Bus News Archives

...

The Singapore Bus’ new livery

25/01/2016

The public can now have their say on the look of Singapore’s public buses. Members of the public are invited to select from two colours – red or green – for the new livery that […]

Stagecoach unveils £1.9m next-generation South Yorkshire buses

25/01/2016

Stagecoach Yorkshire has unveiled a £1.9m fleet of next-generation buses for South Yorkshire.

Scotland’s largest privately-owned public transport operator, McGill’s, has acquired the local bus routes and vehicles of Coatbridge-based, McNairn Coaches (including JJ Travel), for an undisclosed sum.

Route 36 re-launched

25/01/2016

New generation of ‘twin decks’ launched for pioneering route 36 in Yorkshire Transdev in Harrogate has re-launched route 36 between Ripon, Harrogate and Leeds with 14 new 11.5m-long Wrightbus Gemini 3-bodied Volvo B5TLs.

Bus service cuts could be reversed says Transport for Quality of Life

25/01/2016

New research by Transport for Quality of Life (TfQL), in advance of the forthcoming Government ‘Buses Bill’ due to be published next month, says that giving the rest of Britain the same powers over local […]

TfL to purchase an additional 30 New Routemasters

18/01/2016

Move is aimed at keeping the Wrightbus production line open, avoiding added cost to any subsequent orders TfL makes Transport for London’s (TfL) finance and policy committee is to ask the TfL board to approve […]

Entire UK bus network could support contactless payments by 2022

18/01/2016

Contactless travel could be in place on every bus in Britain by 2022 under ambitious multi-million-pound plans being developed by the ‘big five’ bus operators.

Blackpool Transport orders first single-door Enviro400 Citys

18/01/2016

The 10 new vehicles, representing a £2m investment, are expected to enter service on the Palladium service in the summer Blackpool Transport is to invest over £2m in a fleet of 10 new-generation ADL Enviro400 […]