First West of England has started work on two multi-million pound projects this week to electrify bus depots in Bristol and Weston-super-Mare. Construction equipment has begun arriving at the Weston-super-Mare depot ahead of a £14.9million scheme, which will see the transformation of the two-football pitch sized site, just off the A370, and the arrival of […]
First Kernow is to operate Truro Park & Ride (P&R) for another three years after competitive tendering. The operator has run the service for Cornwall Council for the last nine years, and will continue to provide services from the two Truro Park & Ride sites at Langarth Park on the west of Truro and Tregurra […]
The H2Accelerate collaboration has welcomed TEAL Mobility as its eighth member, as it aims to hasten the roll-out of hydrogen as a road fuel. TEAL Mobility brings to the collaboration its ambitious plans to deploy more than 100 hydrogen refuelling stations for heavy-duty vehicles on major European road corridors over the next ten years. The […]
The Association of Local Bus Managers (ALBUM) has expressed concerns regarding Transport for Greater Manchester’s (TfGM) decision to award all but one of its local and school bus contracts to larger operators. This shift in the balance of work could have potential implications for the local bus operating sector, particularly for smaller and medium-sized enterprise […]
Government funding for the retrofit of selective catalytic reduction (SCR) technology is being brought to an end. Government funding for bus retrofits was paused in April 2023 after research suggested that real-world emission reductions from retrofitted buses were lower than expected. Between 2017 and 2019, £64 million was allocated to the clean bus technology fund […]
Stagecoach East has welcomed its latest group of Engineering Apprentices. The group are a mix of Apprentices new to Stagecoach East and those trading-up – who are learning the skills to change job within the company. Maria Gorgan, from the Cambridge Depot joins via the Trade-Up scheme and will be undertaking the Mech/Elec Apprenticeship, working […]
A partnership between bus operators and Milton Keynes City Council is continuing to make a 50p bus fare in the city available. The Hopper Fare promotion between the Central Rail Station, The Point for Centre: MK and Midsummer Place, and the Theatre District was due to end in August, but has now been extended. The […]
PCV insurance broker, McCarron Coates, has created its own board game. The game is intended to provide passenger transport operators with more food for thought about the legal framework in which they are operating. It is also envisioned to give managers an engaging accompaniment to toolbox talks. Entitled ‘Road Hierarchy’, the boardgame builds on McCarron […]