Additional expenditure of £46.7m has been approved by the Scottish Government to support bus operators in increasing bus services over the next eight weeks. Bus travel typically accounts for just under three quarters of all public transport journeys. This funding is to cover the anticipated loss of fare-paying passenger revenue that operators will experience due […]
Bus Users UK has hit back at calls for bus services in the north east of England to be brought back under council control. During the current health crisis, councils in the north east have contributed £1 million per week to ensure vital bus services continue to run. Some council leaders feel that, having subsidised […]
Go North East is saying its newly launched website has proved popular since its launch in April. Over the two months of its launch, it has clocked up one million page views, despite many people being unable to travel in that period due to lockdown. The new online presence was designed by website design specialist […]
Zero-emission commercial vehicle specialist, Arrival, has announced a zero-emission bus it claims will transform the public transport industry. The company says its bus is priced the same as a fossil-fuel equivalent. The Arrival Bus will be produced in local Microfactories which are designed to be capable of assembling all vehicles from Arrival’s portfolio. These Microfactories […]
Cambridgeshire-based Fenn Holidays is busily getting together its next holiday brochure. See the operator’s upbeat social media post announcing this here.
Moseley (PCV), the Pontefract dealership for VDL, Indcar and Beulas coaches, has gone into administration with all but eight staff made redundant. The dealership closed its Moseley in the South arm early in the lockdown, with an auction of vehicles based there, but appears to have been unable to keep the business viable. The business […]
Go-Ahead-owned Salisbury Reds has added three new ADL Enviro400 MMC double-deckers to its fleet. The new buses are for use on its activ8 route between Salisbury and Andover. Salisbury Reds MD, Andrew Wickham, said: “These past few months have been particularly challenging, and our team of key workers has been working incredibly hard transporting those […]
Stagecoach is launching a new smartphone “busy bus” indicator to help customers plan their journeys as services increase across the country. The new feature on the Stagecoach bus app will use extensive data and artificial intelligence to provide a traffic light indicator to help customers choose quieter services and maintain social distancing. The app is […]