Organisers of Busworld Europe report a record breaking crowd for the 26th edition of the exhibition. Held in Brussels from 7 to 12 October, the event returned for the first time since taking a hiatus in 2019 due to the pandemic. Over the course of the event, it welcomed 40,120 visitors from 111 countries and […]
MP for South Staffordshire, Sir Gavin Williamson, is campaigning to save the number 5 bus service which is set to be cut from Codsall and Bilbrook. As part of wider changes across National Express West Midlands, the 5 service between Wolverhampton and Codsall will no longer be operated by the operator. Banga Buses is to […]
Alexander Dennis is delivering a fleet of 35 new Enviro400 double-deckers to Go South Coast. The Go-Ahead Group company, which operates a fleet of over 850 vehicles on over 140 local and long-distance routes across Dorset, Wiltshire, Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, has allocated the new low-emission buses to its morebus and Southern Vectis […]
Dawsongroup Finance, a Ringwood-based asset finance company, reports an exceptional year of growth despite the economic issues, with a growing team and new financial heights reached. Since the start of the year, the company has expanded its team by 50%, taking on four sales team members and one operations team member. It has also closed […]
CT4N is to mark the first-ever National Community Transport (CT) Week with free journeys. CT Week will promote the contribution made by community transport providers around the country. CT4N is offering a free trip for registered customers on its Easylink service on either Monday 23 October or Friday 27 October. Registering to become an Easylink […]
Go-Ahead Group-owned Morebus routes, the Breezer and New Forest Tour services, have received a Premium Journey rating by an independent auditor. The local bus operator was reviewed by https://www.greatscenicjourneys.co.uk/, which was set up to help transform, promote and accredit the collection of scenic transport routes across the UK and beyond. All reviews follow detailed scoring […]
Lothian Country has announced its intention to register two new routes and extend another in West Lothian from 3 December. The move follows McGill’s Group’s decision to pull services out of West Lothian on 2 December, having taken over services in this area from FirstBus in late 2022. The new Service 73 will operate between […]
A new ticketing and travel initiative between National Express-owned Dublin Express and Iarnród Éireann Irish Rail has been launched. For the first time, passengers can travel to Dublin Airport by rail or coach across Ireland by booking a single seamless ticket. The new ticketing agreement allows people travelling from all rail destinations to Heuston to […]