The Go-Ahead Group has appointed Martin Dean to become Managing Director, UK Regional Bus, with responsibility for all its bus companies in the UK outside London. With more than three decades’ experience in transport, Martin is well suited to his new role and is Chairman of the industry’s trade body, the Confederation of Passenger Transport. […]
Today trade association UKinbound, which represents over 300 UK tourism businesses that service international tourists visiting the UK (inbound tourism), has released new figures for 2022, showing the industry is beginning to recover. In a March survey of its members, undertaken by Qa Research, over one in three (39%) of respondents stated that international bookings […]
FlixBus is launching a domestic service in Canada today (7 April 2022). In addition to an express route between Ottawa-Toronto, the operator is running a Niagara Falls-Toronto line including a stop in St. Catharines, as well as a more comprehensive local line with stops including Waterloo (University of Waterloo), Kitchener (Downtown), Guelph, Mississauga and Toronto. […]
One of the UK’s most innovative transport app providers says that the award of funding Bus Service Improvement Plans may be fundamentally unfair. Amid other critiques of the announced BSIP funding, Alistair Aitken, Head of Sales at UK public transport app and website provider, Passenger, commented: “The fact that less than half of Bus Service Improvement […]
First Bus, Great Western Railway (GWR) and Ticketer have collaborated to provide new electronic ticketing functionality connecting bus and rail services via a single QR code. Passengers can now purchase a rail and PlusBus ticket through their smartphone for their complete journey with First Bus and GWR for travel to and around Weston-super-Mare, using a […]
A new business strategy has been announced by the Go-Ahead Group. The plan is aimed at delivering profitable growth and a sustainable future for the business in what it describes as a dynamic market for public transport. The strategy follows a business review led by Christian Schreyer, Group Chief Executive. The company will reinstate its […]
After a long wait, recipients of the £7bn Bus Service Improvement Plan (BSIP) funding have been announced. Throwing up much speculation where the money would go in the run up, the industry has reacted to the announcement. Millions ‘left disappointed’ CPT was quick to comment. On the day of the announcement, a spokesperson from the […]
Ticketing solutions specialist, Ticketer, is to attend the IT-TRANS event on 10 to 12 May in Karlsruhe, Germany. The biannual industry event focuses on IT solutions for the public transport industry, which is now back again for their first in-person event in four years. Ticketer is to showcase its latest developments, as well as from […]