Bus News

Local leaders have taken the next steps to put city region’s buses under public control with a unanimous vote in favour of franchising On Friday 4 March the Liverpool City Region took the next step […]

Bus passengers travelling across Newport during March will receive free travel as part of a pilot scheme being funded by the Welsh Government. The scheme, which is being trialled to encourage people to make more […]

The north-east operator has trialled its first electric double-decker, as part of plans to further electrification of its fleet Go North East undertook a week of trials with the Wrightbus Electroliner battery-electric double-decker on its […]

Unite the Union has announced that over 380 bus drivers employed by Stagecoach West and based throughout Gloucestershire and Wiltshire will take part in a month long strike in a dispute over low pay. Strike […]

To celebrate Her Majesty The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee year, First Berkshire has unveiled a bus with a royal makeover. The bus is now operating on the firm’s route 8 which runs past Windsor Castle on […]

Results reveal the group’s bus division passenger volumes have improved to more than 70% of pre-pandemic levels overall – and to around 75% in its operations in England – since the easing of the Omicron-related […]

Following delays arising as a result of the London & South Eastern rail franchise, the Go-Ahead Group has published its financial results for the year to July 2021. Overall, the Group reported a strong financial […]

A new fleet of electric buses could be on its way to Oxford after a bid for Government funding was submitted. Oxfordshire County Council this month applied for £32.8 million from the Zero Emission Bus […]

Nine operators are set to benefit from the latest funding to support 276 new battery-electric buses and associated infrastructure The Scottish Government has awarded over £62 million through the first phase of its Zero Emission […]