South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive (SYPTE), Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council and local bus operators have saved school services in Barnsley following the sudden closure of Tates Travel last week. Alternative arrangements have been made for buses serving Penistone Grammar School, Holy Trinity College, Outwood Academy Carlton, Carlton Primary School, Carlton Academy, Darton College and Millhouse […]
RATP Dev Group owned Epsom Coaches has been awarded the Investors in People Standard. The award demonstrates the operator’s commitment to realising the potential of its people. The Epsom based company employs almost 400 staff, with a bus and coach fleet approaching 120 vehicles, operating local and London bus services, a holiday tour and day […]
Seaford & District is to operate the Eastbourne Sightseeing Tour following the withdrawal of the current service operated under the City Sightseeing brand by Bath Bus Company. A new direct replacement service will commence operation in March. The ‘hop on, hop off’ tour will utilise open top double deckers and will operate daily every 30 […]
Singapore based ComfortDelGro’s revenue rose 1.5% to SGD4.11bn/£2.03bn in the full year ended 31 December 2015 (2014: SGD4,051.3m/£2,005.3m). Operating profit increased by 1.9% to SGD450.7m/£223.06m (2014: SGD442.1m/£218.8m). At Group level, full year revenue from the bus business increased by 3.1% to SGD2.12bn/£1.05bn. Revenue from the UK bus business is expected to be higher from new […]
Having 41% of the market in France in 2015, Heuliez Bus is again the leading supplier of hybrid buses in the country. The manufacturer has also recently supplied Madrid and Barcelona with 30 GX Hybrids. Since 2010, over 400 standard and articulated hybrid buses have been produced by the manufacturer, with 150 other units on […]
Arriva Yorkshire has unveiled a series of network and route enhancements for the Castleford, Pontefract and Knottingley area. To be introduced on 22 February 2016, it will see over 300 route miles affected by the changes. These include more direct links to Junction 32 and Leeds, simplified direct links to Wakefield from Castleford, Pontefract and Knottingley and […]
Stagecoach South West has launched its South West Falcon express service. The route runs 24 hours a day, connecting Plymouth, Exeter, Taunton, Bristol Airport and Bristol city centre. A £1 special introductory fare offer is available on it until 27 February 2016. It makes 19 journeys, seven days a week. Coaches will run hourly across […]
…on Merseyside A million tickets have been sold on Merseytravel’s Walrus smartcards since the card’s launch in November 2014. It is estimated that over 40% of new UK smartcards issued during the last 12 months have been Walrus cards. Tickets currently available in ‘smart’ format are pre-paid weekly and adult four-weekly Solo tickets, which can […]