Features
Museum’s Christmas appeal
A Nottingham museum is preparing for Christmas in style, reports Nick Larkin While most transport museums wind down for Christmas, one concern is holding two major events in the week up to the big day. […]
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Features
Friends celebrate 60 year friendship with a trip down memory lane
Stagecoach Manchester passengers Anne Harvey and Lesley Hill have celebrated their six-decade long friendship by taking a trip down memory lane on the bus. The pair, who met in their twenties working at the now […]
News
Changes in Oxford after consultation feedback
Proposals to introduce six trial traffic filters, designed to reduce traffic, make bus journeys faster and make walking and cycling safer, will be considered by Oxfordshire County Council’s cabinet on 29 November. The county council […]
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Translink protects fleet with Wheely-Safe
Northern Ireland’s Translink is completing a full fleet roll-out of Wheely-Safe’s latest generation wheel safety technology. The operator is equipping its entire coach and bus fleet of 1,400 vehicles with the in-motion wheel loss detection […]
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First partners with Prospective for fleet scheduling
First Bus and Prospective.io have been working in partnership since 2019 to develop and test automated timetabling and fleet scheduling software, which is now being rolled out across some of First’s largest UK operating companies […]
Coach News
National Express partners with Amazon for student travel
National Express and Amazon are offering a ‘Black Friday Week’ deal which promises to ‘deliver thousands of students home to loved ones this Christmas,’ offering a 75% discount on National Express tickets when Amazon Prime […]
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Air Products drives UK hydrogen market growth with £6.5m investment
Hydrogen supplier Air Products is set to bolster its presence in the UK hydrogen market and show its support for the UK Government’s hydrogen ambitions with a £6.5 million investment in a trailer and cylinder […]
Bus News
First Bristol announces journey cancellations due to driver shortages
Against a background of increasing local discontent at service provision, First Bristol has announced a series of temporary journey cancellations from 16 November to help it address the current driver shortage situation. The operator posted […]
Bus News
County council ‘saves 350,000 bus journeys’
Following an exercise to find new providers for bus routes cut by Stagecoach West, Gloucestershire County Council has appointed new operators Gloucestershire County Council said that it acted quickly to try and ensure that no […]
Bus News
Big Lemon expands to Bath
Close on the heels of its expansion from its South Coast base into Bristol, The Big Lemon is moving into Bath from Monday 28 November, initially operating three routes. “As with our Bristol services, due […]
