Bus News

Hundreds of new bus drivers are to be trained in West Yorkshire to help protect services, reports the Yorkshire Evening Post. Training provider Realise has been appointed by the West Yorkshire Combined Authority to run […]

The West Midlands-based group has increased its footprint following the take-over of Uttoxeter independent Midland Classic, with 60 vehicles and 110 staff Rotala has acquired Burton-upon-Trent-based Midland Classic for the sum of £2 million, plus […]

In what has been a bad week for the sector, two Yorkshire operators have closed their doors as a result of difficult trading conditions HCT Group-owned operators CT Plus and Powell’s Bus in Yorkshire announced […]

Go-Ahead London has shared images of the ‘ie tram’ bus in production at Irizar’s factory in Northern Spain. The zero-emission electric vehicles, which resemble a tram, will operate on route 358 from Crystal Palace to […]

A bio methane-powered single-deck bus has been transformed into a climate stripes bus by Reading Buses. For several months the firm has been working closely with the University of Reading whose Professor Ed Hawkins, a […]

Liverpool Mayor Joanne Anderson has accused Arriva of pushing staff into poverty as the local drivers’ strike continued. Meanwhile, the long-running strike action in the firm’s West Yorkshire division has ended. The Mayor of Liverpool […]

The achievement of the England Lionesses in reaching the Women’s Euro 2022 final on Sunday 31 July gripped the nation, and Reading Buses showed its support by adding a special message of encouragement to its […]

Rotala, which owns Manchester-based Diamond Bus North West, has lost its appeal against the introduction of franchising into Greater Manchester Rotala has lost its appeal against the decision of the High Court in the ongoing […]