Nottingham City Transport (NCT) has been commended by the University of Nottingham’s President of the Students’ Union, Harry Copson, for its decision to upgrade the 34 service to double deckers. This service runs between the City, Derby Road and University Park with a frequency from every five minutes on weekdays, every 20 minutes during the […]
Arriva is to launch its latest Sapphire premium branded service on Arriva North East’s 5/5a and X3/X4 between Teesside and Redcar in Cleveland. A total of 24 new Wrightbus StreetLites will be introduced to these services, providing an investment of over £4.5m. All vehicles are equipped with free wi-fi, power points to charge phones and […]
National Express has launched a new service from The University of Bristol’s Stoke Bishop campus, which houses 2,500 students, to London. The service comprises six outbound and eight return coaches. For the first three months, a ticket to the capital starts at a special rate of £5. It has a journey time of just under […]
Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) and Manchester City Council have made plans to improve a number of bus priority routes through Manchester city centre. The local authorities are writing to over 500 people who gave feedback during a major summer 2013 consultation that helped shaped the scheme. It is thought the bus priority package would […]
From next month, Stagecoach owned megabus.com is to launch a new network of services in the Benelux region, in addition to opening a dedicated base in Belgium. It is to run the new daily service linking Brussels with Luxembourg and Rotterdam from 6 October, offering fares from €1. The new depot, located near Brussels at […]
Mobile Onboard has announced its new low cost ‘talking bus’ technology. Called Beam Next Stop it integrates with Mobile Onboard’s Beam on-bus wi-fi units to provide passengers with a graphical next stop announcement system that can be accessed from their mobile device and/or large screens installed on the vehicle. The company says Beam Next Stop […]
Following the announcement of the Scania Touring’s UK launch earlier this year, Scania (Great Britain) Ltd has secured its first sales. Skills Motor Coaches Ltd of Nottingham has ordered three and Tranzcare Travel Ltd of Manchester has ordered one. Skills’ vehicles are scheduled for delivery in April 2015, whilst Tranzcare’s is due to enter service […]
A new rapid bus network for Bristol will be built after the DfT announced £34m funding towards the £45m project. The scheme is expected to bring better bus connections between key areas of employment, housing, retail and leisure in the city. It is envisaged the network will tackle traffic congestion, help create regeneration and support […]