Bus News

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 […]

Following a consultation period, West Yorkshire Combined Authority has approved plans to move to a franchised bus regime in the region Mayor of West Yorkshire Tracy Brabin has succeeded in her desire to see bus […]

It has been revealed that Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT) has joined a number of English regional authorities in voting to pursue a franchising system for bus operation in its area, which covers Glasgow and […]

Alexander Dennis has announced that it, along with battery supply partner Impact Clean Power Technology, has increased the warrantable energy throughput of its next-generation electric buses. Its new Enviro100EV and Enviro400EV have been designed to […]

The first delivery of a next generation Alexander Dennis Enviro400EV to Stagecoach in Oxfordshire has taken place, with the vehicles set to enter service this spring Alexander Dennis has made the first delivery of its […]

Data intelligence for the public transport sector specialist CitySwift has launched its latest partnership, with Transport North East, covering bus journeys across the North East region. The company says the new partnership highlights its continued […]