An Irizar Century from Go-Ahead’s fleet has completed its journey from the Isle of Wight to Lusaka in Zambia. The coach is to be used in training drivers to ensure public transport journeys are safe across Sub-Saharan Africa. The Southern Vectis coach, part of Go-Ahead subsidiary Go South Coast, was donated to transport charity Transaid, […]
National Express West Midlands and Coventry are running a special Valentines Day promotion. Anyone who buys an evening saver bus ticket on the National Express mTicket app and travels this evening (14 February 2022) can bring an extra person with them for free. National Express Bus Commercial Director, Chris Gibbens, said: “On 14 February last […]
Ticketing system supplier Ticketer is teaming up with Palisis, a provider of sales and operations solutions for the transportation and tourism industry, to introduce improved ticketing and connectivity for the tourism industry. The partnership will provide what is thought to be the first scalable roll out of its kind, in a bid to make travelling […]
Kleanbus has appointed former London Stock Exchange Senior Counsel, Dan Marcus, as a corporate and strategic advisor ahead of the commercial roll-out of its ‘Repowering’ offering this spring. Dan joins the Kleanbus team to offer strategic and business advice on corporate development as the company continues to build its offering towards commercial roll-out this spring, […]
National Express West Midlands is the latest part of the National Express Group to roll out Licence Check’s DAVIS licence checking and risk management platform. With a fleet of over 1,600 buses, National Express employs over 5,500 bus drivers across nine garages in the West Midlands. To improve the efficiency and effectiveness of onboarding drivers, […]
Following the lifting of Covid-19 restrictions, members of the Guild of British Coach Operators reunited at their February meeting held in Coventry. Chairman, Andy Pulham, said: “During the pandemic, the benefits of Guild membership was highly valued and we kept in touch with regular online catch ups, enabling our members to network and share best […]
Numbers of fare paying passengers on buses have reached 78% of pre-pandemic figures, according to an industry think-tank. Bus companies part of industry think tank The Ten Per Cent Club have reported their latest passenger numbers comparing the week ending 5 February 2022 to the equivalent week in 2020, just before Covid’s impact on travel […]
Stagecoach South has unveiled two ADL Enviro400 double-deckers specially liveried to mark the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. The buses were officially launched in the week of the 70th anniversary of the Queen’s accession to the throne, 6 February 1952. The platinum jubilee buses will be seen across the year on services throughout Hampshire, Surrey and West […]