National Express Group has outlined its vision to become the UK’s most sustainable bus and coach company. The Group has announced it will not buy another diesel bus for its UK operations. It aims to transition to zero emission coaches, with a target for its first electric coaches to be in service next year. This […]
Sabanci Holdings and PPF, an affiliate of Skoda Transportation, have agreed and signed a letter of intent to become the new joint owners of Temsa. Due diligence is expected to be completed in an agreement which will see Sabanci and PPF each take a 50% share. Temsa says this is expected to herald the beginning […]
The community transport operator was rescued from closure in 2017 by joining HCT Group. It has been reliant on it for financial, management and technical support since that time. Operating conditions for MCT have not improved sufficiently for continued support to be viable. HCT Group can no longer sustain MCT’s losses and says it has […]
Passengers and their friends and relatives expressed outrage as a coach trip to Torquay due to be provided by Bilston-based TT Tours was cancelled without prior notice to passengers. Angered comments were left on Facebook over the cancellation of the coach holiday, which left would-be passengers stranded in the cold as they waited for a […]
The free travel to and from the exhibition and conference event will be available from Bristol, Oxford, Milton Keynes, St Albans and Maidenhead. The deal was initially teased in last week’s news section (see B&CB 1568, 21 February 2020). Visitors to ITT Hub 2020 will be able to use Snap’s new online events product to […]
Thousands settle down of an evening to watch Emmerdale, following the famous characters’ trials and tribulations. But what they might not know is those actors and the crew that film them would not be making TV if it was not for Fourway Coaches. The operator provides the transport for the iconic soap opera from its […]
With operators increasingly having to manage fares on home-to-school services, a Yorkshire entrepreneur has come to market with perhaps the most cost-effective cashless ticketing system. Software developer Chris Bell has created ShuttleID, a ‘cloud-based’ system which can manage payments by the year, term or month, issue electronic tickets to pupils’ smartphones and has the cheapest […]
As Storm Dennis struck the nation, the bus and coach industry has been striving to keep the nation moving. In flood-hit York, the city’s bus operators put commercial competition aside to get passengers safely to their destination by accepting rival companies’ tickets. In Scotland, the extreme weather meant double-deckers were banned from using the Forth […]