First Bus has completed a £750,000 investment programme at its Rochdale depot. The focus of the improvements are enhanced engineering facilities, including a new double-height workshop bay for vehicle repair and maintenance. The new building also incorporates two pits for dealing with single-decker buses and an external bay with vehicle lifting gear. A brake tester […]
ALBUM has renewed its partnership with Women in Transport for another year, extending multiple benefits to member operators and suppliers. The collaboration between both organisations started in 2023, with an objective to help to change the female under-representation across the bus industry and support bus operators in their equality, diversity and inclusion aims. The partnership […]
Volvo Buses has landed its first all-electric order with Arriva London. It will see 51 Volvo BZL Electric double-deckers join the operator’s Tottenham garage. The vehicles are for use on the operator’s newly contracted 341 and 243 routes across Tottenham. Deliveries are expected to commence in 2025. Each of the new 10.9m BZLs will be bodied […]
National Express West Midlands is celebrating its eighth Five Star Occupational Health and Safety rating from the British Safety Council. The British Safety Council audit reviewed every aspect of National Express West Midlands’ safety procedures, including observing operations at various sites, interviewing employees, and evaluating safety policies, processes and procedures. To achieve the five-star grading, […]
All operators are invited to the official opening of the Institute of Transport Administration’s (IOTA) new training centre in Bedfordshire this weekend. The event, on Saturday 27 July, also marks the 40th anniversary of Cozy’s Travel – on whose site the train centre is located – as well as the 80th anniversary of IoTA. Founded […]
A bus industry consortium is to deliver 252 new zero-emission buses and coaches to Scotland’s roads, backed by Scottish Government’s Zero Emission Bus Challenge Fund (ScotZEB 2). Eight operators are to be supported by £41.7 million grant funding, which is to be led by electric vehicle fleet specialist Zenobē, to deliver the buses along with […]
To mark the 70th anniversary of the Routemaster, the Routemaster Association staged a birthday gathering. The event was, appropriately, held at Chiswick Business Park which is on the site of London Transport’s Chiswick works where much of the development work on the iconic bus was undertaken. Routemasters in a myriad of colours attended the event, […]
London’s Superloop express bus network has reached its first anniversary. One year ago, TfL launched the SL8, the very first route to carry the Superloop branding. New data shows the average increase in passengers on all Superloop corridors (including parallel routes) since the June 2023 baseline is 11%, 9% higher than the network average. The […]