More people are using buses in Rotherham, with 100,000 more passengers reported since the same time last year. This increase has been attributed to improvements in the area’s bus services following the introduction of the Rotherham Bus Partnership in July 2014. Representatives from the voluntary Partnership between Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council (RMBC), South Yorkshire Passenger […]
A new operator has started running its first service in Norfolk. Lynx has been set up by a small group of local people who have many years experience of running bus services in the county. Its first route is operating between King’s Lynn and Hunstanton via Dersingham, Snettisham and Heacham. Further developments are due to […]
Isle of Wight bus operator, Go-Ahead owned Southern Vectis, has teamed up with Hovertravel and National Express. The alliance is set to offer passengers all-in-one tickets to travel from the Island to destinations across the UK. Passengers will have the opportunity to buy tickets in towns across the island and journey to Ryde by bus, […]
Newport Transport has appointed Morgan Stevens as its new Operations Director. The 29 year old was appointed to the company in April 2010 in an inspector role. He is now in charge of over almost 100 buses and 170 drivers running the operation’s 45 plus services. Before joining the municipal operator he had no previous […]
In an effort to enhance its green credentials, Stagecoach Group has launched a new sustainability strategy. It is aimed at cutting carbon emissions, reducing water consumption and improving recycling at its transport operations in the UK, mainland Europe and North America. The operator’s new five year strategy, ‘Shared responsibility, shared future’, produced in partnership with […]
Go-Ahead Group Plc has scored 84 points out of 100 and is rated B in the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) UK results. This is the highest score achieved by the Group so far and a seven point improvement upon last year’s disclosure score (77B). The operator’s performance has improved steadily over several years. CDP is […]
Wrightbus has received its first Euro6 StreetLite order from Tower Transit. The operator is taking 11 new StreetLites to TfL specification, due for delivery in February. Specified with Daimler engines, they are all to be 10.8m in length and incorporate the company’s grey and green colour scheme throughout the interior, including the seating upholstery. Tower […]
Figures on the fuel savings achieved on routes converted to using only New Routemasters have been released. The results in their average miles per gallon (mpg) are in comparison to the vehicles previously used: Route 11 – from 4.7mpg to 7.4mp (57% improvement); Routes 24 and 390 (the same vehicles are used across the two […]