West Midlands bus fares are to be frozen at current levels until 2025. The fares freeze is designed to assist new and existing passengers with the cost of living. It means people will be able to use the region’s buses all day for the same price they would have paid in 2013, currently £4.20 for […]

Bus electrification specialist, Equipmake, has been awarded a contract to convert the 12 First York electric Optare Versas using its electric drivetrain. Equipmake expects each converted bus to have a range of 150 miles in all UK weather conditions, thanks to a larger battery and a patented HVAC system. Both single-deckers, such as the Versa, […]

HCT Group has gone into administration, despite desperate last-ditch attempts to maintain solvency. The group which was formerly Hackney Community Transport was a Community Interest Company which absorbed any profits into a charity. By 2019, it ran more than 750 buses, with operations spread from London to the north west and even ran the bus […]

Stagecoach drivers have won the top three awards in this year’s Bus Driver of the Year (BDoY) National Final. Delayed by the coronavirus pandemic, the 54th National Final held in Blackpool yesterday (Sunday 2 October) attracted 89 entrants who represented 35 large and small operators from around the UK. Entries were up on the previous […]

Nine organisations are represented in the Young Bus Managers Network event, its biggest line-up ever. Set to take place on Tuesday 18 and Wednesday 19 October, the Young Bus Managers Network autumn conference will be held at The Quays Hotel in Sheffield city centre. Thomas Ableman, Director of Strategy & Innovation at TfL, having previously […]

Stagecoach East Midlands has set plans in place to try and alleviate the impact of planned strike action from its staff. The industrial action is set to commence in Hull on 7 October. Work has been done to ensure services can continue to run during the Hull Fair (7 to 15 October). The Hull Park […]

Bedfordshire-based Grant Palmer is using Ticketer’s ticket machine technology to keep road users safe and prevent bridge strikes. Following sustained business expansion, the number of double-deckers in the family-owned bus company’s fleet has doubled. Grant Palmer has upgraded ticket machines with Ticketer’s new low-bridge alert system, which gives drivers a visual and audio warning when […]

  Irizar e-mobility, the electromobility solutions arm of Irizar, has appointed current Commercial Director, Iñigo Etxeberria, as its new General Director. He takes on the new role from 1 October. Iñigo is taking the new position after extensive experience in various high-responsibility roles throughout his career in the sectors of rail and metallurgy, among others, […]