Bus News

Open-top sightseeing operator Big Bus Tours is expanding into Edinburgh in partnership with McGill’s, adding a 28th city to its worldwide portfolio. The move has seen McGill’s existing Bright Bus open-top operation, which has grown […]

Transport for London (TfL) has published its annual casualty statistics which show the number of people killed or seriously injured on London’s roads fell to 3,696 in 2024, the lowest level on record outside of […]

Transport for London has celebrated its 2,000th electric or hydrogen fuel cell bus delivered in nine years, with a special vinyl wrap to mark the occasion Transport for London (TfL) is celebrating reaching over 2,000 […]

A record £15.6 billion of funding for local transport projects in England’s city regions has been announced by Chancellor Rachel Reeves The Chancellor, alongside Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham and Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander, made […]

Transport for Wales (TfW) says it is delighted to announce significant enhancements to its TrawsCymru T3 service between Wrexham and Barmouth. TfW and bus operator Lloyds Coaches have made a series of changes to the […]

The Arriva Group, which operates across 11 European countries, has delivered a strong start under its new ownership, generating revenues of €2.5 billion in the seven months to 31 December 2024, and future contracted revenue […]

Scotland’s first multimodal, multi-operator account-based ticketing (ABT) system has been unveiled in Edinburgh, offering seamless bus and tram travel across the city. A newly launched Edinburgh Trams ‘tap-on, tap-off’ (‘ToTo’) ticketing and payment scheme, developed […]

Bus Users UK joined other bodies and interested parties in providing evidence to the Welsh Government on its proposals outlined in the new Bus Services (Wales) Bill 2025 Bus Users UK Director for Wales Barclay […]

As the Government’s Bus Services Bill reached its Second Reading in the House of Commons on 2 June, the Transport Secretary called for greater accountability and reliability for bus services. MPs have also begun to have their say […]

Strathcyle Partnership for Transport’s plans for reshaping its network might not be a cure-all for public transport problems, warns the CPT The Confederation of Passenger Transport has published its response to the Strathclyde Partnership for […]