Southdown Buses is to become part of Sussex-based Metrobus on 2 September 2023. From that date, all Southdown bus routes will be operated by Metrobus. The news follows Southdown’s take-over by Go-Ahead-owned Brighton & Hove in February 2023, which administers the Metrobus-branded operation. From 2 September, all Southdown bus routes will be operated by Metrobus. […]
Lilian Greenwood MP joined Campaign for Better Transport in Nottingham to celebrate the city’s bus drivers. The Nottingham South MP presented bus drivers from Nottingham City Transport (NCT), trentbarton and Kinchbus with a thank-you card from bus passengers across the country at NCT’s Lower Parliament Street depot. Messages of thanks were collected during Campaign for […]
Rotala reports a profit increase for the six months ended 31 May 2023. Its profit before tax and exceptional items during the period was at £865,000 (H1 2022: £4,000). During the six months, Rotala saw passenger numbers remain at 90%-95% of pre-Covid levels, slightly higher than national levels. The company’s Board believes this outperformance can […]
Stagecoach Merseyside is proud to have provided the official Park & Ride service for The 151st Open at the Royal Liverpool Golf Club in Hoylake. With 260,000 fans attending, considerable planning was put in place to coordinate the Stagecoach team of managers, supervisors, loaders, drivers, engineers and cleaners. The Open took place from Sunday 16 […]
A meeting of the newly formed Bee Network Committee has taken place. The group replaces the former Greater Manchester Transport Committee and leads transport decision-making at a regional level, taking greater ownership and responsibility for the transport system, including the region’s franchised bus network. It is made up of 16 members, including Chair Greater Manchester […]
Preparations for this year’s Catch the Bus Month are underway with the launch of the campaign Partner Pack from Bus Users UK. The charity is calling on transport operators, local authorities, passenger groups and communities across the UK to get behind the campaign which runs throughout September. Its Partner Pack offers a range of suggestions […]
ShuttleID, the ticketing platform for schools and work, is offering its parent boarding notification feature to transport operators for free. The safeguarding feature informs parents in real time when their child has boarded the school bus. When using the ShuttleID platform for school bus passes, each time a passenger boards and scans their mobile or […]
MAN Truck & Bus reports it had a slight increase in order intake of 4% to 49,517 vehicles in the first half of the year. Unit sales increased 61% for the company to 56,173 buses, trucks and vans in the period. It said this is based on the continued high order backlog, increasing stabilisation of […]