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 […]
Thames Travel has added 13 new double-deckers into service as it renews a partnership with Milton Park. The ‘deckers replace single-deckers previously used to increase capacity on the services to the UK’s largest single ownership innovation community. News of the newly wrapped bus fleet follows the adoption of a refreshed Local Development Order (LDO) at […]
Lancashire County Council has taken delivery of 15 Mercedes-Benz Sprinter-based Mellor Strata High Floor minicoaches. The new vehicles offer 16 fully-removable seats or the capacity to accommodate up to six wheelchairs. Each vehicle is equipped with an inboard tail lift, a single-leaf glider door, heating and air conditioning, a reversing camera and sensors, as well […]
Cambridgeshire-based Whippet has marked the one-year anniversary of its Tap On, Tap Off ticketing rollout, having introduced the Ticketer system to its network of buses in January 2024. As the first operator in the county to adopt Tap On, Tap Off, Whippet has seen over 350,000 transactions with the system in the first year and […]