Winchester City Council has agreed to buy the freehold of the bus station site in central Winchester from Stagecoach. The £4m purchase is due to be completed by the end of April 2017. According to the Council, the investment is intended to ensure the future of bus operations in the city centre and is expected […]
Ulsterbus will turn 50 years old on Easter Monday. The operation started on 17 April 1967 after the Ulster Transport Authority ceased. To mark the milestone, the operator is to take vintage buses on tour around its stations and offer 50% off the day return fare for customers after 09.30 throughout the Easter Week (17 […]
National Express West Midlands is trialling contactless payments on its X1 and X2 services between Birmingham and Solihull. Tickets are cheaper using contactless, with a peak Daysaver costing £4 instead of £4.60 and a single ticket for longer journeys in Birmingham costing £2.10 instead of £2.40. The pilot is using a retail model for transactions, […]
October 2017’s introduction of the roll over standard ECE R66.02 has incentivised MAN to update their Lion’s Coach. It will be officially launched at Busworld 2017 in Kortrijk. The manufacturer said that what has emerged is ‘much more than just a stiffening of the body shell’, with changes to its drive train and general design. […]
A survey on coaches in Manchester has been launched. Marketing Manchester is working with Manchester Metropolitan University Post Graduate Tourism students to better understand the volume, value and characteristics of the coach market to Manchester city centre. The information is to be used to gain a better understanding to inform transport strategy plans and policies. […]
Stagecoach has confirmed that its megabusgold.com overnight sleepercoach services between Scotland and London will cease to operate from 21 May 2017. A statement on the operator’s website said, ‘The services – which launched in 2013 – represented an innovative and new travel product and have helped provide a value for money long distance transport option […]
Scottish Transport Minister, Humza Yousaf, has announced a further £3m for the Scottish Green Bus Fund. Bus operators, local authorities and Regional Transport Partnership’s across Scotland can apply for funding towards the purchase of low carbon emission buses. The scheme is now in its seventh year and aims to help support the introduction of new […]
Arriva North West and Wales has ordered nine Mellor Stratas. The buses are due for delivery in June 2017 and are set to be deployed on several local service routes around Macclesfield and Winsford in Cheshire. The vehicles are built on the low floor Mercedes-Benz Sprinter chassis with each having a passenger capacity of 22, […]