Alexander Dennis has unveiled the first next-generation Enviro400EV battery-electric double decker built to TfL specification. The Enviro400EV for London is fitted with 472kWh batteries as standard, which the manufacturer is now able to warrant for 14 years or 1 million km, whichever comes first, under normal operating conditions in the capital. This allows the zero-emission […]
Ralph Roberts, current CEO, has been appointed as McGill’s Group’s new Chairman, assuming the role from co-owner James Easdale who remains as a director alongside his brother, Sandy. Tony Williamson has been appointed as the new Chief Executive Officer of the group. Tony enjoys a wealth of experience in public transport across nearly 40 years […]
Bus Vannin, the government-owned and operated bus service on the Isle of Man, has connected its entire on-vehicle CCTV system to the Journeo Portal. The investment is designed to save both time and money, by helping to make insurance claims and customer service queries easier, faster and more efficient to manage. The Journeo system gives […]
First Bus South, which operates First Solent buses, has secured the Portsmouth Park & Ride (P&R) contract for another five years. The operator has run the service for Portsmouth City Council for the last ten years, since it opened in 2014. First Solent will continue to provide services from Tipner Park & Ride site, a […]
Reading Buses were in Henley-on-Thames recently to promote its new aqua 28 service which starts on Monday (29 July 2024). The company is using its compressed natural gas (CNG) buses for the service. One of the brightly coloured aqua buses was parked outside the town hall with a stand on the pedestrian area that had […]
First Group Chairman, David Martin, has announced he is to retire from the Board of First Group. David Martin was appointed Chairman of FirstGroup in August 2019, serving as Executive Chairman following the departure of Chief Executive Officer, Matthew Gregory, in September 2021, until the appointment of the current Chief Executive Officer, Graham Sutherland, in […]
A rolling programme of Bee Network reviews are to explore how public transport can best be improved across every part of Greater Manchester. Starting in Bolton and Wigan, the first boroughs to get the franchised Bee Network bus services, Network Reviews will see Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) working with local authority partners to gather […]
Pelican Bus + Coach has received a further order from Nottingham City Transport, for 14 more Yutong single-deck electric vehicles. Thanks to a successful ZEBRA bid with Nottingham City Council, NCT currently has 24 battery-electric Yutong single-deckers on the road. The operator recently celebrated 250,000 zero-emission kilometres. Now, a further batch of 24 vehicles will […]