A new industry exhibition is launching in April next year: Bus & Coach Expo. Taking place from 21 to 23 April at the NEC, Birmingham, this inaugural event is expected to be a catalyst for innovation, progress and cross-industry collaboration. Co-located with the Commercial Vehicle Show, Bus & Coach Expo’s goal is to unite the […]
City Sightseeing Oxford has won the City Sightseeing Worldwide Operator of the Year award. Representatives from more than 100 tour operators across the world, including London, Edinburgh, Madrid, Toronto, New Orleans and Dubai, attended City Sightseeing Worldwide’s 23rd annual conference in Porto, Portugal. More than two million locals and tourists have hopped on and off Oxford’s […]
Transdev is celebrating after its premium fleet on flagship route The 36 won an E-Mobility Award. The route linking Harrogate with Leeds and Ripon was named as Britain’s best zero-emission transport innovation. Operated with 19 new Alexander Dennis Enviro400EV double-deckers, the route won the Best Bus Innovation trophy at the awards. The addition of the […]
Bouden Coach Travel is celebrating the role it played in supporting the recent breakthrough of the HS2 Bromford Tunnel in Birmingham. For over a year, the operator has been providing shuttle services for the Balfour Beatty VINCI (BBV) workforce at HS2’s Bromford Tunnel site near Water Orton. On 9 May, the HS2 project celebrated a […]
Stagecoach has launched a new service from St Andrews to Edinburgh Airport. Three Volvo B11Rs are being used on the new JET787 between St Andrews, Guardbridge, Cupar, Auchtermuchty, Kinross Park & Ride, Halbeath Park & Ride and Edinburgh Airport. They feature large baggage compartments to accommodate suitcases and other luggage. Considering the coaches will be […]
Ground transport management company, First Travel Solutions (FTS), reports an ‘overwhelming success’ for its transport operations at the 2025 Silverstone Grand Prix. Over the three-day race weekend, FTS safely and efficiently transported more than 83,000 attendees from Hinton Airfield, Turweston Airfield, Milton Keynes Station, Towcester, Bicester Heritage, Oxford Parkway and Buckingham to the Silverstone circuit, navigating extreme […]
First Bus has officially launched ‘First Charge’, the new identity for its growing, shared-charging initiative. The programme includes 15 First Bus depots in Scotland and England and is designed to open up First Bus’ electric vehicle (EV) infrastructure to support the transition to net zero — for businesses, fleet operators, and now, in Glasgow, for […]
A new industry exhibition is launching in April next year: Bus & Coach Expo. Taking place from 21 to 23 April at the NEC, Birmingham, this inaugural event is expected to be a catalyst for innovation, progress and cross-industry collaboration. Co-located with the Commercial Vehicle Show, Bus & Coach Expo’s goal is to unite the […]
Go-Ahead Group has officially launched a new hub for engineering talent in Greater Manchester – a flagship centre set to train over 900 engineers, including 100 apprentices, as part of a UK-wide, multi-million-pound skills investment. Located at Go North West’s Wigan depot, the Engineering Academy is one of two new training centres established by Go-Ahead, […]
