The Association of Local Bus Managers (ALBUM) is pleased there is now more clarity on the government’s bus fare cap. It follows the government’s announcement that the £2 fare cap due to end on 31 December would be raised to £3 in January and is to be in place for 12 months. ALBUM said that […]
ShuttleID has launched a new package designed specifically for use with local authorities. The package from the digital school bus pass platform includes a number of key features aimed at authorities and a no obligation 90-day free trial. The system provides e-ticketing, payments, service alerts, reporting, live vehicle tracking and boarding notifications in a single […]
Scottish Citylink-owned Megabus is to pull out of internal services in England and Wales. The network cull takes effect on 4 December, but the following services will continue all services within Scotland (under the Scottish Citylink and Megabus brands) all cross-border services between Scotland and England and Wales all Falcon services in the Southwest of […]
Alfa Travel has won the Silver Standout for Solos award at the Silver Travel Advisor Silver Travel Awards. It has also been highly commended as Best UK Breaks Operator in the Awards. Silver Travel Advisor, who have unrivalled experience in providing holidays for the over 50s, revealed the winners of their consumer voted Silver Travel […]
Media reports that the £2 fare cap could be cut in Wednesday’s Budget have been defused by the Prime Minister’s announcement today that the fare cap will rise 50%, to £3. Costing £200m, the fare cap has seen passenger journey rise almost 20% between March 2022 and March ’23, delivering between 70p and 91p in […]
Eastern Transport Holdings Ltd, the parent company of bus operators Stephensons of Essex and NIBS Buses, operating across Essex, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire, has been sold by its sole shareholder, Bill Hiron, to an Employee Ownership Trust (EOT). The business operates around 140 buses on an extensive network of services covering much of East Anglia, stretching […]
FirstGroup has acquired Shropshire-based Lakeside Group comprising Lakeside Coaches, Merediths Coaches and A. T. Brown Coaches. Lakeside operates a fleet of around 145 buses and coaches of various sizes primarily from a central, owned depot in Ellesmere, Shropshire and from five smaller depots – one owned in Shrewsbury and the others leased – in Shropshire, […]
Horsham-based EVM has signed a distribution agreement with Karsan for the e-Jest and e-Atak for UK and Ireland markets. The growing stable of products at EVM, which now includes Evener, Altas, Isuzu, Ferqui, Mercedes-Benz and other coachbuilts and van conversions, will be joined by the e-Jest, which will be exhibited at this year’s Euro Bus […]