Bedfordshire-based Grant Palmer is to roll out improvements to its Hi bus service. Effective from 1 September 2024, the Hi service will operate up to every 30 minutes, with the addition of new direct journeys between Luton and Houghton Regis. The improvement enhances connectivity between Houghton Regis North, Dunstable, and Luton. The service will run […]
Archway Travel is entering bus services for the first time with the help of Asset Alliance Group. The Fleetwood-based operator is taking advantage of Asset Alliance Group’s rental offer to add nine new 8.9m Alexander Dennis Enviro200s to its growing fleet. The new additions are supplied on five-year rental agreements and are being used on […]
Stagecoach East has seen a 15.5% patronage increase so far in 2024, compared to the same period in 2023. It has carried 15,426,183 passengers in this latest period. The figure is part of a series of improvements across Stagecoach East’s network, which covers Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire. In the year to date, it completed 98.89% of […]
First Bus has officially become a Period Positive Workplace, supplying free period products to its colleagues. The milestone is part of the operator’s push to improve gender equality across its business. The initiative is also part of a wider strategy to attract more women than ever before to First Bus, as it aims to diversify […]
Metroline is working in partnership with bus driver training provider on a new pilot training scheme to attract more than 20 apprentice bus drivers. The London bus operator has partnered with Realise to help attract and train the latest recruits through apprenticeships. The new drivers will be based out of three depots across London – […]
Electric vehicle specialist Equipmake has played a key role in Argentina’s first, domestically manufactured, electric bus entering operation in Buenos Aires. The MT17.0e, which features Equipmake’s proprietary Zero Emission Drivetrain (ZED) fully-electric technology, is running on Line 28 in Argentina’s capital city, operated by DOTA S.A. Working with Agrale and Todo Bus, Equipmake’s ZED forms […]
A campaign to restore the Friends of King Alfred Buses’ (FoKAB’s) fire damaged 1950 Leyland Olympic has begun. Having been fully restored and relaunched in 2012, the bus was badly damaged in a fire last December. A reasonable sum is available from the insurance settlement to put together the feasibility and business plans that will […]
The 56th National Final of the UK Bus Driver of the Year Competition takes place in Blackpool on Sunday 1 September and entries have been rolling in from operators large and small who have put their best drivers forward. A total of 100 competitors from 34 bus operating companies are challenging for the coveted title […]