The Coach Tourism Association’s (CTA) Winter Networking event in Bournemouth attracted 126 delegates including coach tour operators, wholesalers, and suppliers, over Sunday 20 and Monday 21 November. The total is a record for a CTA end of year winter event. The fully subscribed networking event and fam trip included a variety of new members and […]
A special summit, convened by the Department for Transport (DfT) and the Confederation of Passenger Transport (CPT), was held in London on Tuesday [29 November] to tackle driver shortages facing the bus and coach industry. With a nationwide 10% (9.3% bus, 15.9% coach) driver vacancy rate, representatives from bus and coach operators, stakeholder bodies, combined […]
Zenobē is continuing its working relationship with Newport Transport, installing 16 new charging points at the operator’s depot. The chargers are made up of eight double-headed chargers, which provides further charging support to its fleet of 32 electric buses. This addition will allow the operator to have all its electric buses on the road at […]
National Express is trialling a new camera monitoring system, set to hit roads across the UK in the coming months. The all-new Caetano Levante IIIA is the first in the coach company’s white fleet to use Orlaco’s ‘Mirroreye’ CMS, which replaces the use of conventional wing mirrors. Developed in partnership with Caetano, the CMS is […]
The Confederation of Passenger Transport has announced that Ralph Roberts, CEO of McGill’s Bus Group, will continue as CPT’s President until the end of January 2024, with a one-year extension to his current term. Ralph Roberts has over 40 years of knowledge of the transport sector. Roberts has spent the past 13 years as Chief […]
The Go-Ahead Group has agreed to buy Dartline, a bus and coach operator based in Exeter, which will build on the group’s position as a leading local transport operator in Devon and Cornwall. A well-established business with 30 years’ experience in the region, Dartline operates a fleet of 84 buses, coaches and special education needs […]
Newport Transport is to launch electric coaches. The four electric Yutong TCE12 coaches from Pelican Bus and Coach will begin operating in March 2023 and will be the first electric coaches for Wales. Additionally, the delivery of a further 12 Yutong E10 and E12 electric buses in the same period will take the EV bus […]
Coach driver vacancies exceed bus driver vacancies, according to the Confederation of Passenger Transport (CPT). The CPT’s latest research says there is around a 9% vacancy rate for bus drivers, compared to 15% for coach drivers. A spokesperson from the CPT said: “We have lost a lot of drivers caused by a number of external […]