Bus News

Only three bus routes out of TfL’s 620 total network will now be withdrawn, whilst 53 other routes which were proposed for withdrawal or amendment will not be affected after additional funding was found Additional […]

In 2021 Milton Keynes City Council successfully bid for £16m in funding through the Department for Transport’s Zero Emission Bus Regional Access (ZEBRA) scheme. Sixty new electric buses were to be purchased with the money, […]

Stagecoach plans to increase the number of electric buses in its fleets from 184 to 343 in the next 12 months Stagecoach has confirmed that it is planning to increase its electric bus fleet by […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

National Express Coventry has introduced 50 electric double-decker buses as part of the region’s plan to introduce up to 300 new zero-emission buses over the next three years A £150 million project to create the […]

41% of UK adults are planning to use the bus more frequently in a bid to save money as households feel the pinch of the cost-of-living crisis, according to research carried out by First Bus. […]

In the run up to the Autumn Budget statement, in which the Chancellor said that existing spending commitments would be maintained, industry bodies Bus Users UK, Campaign for Better Transport, the CPT and the Urban […]

Mellor’s first order for its Sigma 12 will see Whippet electrify its ‘Universal’ university bus operation in Cambridge Cambridgeshire operator Whippet is to place an order for nine Sigma 12 battery electric buses for its […]