For the first time since 2019, Germany’s dedicated bus and coach trade show Bus2Bus opened its doors to visitors last week. Bus and Coach Buyer’s David Cole joined them to investigate the 35 vehicles and myriad products on show, many of them new developments including these highlights. Switch Mobility were there with two examples of […]
From the 1 May, Arriva is to extend its Route Z to include the Sundon Road roundabout as as it starts to provide service for residents within the new Linmere development at Houghton Regis. The operator is also increasing both its Luton A and Z services to an every ten-minute service. The development follows an […]
The UK’s first full-sized autonomous bus is set to take to the roads of Scotland for the first time. Live testing of the CAVForth project is to begin on Monday (25 April). Stagecoach, in partnership with Fusion Processing, Alexander Dennis and Transport Scotland, will be carrying out on-road testing of the autonomous bus over the […]
The Go-Ahead Group has appointed Martin Dean to become Managing Director, UK Regional Bus, with responsibility for all its bus companies in the UK outside London. With more than three decades’ experience in transport, Martin is well suited to his new role and is Chairman of the industry’s trade body, the Confederation of Passenger Transport. […]
One of the UK’s most innovative transport app providers says that the award of funding Bus Service Improvement Plans may be fundamentally unfair. Amid other critiques of the announced BSIP funding, Alistair Aitken, Head of Sales at UK public transport app and website provider, Passenger, commented: “The fact that less than half of Bus Service Improvement […]
Wales is proposing to roll out centralised, national bus franchising and co-ordinate its councils to create a new bus network integrated with other public transport. In wide-ranging proposals, loosely summarised as ‘One Network, One Timetable, One Ticket’,the Welsh Government wants to simply the fare structure and make tickets transferable between operators, while clawing back farebox […]
Wrightbus is taking its StreetDeck Electroliner on a UK-wide tour to demonstrate the capabilities of the vehicle. Launched last year, the zero-emission rapid-charge double deck is the first ever EV from Wrightbus. The manufacturer claims it is the fastest charging on the market. The bus will visit operators in Cardiff, Warrington, Oxford, Birmingham, Leicester, Nottingham, […]
The Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, has cut 5p/litre from fuel duty as diesel prices stabilise but remain very high. Alongside the fuel duty reduction, Sunak raised the National Insurance threshold by £3,000 a year and said there would be a future 1p reduction in income tax. With the annual inflation rate at 6.2% and rising fast, […]