Two operators have joined up with Swindon Borough Council for a special event to help ensure accessibility to the region’s bus services. Go-Ahead Group-owned Swindon’s Bus Company and Stagecoach West have taken part in a session designed to make boarding buses a simple and straightforward process for people with learning disabilities, and for those with […]
City Sightseeing Oxford provided an open-top bus tour to give Widowed and Young’s Oxfordshire Big Picnic guests an extra boost this year with a tour. More than 20 members of the charity Widowed and Young gathered for the annual picnic event in support of Oxfordshire’s widowed community. Oxford Bus Company, owners of City Sightseeing Oxford, […]
Britain’s buses could be the first to be totally net-zero if a timetable of support for this is introduced, according to a report by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). SMMT highlights that bus manufacturers have invested significantly in green innovation with some 13 different zero-emission models now available in the UK. More […]
BYD has launched an all-new electric double-decker bus, the BYD BD11, which offers 532kWh of batteries with a theoretical range of 400 miles at its claimed 0.7kWh per kilometre. Introduced by at the London Bus Museum by Leon Daniels OBE, the 10.9-metre ‘decker in London spec is already rumoured to have orders for 100 vehicles. […]
Open-top sightseeing operator, Tootbus, has secured approval for plans to install roof-mounted solar panels on their Wandsworth depot, working in collaboration with electric fleet solutions provider VEV. This project will power the existing electric fleet with 100% end-to-end renewable power, providing 65,000kWh of electricity annually or approximately 60,000km of travel per year once the full […]
Changes to the Driver CPC are to be proposed to the government. If the first changes get the go-ahead, they may affect how drivers can stay qualified, how they can return to professional driving and stay up to date. This stems from the government’s consultation on making changes to the Driver CPC last year. Subject […]
The deadline for entries for the Bus Driver of the Year has been extended to the end of May to ensure the competition takes in all possible entrants. With 101 confirmed entries already, a great final is already assured but the deadline has been extended to 31 May. Competition Secretary Paul Mackay says: “This gives […]
Alexander Dennis has joined the consortium delivering the Connector project in Cambridge, for which it will build three Enviro100AEV autonomous buses. Backed by Innovate UK, the Connector project consortium is led by the Greater Cambridge Partnership and already included bus operator Stagecoach, IPG Automotive, dRISK and Gamma Energy. It is part funded and supported by […]