Travel de Courcey has launched 21 buses retrofitted with micro-hybrid systems onto its urban route network in Coventry. The technology was installed in the MCV Evolution bodied MAN vehicles following a £404,000 grant from the DfT Clean Vehicle Technology Fund after an application submitted by Centro, the delivery arm of the West Midlands Integrated Transport […]
The long expected Bus Services Bill has been published following its announcement in the recent Queen’s Speech. It aims to grow bus patronage, tackle air quality hotspots, improve bus services for passengers, enable a thriving commercial bus sector and help cities and regions unlock economic growth. It supports the devolution of a variety of powers […]
Go-Ahead Group subsidiary, Go South Coast, has concluded a £10m deal with Alexander Dennis Ltd (ADL) that will see the introduction of 49 vehicles during the course of the next nine months. The new vehicles include 32 Euro6 Enviro400s, 17 of them high specification inter-urban vehicles that will run between towns and cities on the […]
Doncaster based Connaught PSV has added the Ferqui Sunrise to its range, which is to be supplied as the Ferqui SR in the UK. Built on an Iveco 70C17 chassis, Connaught is bringing the vehicle to the UK as a Vario replacement. It will be available with six-speed manual gearbox or eight-speed automatic in 25, […]
First South Yorkshire has rolled out 14 new vehicles in Doncaster, an investment of nearly £3m, as part of the newly formed Doncaster Bus Partnership. The new Euro6 microhybrid Wrightbus StreetLites have E-Leather seating and will principally operate on the Rossington 55/56 services. They are part of FirstGroup’s UK bus order of 305 new vehicles […]
Transdev is running a train ticket amnesty offer on its new CityZap service. The deal allows people to swap their weekly train ticket for a half price monthly Cityzap pass. The new intercity bus service takes customers non-stop between York and Leeds using the latest sat-nav technology. The service runs every 30 minutes and the […]
The trolleybus based New Generation Transport (NGT) project in Leeds has been refused by the DfT. The Secretary of State has decided not to make the required Order under the Transport and Works Act 1992 and not to give the planning direction. The Secretary accepts the project would be likely to address to some extent […]
Bridgwater, Somerset based WebberBus has ceased operating. Somerset County Council was made aware of the cessation of operations on 12 May 2016. In a statement, the Council said it responded immediately to the situation, arranging for other operators to take on the company’s routes where possible. All services taking students to schools and colleges were […]