Touchless ticketing is being trialled by bus passengers in West Yorkshire. Everyone who takes part in the test will get half price travel on The Shuttle 662 route, which runs between Keighley and Bradford every ten minutes. West Yorkshire Combined Authority and The Keighley Bus Company (part of Transdev) has chosen The Shuttle route for […]
Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) has launched two new transport services. The Pennine Local Link is designed to offer convenient and affordable transport links between Littleborough, Milnrow, Small Bridge and the Royal Oldham Hospital. It is to run weekdays from 05.00 to 19.00. Passengers need to register once and can then book journeys online or […]
With grant support from the Government Office for Low Emission Vehicles, Arriva has recently taken delivery of 174 new Volvo B5LH double deck hybrids. They join an existing batch of 44 Volvo hybrid buses that the company purchased in 2013 for its North West services. From the order, 123 are for company’s London operations and […]
Irizar’s i6S coach has received the 2017 Coach of the Year award in Spain. This is the seventh time the manufacturer has received this award and the third consecutive year it has done so for its latest coach model. MD and CEO of Irizar Group, José Manuel Orcasitas, said, ‘We just have to go back […]
Transport for West Midlands (TfWM), part of the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA), is now looking at ways to improve the timetable of the 89 service. In particular, it is aiming to reduce a three hour wait for a return service from Solihull and Coventry. The rural route serves Solihull, Hampton in Arden, Meriden, Berkswell, […]
The Supreme Court has published its judgement in the case of First Group Plc vs Paulley, a wheelchair user heard on appeal from the Court of Appeal. In a statement accompanying its judgement, the Supreme Court stated: ‘The issue in this appeal is the reasonable adjustments which a bus company is required to make to […]
The Competitions and Markets Authority (CMA) investigated and cleared the completed acquisition by East Coast Buses Ltd (part of Lothian Buses) of the east coast operations of First Scotland East Ltd. On 15 September 2016, the CMA served an initial enforcement order under section 72(2) of the Enterprise Act 2002 on Transport for Edinburgh Ltd […]
Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) has announced it is to continue its partnership with Optare to provide repair and maintenance services for 104 hybrid and electric buses. The seven year deal, worth £8m, was awarded to the manufacturer following a competitive tendering process. TfGM’s fleet includes hybrid Solos and Versas, 12m hybrid Versa school buses […]