FirstGroup has created a new trust to restore and preserve some of the company’s historic vehicles. The FirstGroup Heritage Trust already has four buses from First’s operations in Aberdeen, dating back to the 1930s. However, […]
Members of the Unite trade union have voted to support an industrial action ballot over the failure of London’s bus operators to agree an Olympic payment. According to Unite, the turn out was 49.6% in […]
Scania is launching a low entry gas bus in the UK in conjunction with bodybuilder Alexander Dennis.
Carl Sargeant, Welsh Government Minister responsible for transport, met with representatives of the regional transport consortia and the bus industry in Wales to discuss a new formula for supporting bus services. The Minister has agreed […]
Extra funding has been given to local authorities to help improve the efficiency of bus services, although some argue it isn’t enough Local transport minister Norman Baker has announced a number of changes aimed at […]
England will see more so-called ‘green’ buses on the roads, reduced congestion and upgraded services, due to a new £101m package of improvements approved by local transport minister Norman Baker Local transport minister Norman Baker […]
The 2012 UK Bus Awards (UKBA) was launched last week at the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport’s (CILT) inaugural Bus and Coach Forum Lecture, along with news that this years competition will feature new […]
Around 50 of the country’s top young bus managers attended the Young Bus Manager’s Network (YBMN) conference at the Lansdowne Place Hotel in Hove last week. The programme included presentations from Arriva Bus UK MD […]
Arriva plans to introduce 98 new low-carbon buses worth £26.7m to its UK fleet comprising 77 Volvo Hybrids and 21 MAN EcoCity CNG buses which will run on biomethane. This investment represents the UK’s largest […]
Epsom Coaches Group has given preferred bidder status to Optare for the supply of seven new buses for operation of Transport for London route 470, between Epsom and Colliers Wood. The firm’s Quality Line bus […]
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