National Express West Midlands is celebrating after welcoming its 100,000th customer onboard its 97A bus service, just nine months after extending the route to Birmingham Airport. The operator worked with Birmingham Airport to launch the extended 97A route past Chelmsley Wood in July 2024. The service provides frequent journeys up to every 30 minutes throughout the […]
Stagecoach Group has potentially secured an additional £7.9m funding from the Government’s Zero Emission Bus Regional Areas 2 (ZEBRA 2) initiative. This funding will supplement the £50.6m investment Stagecoach has already pledged to roll-out 120 new electric vehicles across its fleet by 2027. Transport Minister Simon Lightwood announced a further £38m of funding for bus […]
FlixBus will now offer tickets between Stansted Airport and central London from today (9 April 2025) in a new collaboration with Flibco. Awarded a five-year contract for the route by Manchester Airport Group (MAG) in January, Flibco started offering daily services between Stanstead Airport, London Liverpool Street and Stratford. The new partnership will allow customers to […]
Mellor is unveiling its new Strata minibus. First launched in 2016, the model features a redesigned passenger area with a single step up from the low floor section (reduced from two step) to minimise trip hazards and enhance passenger safety. This change also increases the headroom by 100mm, improving overall accessibility and comfort. Additionally, the […]
Scottish Citylink has introduced two new electric coaches on one of its most popular routes. The new 53-seat Yutong GTe14 coaches have gone into service on the M92 Service which operates between Edinburgh and Aberdeen, serving Halbeath, Kinross, Dundee and Forfar. It operates up to every hour in each direction. The new vehicles have a range […]
Minister for Local Transport, Simon Lightwood, has praised Stagecoach East driver Lewis Mayo for his kindness to a passenger in distress. The Minister personally wrote to Lewis Mayo after he beat off competition from around the country to win a Stagecoach Star of the Month Award, in the category of ‘Doing the right thing’ for […]
First Bus is investing £70m in a further 160 zero-emission buses in the West of England. The investment is to grow the operator’s zero-emission local fleet to over 250 vehicles. In partnership with the West of England Mayoral Combined Authority, an additional £20m has been secured through the latest round of the DfT’s Zero Emission […]
Government is investing £37.8m in 319 new zero-emission buses for England. The funding has been allocated to 12 local authorities across England, following bids to expand their zero emission bus fleets. The 319 zero-emission buses are expected in service by spring 2027. The Government says every pound of its funding is set to be topped […]