Bus and coach registrations increased for a third consecutive month in March, rising 15%. There were 1,187 registrations made, leading to a rolling year total of 7,794, up 2% from the same figure last year. SMMT Chief Executive, Mike Hawes, said, ‘As the third consecutive month of growth, March’s 15% increase is a positive sign […]
Golden Boy Coaches of Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire has become the first coach operator to achieve CPT’s new and professionally recognised Workshop Accreditation. The certificate was designed and launched in 2014 by CPT’s Engineering Committee with support from the Traffic Commissioners. It assesses bus and coach operators’ workshops, as well as dealer workshops, against a series of […]
Chelsea FC players, Jacob Maddox, Martell Taylor-Crossdale and Miro Muheim, attended the launch of the Chatterbus, one of Surrey’s first community bus services. It will run daily between Cobham and Weybridge. Most of the funding to run the bus was provided by the football club and Surrey County Council while Elmbridge Borough Council, care firm […]
Plain clothes police from the West Midlands Safer Travel team will be targeting pickpockets and their potential victims across the local public transport network this spring. A key target for the officers will be those passengers who leave themselves vulnerable to becoming a victim. After identifying themselves to the passenger, officers will explain why they […]
Shearings Group carried a record 1.1m (+2%) passengers last year, which it attributed to continuing demand from its over 50s market. Total revenues increased 3%, breaking through the £200m mark for the first time in its 100 year history (2014: £200.8m; 2013: £195m). Improved trading, together with margin improvements, operating cost reductions and a restructuring […]
RATP Group owned Yellow Buses of Bournemouth has invested £1.6m in eight new Wrightbus Eclipse Gemini 3 double deckers based on the Volvo B5TL chassis. The operator is thought to be the first bus company in England to acquire the B5TL vehicles. The new buses can carry up to 98 passengers (75 seated and 23 […]
Speed limits for lorries over 7.5 tonnes have risen from 40mph to 50mph on single carriageways and from 50mph to 60mph on dual carriageways. The change is intended to modernise an antiquated restriction, according to DfT. The department claims the previous speed limit did not work, saying that it is broken by about three quarters […]
TfL is to increase the frequency of route 308, operated by Tower Transit, to meet increased passenger demand. The service runs between Wanstead and Clapton (Lea Bridge Road) via Forest Gate and Stratford. The route was greatly enhanced as recently as January 2014. As part of the package of bus improvements to serve the Olympic […]