Work on a major redevelopment of Leicester’s Haymarket Bus Station is to begin on 22 September. Leicester City Council is investing £13.5m in the building of a new, larger and more efficient bus station on the site of the existing one. The first phase of work will involve re-modeling and improving highways in the vicinity. […]
FirstGroup Chairman, John McFarlane, is to step down from the role at the Annual General Meeting in July 2015, as a condition of assuming the Chairman’s position at Barclays Plc. John will take on his new role from 1 January 2015, succeeding Sir David Walker. He will receive an annual fee of £800,000 in the […]
RATP Dev has acquired ‘The Original London Sightseeing Tour’ from Arriva. Established in 1951, the operation is considered a pioneer in London sightseeing and is one of the major operators of these services in the capital. The company has a fleet of 90 buses and operates three sightseeing circuits in the centre of London along […]
Bosch is planning to increase its stake in PCV steering wheel manufacturer, ZF Lenksysteme GmbH (ZFLS), to 100%. The transaction is subject to approval by the antitrust authorities. The purchase price will not be disclosed. Up to now, German based ZFLS has been a 50:50 joint venture between Bosch and ZF. Employing over 13,000 associates […]
Arriva owned Yorkshire Tiger has become the second bus company in the UK to join CILT as a Corporate Member. The operator’s Business Director, Martijn Gilbert, said, ‘We are delighted to become the only the second bus company in the UK to join as CILT Corporate Members and the first to have their entire operations […]
Nominations for the seventh annual UK Coach Awards can now be made. For 2015, the awards are maintaining their strong emphasis on getting nominations from the customers, particularly group organisers and tour operators who actually use coaches and know the operators and drivers who serve them best. However, the operating categories are once again open […]
Stagecoach East Scotland has launched 14 ADL Enviro300s for its Kirkcaldy and Glenrothes routes. The 41 seat single deckers gradually began operating on routes 37, X37, 38, 39, 40 and X40 following their official launch. They represent a £2m investment by Stagecoach. Each bus features fresh branding and free wi-fi access. Staff from the operator […]
A ‘significant and successful’ year is how Go-Ahead described its performance in the past 12 months ended 28 June 2014. Having won the UK’s largest rail franchise, the operator also reported good progress towards its goal of a bus operating profit of £100m by 2015/16. Group revenue was up to £2,702.4m (2013: 2,571.8m) and operating […]