First South West has launched ‘Adventures by Bus’, a portfolio brand of leisure services. The brand incorporates a ‘family’ of First-operated services across Somerset, Devon and Cornwall; including Atlantic Coaster, Falmouth Coaster, Land’s End Coaster, Day Tripper, The Lizard, Dartmoor Explorer, Discover Exeter and the Exmoor Coaster. It is hoped visitors using the service will […]
Transdev is offering what it describes as Britain’s lowest turn up and go inter-city return fare. The £1 fare is available on Transdev’s Cityzap express service between York and Leeds service. The return ticket saves passengers £18.20 on the cost of the same journey by train. The offer will remain in place seven days a […]
Oxford Bus Company’s Airline coach service to Heathrow and Gatwick airports is experiencing growing passenger numbers. Passenger numbers are now at the highest point since the pandemic started. Oxford Bus Company has reported the number of customers travelling has more than doubled since ‘Freedom Day’ when travel restrictions to many destinations were relaxed. The Airline […]
Temsa has delivered 14 of its vehicles to Bortravel DOO, one of Serbia’s largest public transport operators. The company aims to expand its activities in the Balkans in the near future and reports that it continues to grow rapidly in foreign markets. The Bortravel DOO order included ten LDSB Plus and four HD12 vehicles. The […]
Go North East is launching a series of special fare offers this summer. The Go-Ahead-owned operator has launched a new blanket fare for County Durham with a headline maximum single fare of £2 for any journey. It also launched other offers across the region, as part of its summer savings fares campaign. The operator hopes […]
K&P Coaches and Llew Jones have won the contract to operate a new Traws Cymru service in Wales. The new pilot T10 Traws Cymru bus service will run from Bangor to Corwen. It is designed to provide a more sustainable way of travelling in and around Snowdonia National Park. Over the next 12 months, the […]
Wrightbus has prevented 500,000kg of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions entering the atmosphere since the launch of its hydrogen double-decker. The reduction in emissions, from over 300,000 miles covered by Wrightbus’ fleet of hydrogen-powered buses, is the equivalent of taking 118 cars off the roads for a year. Wrightbus launched its first zero-emission bus, the Streetdeck […]
Scania (Great Britain) Ltd and its independent dealers are to make significant investments in staff training and equipment over the coming two years in order to further uplift the levels of service provided to the organisation’s bus and coach customers nationwide. A total of 20 strategically-located service centres from Scania’s 84-strong UK dealer network will […]