Belle Vue Manchester has secured a two year deal with inspiresport, whose tours offer youngsters the chance to play and train at leading clubs. inspiresport organises over 250 tours each year for schools, youth groups and sporting academies, enabling them to be professionally coached at world class facilities for football, cricket, netball, rugby, hockey, tennis […]
First West of England has warned Pokemon Go users to keep clear of its depots. The popular game that was launched last week uses a phone’s camera and GPS system to allow players to find and capture the virtual Pokemon in real life locations. There have been a number of news reports of gamers trespassing […]
Reading Buses will be launching a school summer holiday service to Legoland Windsor and Thorpe Park. The 900a to Legoland and the 900b to Thorpe Park will run every day from 23 July until September. Buses will run an express service, only calling at certain stops on the route including Reading Station and Bracknell Bus […]
Campaign for Better Transport, along with 13 other organisations, have written to the Department for Education and DfT, urging them to take action to protect school and college transport. Public Transport Campaigner from Campaign for Better Transport, Lianna Etkind, said, ‘The recent report, School Transport Matters, has shown that years of devastating cuts to school […]
A three month consultation on West Yorkshire’s transport systems is now underway. West Yorkshire Combined Authority, in partnership with district authorities, First West Yorkshire, Arriva and Transdev, is working to produce new 20 year West Yorkshire Bus and Transport strategies. As part of this process they are holding over 70 drop-in sessions to find out […]
Malta Public Transport has invested in 33 new Otokar Kent C buses adding to the 143 Otokar Vectio C delivered from September 2015. The new 12m buses are designed to carry more people than the previous 9m versions and will be servicing the busiest routes. The 33 Euro6 Kent C right hand drive buses are […]
Stagecoach has appointed Steve Walker as the new MD for its North East bus operations. Steve is the current Stagecoach North Scotland MD and will take on his new role from 12 September 2016. In the interim period, the business will continue to be managed by Clare Kavanagh, Strategy Director, Stagecoach UK Bus. The news […]
MAN, Volvo/Renault, Daimler, Iveco and DAF have been given a record fine of EUROS2,926,499,000 for breaking EU antitrust rules. According to the European Commission, the companies colluded for 14 years on truck pricing and on passing on the costs of compliance with stricter emission rules. MAN was not fined as it revealed the existence of […]