Newport Bus is extending its network from Chepstow to serve Beachley and Lydney in the Forest of Dean. The operator is taking these routes over from Stagecoach who announced in early October that it is cancelling the services. Newport Bus now operates two new routes from Chepstow; route C4 will be the new Chepstow town […]
The Confederation of Passenger Transport has announced that Ralph Roberts, CEO of McGill’s Bus Group, will continue as CPT’s President until the end of January 2024, with a one-year extension to his current term. Ralph Roberts has over 40 years of knowledge of the transport sector. Roberts has spent the past 13 years as Chief […]
Mellor has secured a conquest export order with Nobina, the leading public transport operator for Sweden and the Nordic region, which has ordered four new Sigma 7 all-electric. Deliveries are being fulfilled in November through Mellor’s Swedish distributor partner, BK Invest. The Mellor/BK Invest partnership has successfully delivered Mellor products in the region for over […]
Blackpool Transport is celebrating after winning the coveted UK Bus Operator of the Year Award at the UK Bus Awards in London. The company was also named the winner of the Gold Award in the Top Shire Operator category before fending off competition from Diamond Bus North West and Hertfordshire-based operator Uno to win the […]
The Go-Ahead Group has agreed to buy Dartline, a bus and coach operator based in Exeter, which will build on the group’s position as a leading local transport operator in Devon and Cornwall. A well-established business with 30 years’ experience in the region, Dartline operates a fleet of 84 buses, coaches and special education needs […]
Newport Transport is to launch electric coaches. The four electric Yutong TCE12 coaches from Pelican Bus and Coach will begin operating in March 2023 and will be the first electric coaches for Wales. Additionally, the delivery of a further 12 Yutong E10 and E12 electric buses in the same period will take the EV bus […]
Coach driver vacancies exceed bus driver vacancies, according to the Confederation of Passenger Transport (CPT). The CPT’s latest research says there is around a 9% vacancy rate for bus drivers, compared to 15% for coach drivers. A spokesperson from the CPT said: “We have lost a lot of drivers caused by a number of external […]
I have been attending the FIAA Show every other year for decades and always enjoyed the opportunity to touch base with the country’s small coachbuilders as well as the large global players. This year it was very different because, in a coordinated decision, all of the Spanish vehicle manufacturers did not take stands; instead it […]