Driver training specialist HGVC has expanded its offering to the bus and coach market with the recruitment of 16 additional PCV instructors over the past year. This is a fourfold increase in its number of full-time instructors. The business plans to recruit a further eight instructors before the end of the year. HGVC has also […]
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 […]
The Go-Ahead Group is teaming up with Google to introduce a new feature aimed at enhancing the customer experience for bus travel. In collaboration with Google and Littlepay, Go-Ahead’s Brighton & Hove Buses is unveiling what has been described as an industry-first initiative. The solution is designed to simplify the way passengers manage their mobile […]
A Sigma7 from troubled Mellor is being used on an on-demand service in Shropshire. Shropshire Council’s new on-demand bus service initially operates in two zones, with plans in place to expand the service on a zone-by-zone basis. It follows a four-week period in which people were able to try the service for free. Operated by […]
Bus journeys have increased by 19% in England and 29% in Scotland in the last year, according to latest data released by the DfT. “Operators have been working hard with local authorities to make adjustments to their network to better suit new travel patterns” – Alison Edwards, Director of Policy and External Relations at the […]
Around 400 Unite members based at Alexander Dennis Limited (ADL) in Camelon, Falkirk, are starting a fortnight-long strike in an escalating dispute over pay. The strike action at ADL starts today (Monday 4 December) and ends on 17 December. Unite represents coach builders and spray painters at the Camelon factory. There will be pickets each […]
A Mayor’s plans to up a Mayoral Precept in council tax to support bus services has come up against criticism. Mayor of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority (CPCA), Dr Nik Johnson, highlighted that the hike has been made in a scenario of ‘unsustainable pressures’ on public transport. Last year, the local authority stepped in at […]
Alexander Dennis has today confirmed Stagecoach as the launch customer for its recently-launched Enviro100EV small zero-emission bus. Stagecoach placed its order for 20 Enviro100EV ahead of the type’s launch and production is now under way with deliveries expected in the first half of 2024. The purchase has been supported by the Scottish Government’s ScotZEB challenge […]