A ruling against First Bus Group by Leeds County Court in favour of a wheelchair bound passenger’s right to bus access has been overturned by the Court of Appeal. The ruling came after disabled passenger, Doug Paulley from Wetherby, West Yorkshire, attempted to board a First vehicle in Leeds in February 2012, but was denied […]
Scottish Transport Minister, Keith Brown, has announced over £3m worth of funding to be allocated to bus projects across Scotland over the next two years. Thirteen projects, including interchange hubs and community transport, will receive grants under the second round of Transport Scotland’s Bus Investment Fund (BIF). The successful projects include: A93 Mini-interchange Hubs – […]
A research project following 11 year old UK born children has found almost half of them have never used a bus. The Millennium Cohort Study revealed an ‘ever-greater reliance on the family car for all journeys’, with only 4% of kids travelling on public transport on their own and 48% having never even travelled on […]
CPT UK has been working with Heathrow Airport and the London Tourist Coach Operators Association (LTCOA) to secure an agreement that the charges for coach operators using the West Ramp Coach Park will be reduced to £21.56 per vehicle for 2015 and 2016. This is a reduction of 7% against the current price. The new […]
As First Aberdeen’s Platinum Service reaches its first birthday, passenger numbers are set to break through the two million barrier. Passenger growth on the premium service is currently at 5.3% year on year and around 35,000 people now use it every week. By Christmas, over 2m passengers are expected to have travelled on the Platinum […]
Stagecoach owned megabus.com is to start coach services in new locations in Germany as the company continues its European expansion. The operator already operates services between Brussels and Cologne. It is to launch an extension to the route on 16 December, which will link Brussels with Cologne, Frankfurt, Stuttgart and Munich. Fares on the route […]
First Kernow is to further expand its bus network. From February 2015, First will begin operating new services which will link St Columb Major and St Agnes with both Truro and Newquay. This latest announcement follows previous news of new routes in the St Austell area adding to the company’s extensive network. From the 5 […]
Heat Shot, the heated fluid windscreen clearing system, has been approved by Daimler. Approval has been given for them to be installed at factory level in Mannheim or as a customer aftermarket specification in the UK on all Euro6 Mercedes-Benz Citaros. One of the first to have this equipment installed on its Citaros is the […]