Ticketing and payments specialist Flowbird has launched a new bus technology package for operators as they plan Enhanced Partnerships with local transport authorities. The company’s Bus Back Better promotion covers contactless payments and capped ticketing set out by the DfT in its vision for the future of bus travel. The package includes Flowbird’s driver console, […]
Green entrepreneur Jo Bamford – who has steered Wrightbus towards hydrogen fuel cell power – has joined forces with multi-family office Vedra Partners to launch HYCAP, a hydrogen investment fund which has set its sights on raising £1bn. The capital, which already stands at more than £200m after the first round of investment, will be […]
A Midland Red Daimler Fleetline has returned from First Worcester, successor to Midland Red West. First Worcester has worked in partnership with Transport Museum Wythall to help return 6015 to Class 6 running condition. For the past four years, the engineering team at the operator has been undertaking significant structural repairs to body bearers, vertical […]
London bus ridership is at two thirds of pre-pandemic levels, according to TfL. A full bus service is running across London, with school day-only routes operating as they did in the previous academic term. Buses have been modified to keep windows propped open and fitted with a range of air extraction and ventilation systems to […]
As night-life starts again following the lockdowns, Transdev-owned The Harrogate Bus Company is bringing back night buses linking the town with Leeds and Knaresborough. The firm is to reintroduce late night services on its 36 route in a boost for revellers heading back to Harrogate after a Saturday night out in Leeds. Its buses between […]
After terminating its home to school transport contracts with North Birmingham Travel (NBT), Birmingham City Council has reallocated these contracts to Healthcare and Transport Services (HATS). The Council cancelled contracts with NBT after it claimed it had breached the terms of its agreement (Read more about this story in our latest issue here). “We have […]
Bristol has been revealed as the city with the most dangerous drivers, according to a study by the Compensation Experts. The compensation claim specialist surveyed over 2,000 drivers in the UK to find out which cities are home to the most dangerous drivers in the country. Bristol was followed by London, Cardiff and Leeds. Of […]
Stagecoach has confirmed the first five buses from the brand new fleet due to be delivered in Orkney will arrive in October 2021. The investment of £5.4 million in 34 brand new buses is a result of an enhanced partnership between Stagecoach and Orkney Islands Council covering an eight-year period, from 2021 through to 2029. […]