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Seaside City ‘decker
Sporting its new 17 registration plate, fleet number 419 was ready and waiting for CBW at Blackpool Transport’s (BT) Rigby Road depot on a wet Thursday morning in the final week of March. With its […]
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Blackpool illuminated
Blackpool Transport, with one of the oldest established electric tramways in the world, plays a pivotal role in its home town’s economy, transporting locals and visitors alike – 17m of the latter annually. It is […]
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Like the sound of Blackpool?
Gareth Evans sets the scene the forthcoming ALBUM conference by Blackpool Transport, the local authority-owned operator at the well-known English coastal resort, which is also responsible for running the town’s modern and heritage trams The […]
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A talented industry – Young Bus Managers Conference 2017
Jade Smith attends the Young Bus Managers Network Spring 2017 conference in Liverpool, with speakers offering advice and praising the young talent within the industry The Young Bus Managers Network Spring 2017 conference was held […]
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A new debt collection process
A new debt recovery procedure from October is going to make it both more expensive and time consuming to chase certain outstanding debts. Worse, the courts will look very unfavourably on those that ignore the […]
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Pennine priority
Blazefield’s Blackburn Bus Company is delighted with the £40m Pennine Reach project, delivered in partnership with two local authorities, which has revolutionised roadside infrastructure, helping traffic flow and included the construction of two new bus […]
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A blazing fleet
There’s a relatively high degree of standardisation within the Transdev Blazefield fleet. Older single-deckers are heavy-duty Volvos, either B10BLEs and B7RLEs while the majority of double-deckers are also Volvos, a mix of B7TLs, B9TLs and […]
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Traversing cities and coastlines
Alex Hornby, Chief Executive Officer at Transdev Blazefield, outlines to Jade Smith Transdev’s two routes connecting York and Leeds, with the help of some people who work on the services first-hand Alex Hornby, Chief Executive […]
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Talkin’ ‘bout my generation
A number of young people working at Transdev Blazefield spoke to Jade Smith about their roles and why buses make a good career choice for younger generations Most operators will agree that finding young blood […]
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Bang on the money
Newly appointed Financial Director Nadean McNaught and her predecessor Jim Wallace explained to Elizabeth Howlett why being an FD at Transdev Blazefield isn’t all about numbers I met with the new Transdev Blazefield Financial Director […]
