Rapid roll-out of Contactless payment and an average of 2.6% discount for purchasing an M-Ticket over a paper ticket indicate a growing trend of bus operators seeking to move passengers away from cash payments, whilst […]
Optare has announced that it is to supply Tower Transit Group with 37 MetroDecker EVs for the launch of two new electric routes in London. Tower Transit was awarded the contract for routes C3 and […]
For the first time in since relocating to Blackpool almost 40 years ago, the prestigious National Final of the UK Bus Driver of the Year (BDoY) competition has a new headquarters. This year the event […]
OK Travel will already be a familiar name to those long-serving members and enthusiasts of the bus industry. It was once an iconic independent bus and coach operator in the North East. The name has […]
Mark Stevens, a senior associate in the employment team at VWV, explains how disciplinary processes can be rendered useless if the correct procedures aren’t followed An employer might want to take disciplinary action against an […]
Flixbus already operates cross-border services into the UK, and is now set to expand further to tap into the UK domestic market. Since the liberalisation of the long-distance market in Germany seven years ago, Flixbus […]
A former assistant operations manager with Go-Ahead London who owns a heritage bus operation and classic vehicle restoration firm says business is expanding on all fronts, reports Nick Larkin James Thorpe bought the Vintage Red […]
Independent research carried out by the Centre for Economics and Business Research (Cebr) shows that Stagecoach’s aggregate contribution to the country is £1.63billion a year in Gross Value Added. Stagecoach is one of the country’s […]
The West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) Board will be asked to approve the £88m funding and delivery schedule for Sprint, which will be Birmingham’s first uninterrupted cross-city bus route and offer commuters and Birmingham 2022 […]
Caught by Gordon Scott whilst on a test run in Livingston on Friday 14 February were two further Alexander Dennis Enviro400CBG-bodied Scania’s for First West of England. The lead vehicle is 39450, YX69EJD livered for […]
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