Catch the Bus Month (September 2023) is not only being used to get more passengers onboard buses and coaches, but women drivers too. FlixBus coach drivers from Cambridge are calling for more women to apply for driving jobs during this year’s event. Whippet Coaches, based in Swavesey, Cambridgeshire, has been in partnership with FlixBus for […]
Irizar (UK) has had its 600th sale of an integral coach. The landmark coach is an Irizar Integral i6s Efficient, which has gone into service with returning Irizar customer Nigel and Kim Tours of Westbury. The 14m, 42-seat tri-axle coach replaces a 2015 Irizar Integral i6 as the company’s only coach. The vehicle’s high-standard specification […]
A consultation on plans to bring Scottish football match transportation guidelines in line with those of Wales and England has now been halted. On announcing the consultation launch, B&CB highlighted there had been unease over the plans for guidance change. Scottish football organisations expressed concern over the plans to change the guidelines, saying the proposals […]
Plans for a congestion charge in Cambridge have been dropped, according to press reports. The news has been welcomed by the RHA. The congestion charge would have seen coaches face £50 charges to enter the city. The announcement comes after the RHA had campaigned for the proposal to be dropped. It has been reported that […]
Winners of this year’s IRTE Skills Challenge have been announced at the Jaguar Experience centre in Castle Bromwich, Birmingham. The site is perhaps a fitting location to celebrate British vehicle engineering capabilities considering not only does it display the best of the iconic Jaguar Land Rover brand, but in its previous incarnation as the Castle […]
The JG Travel Group is introducing brand-new deluxe ‘JG Explorer’ coaches, with five new liveried Scania Irizars set to enter service in May 2024. Supplied in co-operation with several of the group’s long-term coach operating partners, and built by Scania and Irizar, these new versatile, high-end touring coaches will be exclusive to JG Travel Group. […]
FlixBus is celebrating carrying its two millionth passenger in the UK. The lucky customer received free tickets to travel on FlixBus’s UK network, which covers more than 60 destinations, for the next 12 months, as well as a luxury spa day and a hamper of Flix-branded travel goodies. The passenger, Juanita Kani, aged 22, from […]
Ticketer is launching two video campaigns in partnership with Bus Users UK and Women in Transport. The first campaign, titled ‘Making Public Transport Even Safer’, is being released as part of Catch the Bus Month 2023 and is aimed at increasing safety onboard while encouraging female ridership. The initiative provides an action plan for passengers […]