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An Arriva driver has been recognised for his safe driving by telematics specialist Trackm8 Arriva driver Richard Prescott was the 2023 winner of Trakm8’s annual search for the Road Safety Hero of the year. Trakm8, […]

London’s first modern electric bus entered service over a decade ago. Operator Go-Ahead London celebrated the anniversary in December at its Camberwell depot Go-Ahead London marked a decade of emission-free buses in London in mid-December […]

The Scottish and Welsh Governments have confirmed their positions on bus funding for the 2024-2025 period. In Scotland, almost £2.5 billion has been allocated for public transport to provide viable alternatives to car use, plus […]

As the crisis in local government funding continues to impact on councils across the country, Nottingham City Council has highlighted that it faces a £50 million gap in its budget for the 2024/25 year, which […]

FirstGroup has reported strong performance across its businesses in the first 2023 half-year, with a growth in profit in both bus and rail divisions. Its First Bus division delivered further margin expansion, and remains on […]

The Manchester company is investing £150,000 to help protect staff and passengers Belle Vue Manchester is upgrading its entire private hire fleet by installing CCTV cameras to improve the safety of its passengers and drivers. […]

Stagecoach Group has published its interim results for the half-year to 28 October 2023. On a total revenue of £773.2m, up from £669.6m in the previous comparable period, the group recorded a total operating profit […]

First Bus in Sheffield supported its local foodbanks over the Christmas period, offering help to three charities; Church Food Hub in Woodhouse, S2 Foodbank at St. Swithun’s Church, Burngreave, and S20 Foodbank in Mosborough. First […]

Improved punctuality and reliability as well as increased mileage were hallmarks of 2023, says First West of England Over six million more journeys were made by bus passengers in the West of England in 2023 […]

Stagecoach has partnered with NHS England to provide a double decker bus to support the ‘NHS Bus-ting Cancer’ Tour at a time when latest survey data has shown that more than two in five people […]