Optare has won the Passenger Transport Air Quality award at a ceremony held at Bristol’s Grand Hotel recently. The Awards seek to give value and recognition to those who make special efforts to boost air quality, whether in the public, private or charity sector. They are supported by the Institute of Air Quality Management (IAQM) […]
Go-Coach Hire is to launch a new service in Sevenoaks, Kent on 2 November. The service is being delivered in partnership with Sevenoaks Town Council and benefits from funding from Section 106 money, covering it for approximately three years. The new 8 route circles the town centre in a figure of eight. It is hoped […]
Motts Travel of Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire has trained The One Show hosts Chris Evans and Alex Jones to obtain their PCV Licence. The training was in preparation for an event in aid of Children in Need, which will see the pair take part in the London to Brighton classic car rally in a vintage bus. […]
In the first quarter of its financial year from 28 June 2015 to 19 October 2015, Go-Ahead Group reported trading in its regional bus business as similar to the second half of last year, as expected. Its revenue in this sector rose 1%, whilst its patronage fell 1.5%. Both mileage operated and revenue growth in […]
Former Under Secretary of State for Transport, the Rt Hon Norman Baker, is to be the new Chair of Bus Users, replacing interim chair, Tracy Jessop. He said of his appointment, ‘I am delighted to be joining Bus Users UK. I know from my time as a transport minister just what a valuable role they […]
Alexander Dennis Ltd (ADL) has delivered an Enviro500 vehicle for trials with BVG (Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe) in Berlin prior to the German Capital’s planned double decker procurement programme. It joins demonstrators from Scania and VDL in the trials. The Enviro 500 is a 12.9m, two-door, three-axle double decker similar to those now being operated in Hong […]
One of the country’s longest established bus and coach companies, John Fishwick and Sons Limited of Leyland in Lancashire closed down at the end of service on 24th October. Established in 1907, the company was highly regarded by its customers and the industry in general, its green painted buses with gold fleetnames being a constant […]
Bus passengers in Sheffield will benefit from new and cheaper tickets across the city network from 1 November. The TravelMaster tickets have been developed by Sheffield Bus Partnership, the collaboration between Sheffield City Council, South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive, First South Yorkshire, Stagecoach in Sheffield, Sheffield Community Transport and TM Travel. They will be introduced […]