Salisbury coach park will be closed from Tuesday 2 January 2024 for approximately four months to enable remodelling works to be carried out. Once completed, coach drivers and their passengers should benefit from better facilities and a more pleasant experience, according to Wiltshire Council. Six coach spaces are to be provided for picking-up/dropping-off passengers and […]
Transport technology specialist UrbanThings and Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS) company SkedGo are announcing their strategic partnership. The partnership will combine SkedGo’s expertise in journey planning with UrbanThings’ experience in ticketing and real-time information to support operators and cities with access to a deeper level of configuration for their journey planning offerings. As well as promoting the availability […]
Scottish Citylink has confirmed that its coach services will operate across Scotland throughout the entire festive season. The coach provider is to deliver limited services on both Christmas Day and New Year’s Day. On 25 December, services will run on a reduced frequency between Edinburgh, Glasgow, Stirling, Perth, Dundee and Aberdeen. On 1 January, Citylink […]
Bretherton’s Gold Line Tours has equipped its latest 53-seat Volvo tri-axle 9900 coach with Spillard Safety Systems’ Human Detection System (HDS). Suitably impressed with the technology, the Ribble Valley-based operator plans to fit the Human Detection System to any new vehicle it purchases going forward. The safety solution has been developed over the last two […]
RHA has requested Scottish government supports the creation of more safe places for coaches to park as part of its submission to the Scottish Budget. Martin Reid, RHA Policy Director for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland said the road transport industry is critical to the supply chain and economic growth in the RHA’s submission to […]
Bus re-power specialist KleanBus is launching KleanDrive, an umbrella company under which it will offer its electrification technology across the entire transportation industry. The KleanDrive identity will evolve and expand KleanBus’ strategic focus of bus re-powering to now include all modes of vehicles where carbon-emitting combustion engines can be replaced with its clean, electric powertrain […]
Exactly the form that PSVAR takes when the Minister finally decides next year is uncertain, but my strong feeling is that it will be a compromise which benefits very few people, least of all wheelchair users. There’s a solid case for wheelchair accessibility for rail replacement services and express coaches, as truly public […]
Paul Adams has been named the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport in the UK‘s new Chief Executive Officer. With more than 20 years of global experience in senior leadership roles, Paul joins CILT(UK) from the Institute of Directors (IoD) where he held the role of National Director/Chief Operating Officer for two years. Before this, […]