Bus News
Smart switchover in Dundee
Xplore Dundee is ripping up one of its paper tickets and moving it exclusively onto smartcard. From Monday 21 September its adult 10-TripSaver will no longer be issued in paper form and will only be […]
Month: September 2020
News
TfGM urges passengers to consider all travel options
As more passengers are starting to use bus, tram and rail services, particularly at peak morning and evening periods, and although figures are still much lower than pre-pandemic levels, Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) has […]
Bus News
First Caetano e.City Golds for Germany
German operator In-der-City-Bus GmbH (ICB), a subsidiary of Stadtwerke Frankfurt am Main, has placed an order for two Caetano 12m low-floor electric buses to be delivered later this year. These will be the first Caetano […]
International
First Student expands Canadian operations
First Student has announced an agreement to acquire Ontario-based Wubs Transit. Founded in 2003, Wubs Transit provides school and charter transport services from two locations, and has a fleet of approximately 30 buses. The deal […]
Coach News
Marcopolo delivers Paradiso to Ghanaian government
South American manufacturer Marcopolo has delivered its first Paradiso G7 1600 LD to Ghana. The vehicle, equipped with with Marcopolo’s BioSafe solutions, will be used to transport members of the country’s parliament. The vehicle has […]
Last Stop
Northern General Routemaster deployed to assist on Go North East school services
Go North East deployed 56 extra buses from last week to ensure there was sufficient extra capacity on its network as more schools and workers return and use the region’s buses. The extras are covering […]
Coaches
Shear disbelief!
Paul Webb, the owner of this recently restored ex-Shearings Van Hool Alizée-bodied Volvo B10M, tells Peter Jackson the unbelievable story of how he came to acquire it, its subsequent restoration and how he ended up […]
Buses
A day-trip to East Yorkshire seaside
Shortly before daily life was interrupted by the coronavirus pandemic and travel was restricted to only the most essential journeys, Jonathan Welch took a trip to the East Yorkshire coast aboard Transdev’s Coastliner and Zap […]
Coaches
On the road again
Now express coach services have restarted in England and Wales, Richard Sharman investigates whether the demand is still there and how these operations have restarted As we are the midst of what has been coined […]
Coaches
End of an era at Swanbrook
Swanbrook ended operation of its Oxford service in July. Richard Sharman finds out why, after 35 years, it was time to move the service on to another operator On 25 July 2020, at 1800hrs, the […]
