First Aberdeen and children at Walker Road Primary School in Torry have been remembering a bear who aided troops in the Second World War. Wojtek (Voytek), a Syrian Brown bear was found in Iran and adopted by soldiers of the 22nd Artillery Supply Company of the Polish II Corp. He was given a home at […]
FirstBus have been thanked by the organisers of the rugby world cup for providing ‘excellent’ services during the event and making a significant contribution to the overall success of the tournament. First Games Transport (FGT), part of First Bus, delivered a range of contracts during the tournament, including: spectator travel, media services across all host […]
Abellio Surrey Bus has introduced a new flat rate fare for evening travel. The change is intended to make it easier and more attractive for people to use the operator’s network of evening bus services. In a new initiative entitled ‘Save on an evening out’, Abellio is offering passengers on seven evening routes a simple […]
Bus Users has appointed Natacha Tagholm as the new Deputy Director for England. She will be responsible for managing the team in England under Director, Dawn Badminton-Capps, and working to drive forward Bus Users’ mission to ‘improve standards in services and make the bus a viable choice for everyone.’ In welcoming Natacha to the post, […]
Megabus.com, part of Stagecoach Group, is offering 50,000 free seats on its coach networks in the UK and mainland Europe between 12 January and 12 February 2016 in a huge giveaway. The free seats are available on every single journey and for travel every day of the week during the promotional period. The first tickets […]
Pontypridd coach operator, Edwards Coaches; have been invited to attend an end of year Parliamentary Review. The South Wales family run business which is in it’s 90th year, will join The Right Honourable George Osborne MP and The Right Honourable Patrick McLoughlin MP at the event in Westminster to represent the UK Transport Industry as […]
Stagecoach have further increased their Gold brand by introducing two new services across Chester, Liverpool and the Wirral. £3m has been invested in 18 ADL Enviro 300s which will only operate on upgraded Quality Bus Partnership routes 1 and 2 that operate between Liverpool, Birkenhead, Ellesmere Port, Chester Zoo and Chester. MD for Stagecoach Merseyside […]
Go-Ahead and National Express have been shortlisted in the IR Society’s Best Practice Awards. They have both been nominated into the ‘Best Annual Report’ category. Whilst Go-Ahead is up for the ‘Best use of digital communication’ and ‘Best overall communication of company investment proposition’ awards. The winners will be announced on 24 November at an […]