Scottish Transport Minister, Keith Brown, has announced a second round of funding totalling £3m for the Bus Investment Fund (BIF) in a bid to improve Scotland’s bus services. Bus projects across the country will be able to apply for up to £500,000 over two years from the Transport Scotland Challenge Fund. The fund was set […]
Transport Minister, Baroness Kramer, has announced the next round of the Local Sustainable Transport Fund (LSTF). DfT is providing £64m towards improved infrastructure for cyclists and pedestrians, better bus journeys and new and upgraded transport interchanges allowing people to easily switch from one mode of transport to another. Further match funding will take the value […]
Trading for FirstGroup Plc during the first quarter of its 2014/15 financial year was in line with management’s expectations, according to an interim management statement. The company said its transformation programmes are progressing well. In its UK Bus operations, like-for-like passenger revenue increased by 2.7% during the period. As it rebases its local fares and […]
Kevin Sharp has been appointed the new Operations Manager of Stagecoach West’s Cheltenham and Stroud depots. Kevin joined Stagecoach in September 2012 as part of the Stagecoach Graduate Development Programme. According to the operator, he excelled in his role as Assistant Operations Manager at the company’s Oxford depot. Kevin previously worked in the hospitality and […]
Women 1st, the branch of People 1st dedicated to encouraging women to succeed in the passenger transport, leisure and hospitality industries, has extended the deadline for entries to its Shine Awards. The Shine Awards recognise excellence in women and will be announced at a prestigious black tie awards dinner on 16 September 2014, at the […]
Bus and Coach Association (BCA) members have visited the European Commission Transport Department recently to discuss EU transport law. BCA members Martin Allan and Derek Hemstock with Karen Magill from the Federation of Passenger Transport Northern Ireland focused on the 1071/2009 Regulation. BCA asked the Commission to clarify their interpretation of the exemption of non-commercial. […]
Singapore based SBS Transit has placed an order for a further 415 Volvo B9TL based double deckers. The development follows the order of 150 Volvo B9TL double deckers in 2009, 300 in 2010 and a further 565 in 2012/2013. Altogether, by 2017, Volvo Buses will have delivered 1,415 Volvo B9TL Euro5 buses to SBS Transit. […]
Over 150 MPs and Peers joined Guide Dogs at a parliamentary reception at the House of Commons. The event was used to promote the charity’s Talking Buses campaign, which aims to introduce audio visual (AV) announcements on all buses across the country. Alongside a speech from guide dog owner Dave Kent, were speeches from Transport […]