Stagecoach, First, Arriva, Go-Ahead and National Express have announced plans to launch London Oyster card style smart ticketing across England’s largest city regions. Described as ‘ground breaking’, the pledge is set to deliver multi-operator smart ticketing to millions of bus customers across England during 2015. Greater Manchester will be one of the first areas to […]
Labour leader, Ed Miliband’s, call for more regulation over the country’s buses has come under fire by the industry. He suggested cities and counties should be able to set bus fares and routes, as well as have the powers to integrate them with local train and tram services. A CPT spokesperson said, ‘We should be […]
Blackpool Transport is supporting this year’s Poppy Appeal with two fully wrapped buses designed by the Royal British Legion. The vehicles have been wrapped with the support of Mediaco, Autolines Graphics and Metamark who have all kindly donated the materials, print and time to this project. Director of Delivery at Blackpool Transport, Bob Mason, said, […]
Transport Minister, Baroness Kramer, has launched a competition for students aimed at devising new ways to make bus travel easier for people who have visual or hearing impairments. The competition, All Aboard, run by Transport Systems Catapult, a government funded organisation, is open to school children aged 14 to 18. It is hoped the competition […]
Van Hool has secured an order for over 1000 vehicles in a deal worth over €300 million. This takes the total vehicles for its sole distributor for America and Canada, ABC Companies (in which Van Hool holds a 38% interest) to over 10,000 since they became the agent 27 years ago. Production has already started […]
TfL and The Mayor of London have launched a public consultation on proposals to introduce the world’s first Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) in the capital on 7 September 2020. The proposals would require all vehicles travelling within the Congestion Charge zone to meet new emission standards and would be in operation 24 hours a […]
Wrexham based GHA Coaches has been awarded the contract to operate the new TrawsCymru T3 service by the Welsh Government for seven years from November. The route links Wrexham, Llangollen, Corwen, Bala, Dolgellau and Barmouth and replaces the existing GHA operated X94 service with more journeys throughout the day and with improved connections at Dolgellau […]
National Express Group has retained and grown its largest Spanish contract to have so far come up for renewal. The Group’s Spanish business, ALSA, has been awarded two contracts tendered by the Diputacion Foral of Bizkaia (the government of Bizkaia). They are for regional commuter coach services across the Bilbao metropolitan area. The contracts have […]