Bus News

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 […]

At the time of going to press, the Department for Transport (DfT) had yet to confirm if it would continue to provide bus companies in England with funding so that they can continue to operate […]