Black Cat’s first new full-size is a Temsa
Lincoln-based Black Cat Travel has received a Temsa HD13 coach. The vehicle has 57-seats plus driver and courier. It is the operator’s first new full-size vehicle. The coach was supplied by Temsa Sales UK.
Lincoln-based Black Cat Travel has received a Temsa HD13 coach. The vehicle has 57-seats plus driver and courier. It is the operator’s first new full-size vehicle. The coach was supplied by Temsa Sales UK.
TransMach has started 2025 with the deployment of almost 200 contactless ticketing machines to Scottish Citylink. The installation represents the smart ticketing specialist’s biggest single customer order for its fixed and mobile ETMS. TransMach’s TM500 fixed ETMs and TM920 Pro mobile machines have been installed on the Scottish Citylink’s fleet of coaches, which operate a […]
Last year was the busiest year for York’s Park and Ride since 2017, according to recently released figures. The total number of journeys exceeded 4.5million in 2024, almost one million higher than in 2023. December saw the most trips for a decade, recording nearly 500,000 journeys, a 3.5% increase on the previous highest monthly total […]
Greater Manchester’s Bee Network has reached 100 million locally controlled bus journeys. The network achieved a daily record of 602,000 journeys set on 30 January. As part of improvement efforts, a further 16 vehicles are being added to routes in parts of Greater Manchester to further boost the reliability and punctuality of services in Oldham, […]
Alexander Dennis has delivered an Enviro100EV to Kilwinning-based Shuttle Buses. The vehicle is the first Enviro100EV, and more broadly the first next-generation Alexander Dennis electric bus, supplied to an independent operator. The purchase was part-funded by the Scottish Government through the first phase of the Scottish Zero Emission Bus challenge fund (ScotZEB 1). Shuttle Buses […]
Mayor of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, Dr Nik Johnson, has announced he will franchise his region’s bus system. Although Stagecoach east, one of the area’s largest operators, supports Enhanced Partnerships as a means to improve the region’s buses, the company says it is to continue the conversation on what works best for its customers locally. The […]
Gloucestershire County Council’s Robin on demand bus service is to expand to Newent. The service currently operates in five areas, the south Forest of Dean, north and south Cotswolds, Berkeley Vale and parts of the Tewkesbury district. Reaction from the public to The Robin has been overwhelmingly positive, according to the council, with many praising […]
People are signing a petition to extend free bus travel to all people over 60 years old in England outside London. According to the petition’s creator, Karen Hickman, the current system is unjust. The campaign pledges to secure ‘equality for everyone over 60’. Currently, people in England (but not London), only receive free bus travel […]
Three new bus services for Bristol are to be introduced thanks to funding coming from the city’s Clean Air Zone (CAZ) charges. In total £4.7m has been set aside by the council from the income raised by CAZ charges to fund the new bus services until 2028. First Bus is to launch the new routes […]