Swansea-based 2Travel brings High Court action, claiming damages for lost profits and the failure of its business Cardiff Bus will face a court hearing in March which could determine whether the municipally-owned operator survives. The […]
Three Eclipse Gemini 2-bodied Volvo B5RLH Hybrids have entered service at bakerbus on its premier X1 route between Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire Beaconside. Purchased with the help of the Department of Transport’s Green Bus Fund, […]
On Sunday (October 23) Stagecoach West unveiled a new hourly bus service which operates from Gloucester to Hereford. The route 33 is a revision of an old route which terminated at Ross-on-Wye, meaning passengers for […]
First Aberdeen has agreed a new deal with union officials to settle an ongoing dispute over pay and conditions. The result is the ending of the possibility of strike action by bus drivers at First […]
Peter Huntley is to leave his position as managing director of Go North East at the end of the year, after nearly six years in the post. Peter, who will be leaving the North East […]
Half of the 81-seater buses will be fully open-top and the rest will be of a half-top design. Twenty sight-seeing open-top double decker buses, built by Chinese manufacturer Anhui Ankai Automobile, are to be delivered […]
Stagecoach’s Megabus.com sleeper coach pilot covered in CBW998 has been launched following successful trials since August. The service between Glasgow and London began on Friday evening (October 21) and is being operated with three speciallyrefurbished […]
The Institute of Road Transport Engineers is calling operators to put their skills on the map by entering the IRTE Skills Challenge 2012. The challenge is a nationwide skills test for bus and coach engineers, […]
The Department for Transport’s (DfT) latest annual bus statistics for England in the financial year 2010/11 indicate a slight net increase in passenger journeys, though the 0.1% rise hides a decrease in metropolitan areas, offset […]
The Lea Valley Public Vehicle Operators Association regrets to announce the passing of long time member and Treasurer Bob Bowers, owner/operator and driver of Grove Coaches. Bob began driving in 1964 with Streets Coaches of […]
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