£27m project to fit 5000-strong provincial bus fleet FirstGroup is to pioneer contactless payment on its 5,000-strong bus fleet inEngland, outside London through a £27m investment. The group intends to be the first bus operator […]
The relaunch of the www.buspartnership.com website last week reflects the growing amount of qualifying agreements enabled by the Local Transport Act 2008 (Act), according to pteg. The site is now backed by ATCO, alongside original […]
A review of Coventry’s bus network has been deferred until next year after an agreement by Centro, the City Council and bus operators. The delay will allow the review to be carried out when the […]
The ‘North Lincolnshire’ venue for the 2012 ALBUM Conference has now been announced. It will take place at the Forest Pines Hotel near Brigg inNorth Lincolnshire, on Tuesday and Wednesday 22 and 23 May 2012 […]
The centenary of the former Crosville Motor Services was commemorated with a special two-day event in the heart of the old company’s operating territory over the Bank Holiday weekend in north-east Wales.
First in Chester recently commemorated the contribution of ECW Olympian ‘B200DTU’ with a running day. The bus is a rare survivor – it is the last in the area of a once ubiquitous kind. ‘EOG […]
A petition to wind-up Leicester-based Thurmaston Bus was due to heard at the Royal Courts of Justice in London on Wednesday (August 24). As a result, Leicestershire County Council (LCC) released five emergency contract tenders […]
Stagecoach is tripling Sunday services on the recently opened guided busway between Cambridge and St Ives. The move follows the 55,895 passenger trips on the route’s first week, as reported in CBW999. A new timetable […]
Buses linking Oxford and Banbury are to become the latest to be upgraded to join Stagecoach’s network of high-quality county routes. The changes will start to come into effect on Sunday (September 4) when new […]
FirstGroup is to allow bikes to be carried on buses for the first time in Scottish cities as an experiment. According to The Scotsman, the trial will take place this autumn, with bikes filling the […]
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