Bus News

Stagecoach East Midlands has refreshed its InterConnect brand, used on its longer distance inter-urban routes. Rather than adopt the corporate amber and gold ‘distance’ livery it has opted for a violet and purple colour scheme […]

A key historic event involving the bus industry and race relations was commemorated in Bristol recently A milestone moment in race relations history was honoured in Bristol on 30 August as one of the city’s […]

Scottish operator Prentice of Haddington has installed Allison xFE fully automatic transmissions into several of its ADL Enviro 200 buses. The buses’ standard automated manual transmissions have been upgraded to Allison fully automatic xFEs in […]

The operator has made a £23m investment in greener public transport in York, with a new double-deck fleet due for delivery by the end of the year, and work is ongoing in Leeds to electrify […]

In partnership with Transport for Greater Manchester and Warrington Borough Council, Warrington’s Own Buses launched a new express bus service to Manchester Airport from 23 July. Its new X5 service will run hourly from Warrington. […]

A bus driver who walked more than 125 miles of Arriva bus routes in seven days has raised £6,607 for food bank charity the Trussell Trust. Neil Atherton, 44, works as a MyDrive lead, training […]

Miami-based investment firm I Squared Capital is reported to be looking at a deal to purchase the whole of UK bus and rail operator Arriva from its parent company Deuteche Bahn, the German state railway […]

Go-Ahead’s Brighton & Hove division has helped a Ukrainian HGV driver get back on the road thanks to a special training programme A Ukrainian evacuee has begun driving for Go-Ahead’s Brighton & Hove Buses under […]

McGill’s-owned Bright Bus Tours, originally set up by First Bus to compete against incumbent operator Lothian’s popular tours, is celebrating its fourth birthday with a number of events for customers, staff and local businesses including […]