The Upper Tribunal has quashed a decision by the Senior Traffic Commissioner to revoke the operator’s licence of Oakwood Travel, a local bus operator in Blackpool that trades under the name Catch22Bus. The decision is effective from 15 April. The move follows the intervention of the Government Legal Team, acting on behalf of the Secretary […]
Crime on West Midlands’ public transport network has fallen 70% in the last eight years, according to the regions transport authority, Centro. The total number of offences recorded on bus and rail services across the region from April 1 last year to March 31 this year fell 6% to 5,822, down from 6,199 for the […]
Plans for the construction of a new bus station for Wigan have been approved by Wigan Council. The proposals submitted by Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) include a single, covered concourse building, modern waiting areas, cycle parking and improved access to and from the town centre. The planning application followed a public consultation exercise held […]
Liverpool Street and Aldgate bus stations have re-opened following the completion of preparatory Crossrail work and the removal of the Aldgate Gyratory. The opening of Aldgate bus station will allow services 15, 25, 40, 42, 67, 78, 100, 115, 135, 205, 254, N15, N205, N253, N550 and N551 to return to their usual routes. There […]
In a pre-close trading update in respect of its financial year ending 30 April 2016, Stagecoach Group said it is ‘on course’ to achieve its expectation of overall adjusted earnings per share for the year ending 30 April 2016. The operator’s UK Bus regional operations grew 0.2% in the 48 weeks ended 2 April 2016. […]
Arriva rolled out a specially vinyled ‘Big Blue Bus’ in Leicester in support of the city’s football club’s successful path to Premiership victory. The vehicles were driven by ‘super supporter’ drivers, all dressed in blue. It was part of the ‘Backing the Blues’ campaign, which was led by the Leicester Mercury and BBC Radio Leicester […]
German coach operator, FlixBus, has extended its UK operations after only having entered the country in March. Brussels, Leuven and Antwerp in Belgium, German cities like Frankfurt, Bonn, Dortmund, Nuremberg and Düsseldorf and Czech capital Prague are now directly connected to the English capital. No transfers are required for these services. The first FlixBuses to […]
First York has backed York’s new One Planet York initiative. This sees the operator join forces with City of York Council to pledge their support towards creating a more sustainable and resilient city. The project aims to reduce the amount of resources used in the city, which is currently at an unsustainable level, according to […]