Bus News

First Bus South has confirmed that the closure of its Buses of Somerset subsidiary’s depot in Bridgwater from 3 September will go ahead as planned. The operator says it remains fully committed to its future […]

The Edinburgh operator has seen usage swell as a result of the city’s annual Festival Lothian has for the first time recorded over 100,000 ‘taps’ in one day using its capped contactless payment method known […]

Under a cloud of tension with trade union Unite, Go North East has made its drivers what it says is an ‘unprecedented offer’ to increase pay by £2,400 per year, backdated to 1 July, despite […]

Stagecoach East Midlands has refreshed its InterConnect brand, used on its longer distance inter-urban routes. Rather than adopt the corporate amber and gold ‘distance’ livery it has opted for a violet and purple colour scheme […]

A key historic event involving the bus industry and race relations was commemorated in Bristol recently A milestone moment in race relations history was honoured in Bristol on 30 August as one of the city’s […]

Scottish operator Prentice of Haddington has installed Allison xFE fully automatic transmissions into several of its ADL Enviro 200 buses. The buses’ standard automated manual transmissions have been upgraded to Allison fully automatic xFEs in […]

The operator has made a £23m investment in greener public transport in York, with a new double-deck fleet due for delivery by the end of the year, and work is ongoing in Leeds to electrify […]

In partnership with Transport for Greater Manchester and Warrington Borough Council, Warrington’s Own Buses launched a new express bus service to Manchester Airport from 23 July. Its new X5 service will run hourly from Warrington. […]

A bus driver who walked more than 125 miles of Arriva bus routes in seven days has raised £6,607 for food bank charity the Trussell Trust. Neil Atherton, 44, works as a MyDrive lead, training […]