Accrington-based Pilkington Bus is to invest half a million pounds in new buses and personnel to fulfil a contract recently awarded by Lancashire County Council. The new contract is worth in the region of £3 million. The new routes began operating in July and are designed to greatly improve transport links around the Ribble Valley, […]
East Yorkshire has extended the season for its Scarborough Beachcomber open-top buses. The Beachcombers were due to finish for the year on 6 September, but they have been so busy this summer that the operator has decided to continue running them into the autumn. The service, which runs along the seafront between North and South […]
Stagecoach’s South West Falcon coach service will be serving two new stops in Wellington from 13 September. The Falcon connects Plymouth, Exeter, Cullompton and Taunton with Bristol Airport and Bristol city centre. Launched in 2016, it is the first and only public transport link from the south west to Bristol Airport and operates 20 journeys […]
Two fifths of businesses that run coaches and lorries on England’s motorways and major ‘A’ roads are satisfied with how those roads meet their business needs, according to a new survey from independent watchdog Transport Focus. ‘The Logistics and Coach Survey: Strategic Roads’ measured the satisfaction of heavy goods vehicle managers from 526 logistics and […]
National Express is relaunching its ‘Holidays by National Express’ packages. The new way to book will offer UK holidaymakers the option to set their itinerary and build their own personal combination of coach travel, hotel and attraction, with the added benefits of a lowest price guarantee and full ABTA protection, alongside a wide choice of […]
Over 500 visitors attended Transport Museum Wythall over the August Bank Holiday weekend. Visiting buses provided variety and contrast to the museum collection, with several being utilised on the free bus service that was running throughout the day and sales stands offering the usual transport related paraphernalia were busy throughout. There was free bus service […]
West Midlands Safari Park has now opened to groups, after a long lay-off as the attraction worked hard to create social distancing measures. A favourite with groups, with Sue Day a familiar face at the Coach Tourism Association, the park has released details of the way it is handling group bookings. This is now listed […]
Greater Manchester has secured over £2m in government funding to boost capacity on its bus network at peak times and help children get back to school safely. Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) has worked with operators to run around 300 additional bus journeys each weekday across the region. Around 150 duplicate journeys will run in […]