ShuttleID, the school bus pass and ticketing platform, has partnered with Pinpointers Vehicle Tracking to launch a low cost system to help smaller bus and coach operators become compliant with Bus Open Data regulation. The “Bus Open Data Package” is designed for operators who don’t have ETMs with Bus Open Data Service (BODS) compatible vehicle […]
After more than a decade at the helm, Claire Haigh is stepping down as CEO of Greener Journeys to pursue a wider role in the decarbonisation of transport. She commented: “2021 is going to be a critical year for the decarbonisation agenda. All our research at Greener Journeys has shown that buses have a pivotal […]
Transport trade union RMT has demanded a thorough investigation of bus and coach fires. The urge comes after newspaper The Scotsman obtained figures suggesting PCV fires have increased for three consecutive years. The paper quoted the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service statistics of more than 200 incidents north of the border since 2015. RMT has […]
The Road Haulage Association (RHA) stages its second Coach division webinar this Thursday (7 January) as its heads towards launching a challenger trade association. The RHA had planned a coach division within its organisation before the situation last summer, which saw many coach operators disillusioned with the government response to the crisis in the industry […]
Hydrogen Mobility Ireland (HMI) has carried out a three week, in-service trial of a Caetano H2.CityGold hydrogen fuel-cell-powered bus in the Dublin area. The Hydrogen Mobility Ireland project is a partnership of businesses from across many sectors, together with public sector and academic stakeholders, aimed at delivering a coordinated approach to the introduction of this […]
Greenock-based McGill’s Buses is understood to be taking over the operations of Xplore Dundee-branded operations of National Express. The deal is subject to completion by the end of the year. It will see the sale of the Xplore Dundee bus operation and its sister coach operation, Xplore More, to the independent operator. The National Express-owned […]
The Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway (GWSR) has helped out Marchants, the 70-year-old Cheltenham-based family coach and holiday travel firm, as the Covid crisis set in. The railway offered storage space for some of the firm’s 40 vehicles – and in exchange, the bus company offered some free ‘bus back’ advertising on some of its Optare […]
After a year that has seen the eight-strong coach fleet of Tittleshall-based Peelings Coaches confined to school runs and a few services, Thursday 18 December saw the entire fleet occupied on a private hire contract. Even the company’s heritage coach, a 1982 Volvo B10M Plaxton Supreme, got in on the act. The movements involved the […]