Year: 2020

At 0637 on Sunday 5 July 2020, National Express West Midlands first fully electric double- decker left Yardley Wood depot to operate its inaugural trip carrying passengers on the 6 route to Solihull, via Hall […]

First Group has released its financial results for the year to the 31 March 2020. Following a profit of £9.8m in 2019, the group has made a loss of £152.7m in the period up to […]

Bus operators have set out how to deliver the Government’s pledge of 4000 new zero emission buses, supporting a green economic recovery and ensuring thousands of skilled jobs are retained in the UK. While bus operators […]

The Oxford Bus Company is to introduce 9 new Wrightbus StreetDecks to its own fleet and its subsidiary, Thames Travel, in the coming weeks. Oxford Bus Company already operates 47 Wrightbus Streetdecks, which are powered […]

Chalkwell Coaches of Sittingbourne has recently distributed in excess of 50,000 surgical facemasks to bus operators across the South East. The masks were provided by the UK Government and Chalkwell driver Linda Saunders travelled to […]

UK transport technology firm Passenger has launched myTrip, a mobile ticketing and tracking app for buses. Due to be released in August, myTrip is being developed to help smaller operators without existing apps (including school […]

FlixBus officially launched in the UK on 2 July, announcing plans to take several million passengers across the country within the first 12 months. The UK is now part of a network that has 400,000 […]

Following the unfortunate collapse of National Holidays, Go North East moved swiftly to ensure that the jobs of five engineers were saved. Four mechanics and one fourth year apprentice were all interviewed and offered positions […]