Go-Ahead owned Go South Coast has recognised the outstanding performances of staff from its Bluestar, Southern Vectis, morebus and Salisbury Reds operations at its annual awards ceremony. Among those honoured was morebus cleaner and shunter, Keith Smith, who was named employee of the year for the entire division. Richard Hiscock from Salisbury Reds, Tony Foster […]
Stagecoach has launched the StagecoachSmart travel card scheme across its bus services in Glasgow, Ayrshire, Arran and Dumfries and Galloway. It allows passengers to store their travel electronically on a smartcard instead of using paper tickets and the chance to pay for their travel through automatic payments. From now on, Stagecoach customers who purchase a […]
The first of the fleet of hydrogen buses for Aberdeen has now arrived in the city and was due to be revealed at Stagecoach’s Insch depot as we went to press. Its imminent unveiling was described as a ‘significant milestone’ by Aberdeen City Council leader, Barney Crockett, who was being joined by partners in the […]
MAN has had what it described as a successful start to 2014, winning a number of major orders including around 500 buses. Key contracts include 106 Lion’s City buses for Volánbusz Zrt in Hungary, 64 Lion’s City buses for Austrian operator Dr. Richard, 181 Lion’s City buses for Keolis Sverige AB, 20 Lion’s City LE […]
RATP Group described its 2013 operating and financial results as ‘very sound’. The French transport provider, whose RATP Dev subsidiary owns bus operations in the UK, recorded consolidated revenue of £4.3bn/€5.143bn in the year, up 4.2% from 2012’s result of £4.1bn/€4.934bn. RATP Dev’s contribution to Group revenue amounted to £699.6m/€835m, up 16.6%, with its profitability […]
Scania has rejected Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft’s (VW) public takeover offer. The committee from the CV manufacturer’s board of directors claimed the offer did not reflect the long term fundamental value of Scania and a fair share of the expected synergy potential between the two firms. It recommends its shareholders do not tender their shares. VW announced […]
Kirk Trewin has been appointed Chief Engineer at Go North East. Kirk joined the Go-Ahead owned operator as Fleet Engineer for the company’s north division, covering its depots across Tyneside and was responsible for the development of the company’s new £8.5m Riverside depot in Gateshead. He has worked in the bus industry for over 16 […]
Current Stagecoach West MD, Ian Manning, will retire on 31 May 2014. Rupert Cox, currently Acting Operations Director, will become MD on 1 June 2014. Rupert began his career in the bus industry while at University, working in the schedules office at Wilts & Dorset Buses in Poole. He joined Stagecoach on the company’s Graduate […]