First Bus‘s depot in York has had its diesel refuelling tank removed as the fleet at the site operates entirely on electric power. The depot’s fleet is the first in Yorkshire to operate only using electric charging. First York moved to its current James Street depot over 30 years ago and installed the fuel tank. […]
Go-Ahead has won the ‘Transport Project of the Year’ title at the 2024 UK Green Business Awards for creating an all-electric bus city in Oxford. The award-winning nomination focused on the project led by Go-Ahead’s subsidiary, Oxford Bus Company, which is deploying 104 zero-emission buses across the streets of Oxford by the end of this […]
Carousel Buses is announcing another recruitment day following Arriva’s pending closure of its High Wycombe and Aylesbury depots. The Go-Ahead owned operator is seeking drivers, engineers, and service controllers as it steps up its plans to expand services following the announcement of the depot closures. The drop-in event on 7 July will allow affected Arriva […]
Go North East has been getting the message out that its customers collectively save CO2 emissions equivalent to planting over one million trees every year by choosing the bus over the car. Passengers take over 48 million trips a year with the Go-Ahead-owned operator. It says based on detailed calculations, these trips will amass a […]
SNP has proposed banning the import and sale of new, non zero-emission buses by 2025 in its election manifesto. The proposal has met with opposition by the Confederation of Passenger Transport (CPT). By proposing an end of sale date of 2025 for diesel powered buses, the SNP is disproportionately targeting SMEs and rural bus operators […]
Wrightbus has launched NewPower – a repower facility for diesel buses based at the former headquarters of Arrival, the ill-fated EV business. NewPower aims to speed up the decarbonisation process by eradicating diesel powertrains in older fleets at a substantially lower price than a new battery-electric bus. It is focused on fitting its tailored electric […]
Go-Ahead-owned Salisbury Reds is running a special service transporting people to the Summer Solstice celebrations at Stone Henge today. The operator’s 333 bus service will leave Salisbury from New Canal, stand U and Salisbury Rail station between 6.30pm and 1am tomorrow, returning from Stonehenge between 4am and 10am on Friday. A Solstice journey discount is […]
Nearly half of British adults want investment in bus services to be made a top priority by the next government, according to polling undertaken by YouGov for the Confederation of Passenger Transport (CPT). According to HM Treasury’s annual analysis of public expenditure, less than 10% of all transport spending is allocated to the provision of […]