George Steele, 93, has announced the ‘retirement’ of Blythswood Motors in Glasgow from the industry. This is due to take affect after December this year. Until then the company is open for business as usual. A statement on the company’s website said: ‘George would like to acknowledge all the people he has met over the […]
From 1st November, Stagecoach will be operating improved bus services in Hastings with a new link to Bexhill planned for later in the year. All routes on the Hastings Arrows timetable have been simplified to ensure most buses run the same journey in both directions, with increased journey times to offer a more dependable service, […]
Reviewed in this week’s French Connection, a report from the Institution of Mechanical Engineers has stated the current system of transport subsidy for older people will become unstable unless a review of it is made. Entitled ‘Public Transport for an Ageing Population’, the study claims the changes in UK demographics will greatly increase demand for public transport […]
Souter Investments’ Polish express bus operator, PolskiBus.com, has been awarded the FDI Poland Investor award for ‘Top UK Investor of the Year’, for the second year in a row. Owned by the Stagecoach founder’s private investment company, the operator has recently launched a regional network of eight new routes to 17 Polish cities and major […]
National Express Group has signed two contracts worth a combined €1bn/£0.72bn to operate the Rhine-Ruhr Express (RRX) service in Germany. The company had previously been named the preferred bidder for the contracts in June. They are two of the three contracts that cover RRX services, which operate between cities including Cologne, Dusseldorf and Dortmund, […]
Country roads are the deadliest according to new figures from the DfT, with an average of three people dying on them every day last year. In total, 1,040 people were killed and 9,051 seriously injured on country roads in 2014, with 348 fatalities occurring on a bend. In response, THINK! has launched a new […]
Cardiff Bus has added twenty new buses to its fleet, completing a three year, £3.5M investment strategy. Ten Mercedes-Benz Citaro single decks and ten ADL Enviro400 double decks will be used across the operator’s network covering Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan with a link to Newport. The Euro6 engined vehicles are fully accessible and […]
A new link road in Devon between Newton Abbot’s Penn Inn roundabout and Torquay’s Kerswell gardens bypassing the bottleneck of Kingskerswell on the A380 is nearing completion. The new road will formally be known as the South Devon Highway and it is expected to be in use by December with landscaping to continue into the […]