Bus News

Stagecoach East Midlands is to relaunch its fleet of 12 Skegness Seasider open-top buses for the 2024 season. Named Rocky, Sandy, Shelly, Candy, Pierre, Salty, Sunny, Teddy, Milly, Rolly, Sweetie and Scoop, the fleet has […]

A new passenger charter has been launched in Lincolnshire which commits bus operators to more consistent and improved services across the county. Councillor Richard Davies, executive member for highways and transport at Lincolnshire County Council […]

Residents in Grantham are promised improved bus services, including more frequent and longer journeys in and around the Lincolnshire town. Operator Centrebus, in partnership with Lincolnshire County Council, has enhanced its services in the area […]

Rotala has unveiled plans for carbon reduction across its operations, including the delivery of new Custom Denning electric buses for use on routes serving Heathrow airport Rotala Limited, previously Rotala Group, is planning to make […]

As the start of the third tranche of Transport for Greater Manchester franchises approaches, work is underway to enhance Rochdale bus depot, which will be operated by First Bus. The company is preparing to take […]

According to a new report by Transport Focus, 80% of those travelling by bus say they are satisfied with their last journey. The first year results for 2023 from the watchdog’s new Your Bus Journey […]

Rural regions have been prioritised in the latest round of zero-emission bus funding. 25 councils across England are to receive funding for cleaner, more modern and more reliable bus fleets, with rural areas prioritised as […]

Transport for London (TfL) has awarded a contract worth £160m over 10 years for the replacement of its existing automatic vehicle location system (iBus) to INIT. As part of the contract, INIT will provide both […]

First Bus and Portsmouth City Council officially unveiled their new electric bus fleet to the public on 11 March ahead of a service launch in April. The 62 new Wrightbus vehicles have been funded via […]