Features
100 years of a ‘rattling good ride’
The last few years have been tough for coach operators, but Worth’s Motor Services was determined to pull through the pandemic in order to […]
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Buses
Adding UK value
Jonathan Welch looks at the rise of Yutong in the UK and importer Pelican’s push to include more ‘locally-built’ content The move towards ‘new energy’ […]
Features
Save the Santa bus
An urgent appeal has gone out to save an historic Hartlepool bus which faces going for scrap. Bristol RE OEF 77K spent 25 years in service with Hartlepool Transport and successor Stagecoach. Every year it […]
Features
Delaine after dark
Legendary Lincolnshire independent Delaine Buses is planning a running day with a difference later this year. Plans are being drawn up for a Twilight Mini Running Day on Saturday 15 October. Delaine’s museum will be […]
Features
Heritage replacement for Walsall
Walsall’s transport heritage is being kept alive with a newly-repainted single-decker, reports Nick Larkin Walsall residents are once again able to ride on a bus bearing the livery of their long-lost local municipal operator after […]
News
Go North West encourages women to join the bus industry
Manchester-based bus company Go North West is addressing the under representation of women in public transport by launching a new recruitment campaign to attract more women into the bus industry. The operator has set itself […]
News
Stagecoach celebrates driver diversity as part of recruitment week
With over 2,500 new drivers since May 2021 and driver applications up by 32% since before the pandemic, Stagecoach celebrated its diverse range of drivers as part of the CPT’s Bus and Coach Driver Recruitment […]
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North East bus operators join forces to promote Bus and Coach Driver Recruitment Week
A regional bus operators’ association brought operators in Sunderland together recently to promote bus driver vacancies Go North East, Stagecoach and Arriva joined forces as part of NEbus, the region’s bus operators’ association, to put […]
Features
London bus becomes rural village restaurant
Many of London’s buses have found further life after passenger service, and besides those which go on to serve other operators, many find a future as bars, classrooms and mobile catering outlets. The roughly 645 […]
Bus News
Tough decisions for bus industry
At the time of going to press, the Department for Transport (DfT) had yet to confirm if it would continue to provide bus companies in England with funding so that they can continue to operate […]
