hussey is Norwich Operations Manager for First Eastern Counties. In the first of a series of articles to mark 40 years of Coach & Bus Week and its predecessor, he talks about his career […]
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