Head of Reading Buses, Martijn Gilbert has been speaking of the challenges facing him in his new role. He said, ‘Many challenges lie ahead in terms of meeting economic growth, keeping pace with emerging technology and optimising the leading edge environmental credentials of the business. ‘I am a firm believer in understanding the detail and […]
D&G Bus has opened a new depot exactly ten years after it started operating from a small depot in Crewe with eight buses. The new site houses 48 buses and over 100 staff. It was officially opened by the Mayor of the Borough of Cheshire East, Cllr Wesley Fitzgerald and the Mayoress, Joan Fitzgerald. The […]
From Friday 31 October, McGill’s were to operate several Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT) supported services formally operated by Henderson Travel, which is reported to have gone into administration. McGill’s will honour all valid multi-journey tickets issued by Henderson Travel. The fare structure for all other tickets will remain the same.
Chief Technical Officer, Glenn Saint, is leaving Optare after 17 years to pursue a new venture developing electric vehicle technologies for the automotive industry. Ken Anderson, who runs Ashok Leyland’s European Technical Centre, will be joining Optare on an interim basis as Head of Engineering. Ken has 30 years experience in the automotive industry and […]
In its Interim Management Statement for the period from 1 July 2014 to date, National Express Group reported ‘strong progress’. Profit before tax in the third quarter was nearly 15% higher than the same period last year, progressively recovering the one-offs and currency translation impacts experienced in the first half of the year through the […]
Moseley and Scania (Great Britain) Ltd are, subject to contract, to bring the Scania Van Hool combination back to the UK market. Scania would supply the chassis for the coach to be sold exclusively through the three Moseley companies: Moseley (PCV), Moseley in the South and Moseley Distributors. Initially it is envisaged that the combination […]
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 […]