Statistics from the DfT charting bus use for the year ending March 2021 show the number of local bus passenger journeys in England fell by 2.5 billion or 61% to 1.57 billion. The DfT’s report on this says the fall can largely be attributed to nationwide movement restrictions introduced throughout 2020/21 in response to the […]
Northern Ireland’s Infrastructure Minister, Nichola Mallon, has unveiled the first of 80 electric double-deckers due to be in passenger service in spring 2022. The vehicles are part of her £74million investment for 100 zero-emission buses, which also includes 20 hydrogen-fuelled buses and a programme of associated infrastructure works. The announcement follows Mallon’s announcement of funding […]
Peter Hogg of Jedburgh has won best small coach operator at the Scottish Business Awards. Director, Annie Hogg, told Bus and Coach Buyer: “We are very excited to win; we are really chuffed. We have worked really hard and our drivers have been very good, very customer friendly.” The operator was nominated in 2019 for […]
Campaign for Better Transport is calling for more to be done to deliver a zero-emission bus fleet. It notes that since the Government’s commitment in February 2020 to deliver 4,000 zero-emission buses, only around 50 to 100 are on the road. Of the 38,000 buses nationally, only 12% of the fleet are hybrid and 2% […]
Q-Park Limited, one of Europe’s leading parking services providers, has signed a deal with Scania (Great Britain) Limited for the first four, factory-ordered Scania Fencer f1 buses. Scheduled for delivery in May 2022, the vehicles will feature the livery of Q-Park in partnership with Purple Parking and will provide a premium car park to airport […]
Switch Mobility‘s buses will be at the COP26 United Nations Climate Change Conference. Vehicles from the Hinduja Group-owned manufacturer will be running Glasgow’s bus route 398 in collaboration with Abellio and ScotRail for the duration of COP. Switch Mobility will also be displaying at the Green Zone Electric Vehicle Exhibition, showcasing its zero-emission, electric double-decker […]
Switch Mobility, ADL and Wrightbus are joining forces to urge the Government to speed up its rollout of 4,000 UK-made zero-emissions buses. The three manufacturers are to park three UK-made zero-emission buses in Westminster tomorrow (20 October 2021), to show MPs the world-leading technology and remind Downing St of its commitment. So far just a […]
First Bus will operate the delegate shuttle service at the upcoming COP26 UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow with a fleet of 22 BYD ADL Enviro200EV zero-emission buses. First Bus is the official transport provider for the summit, which follows a tender process run by Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT) on behalf of the UK […]