Under plans to save £7.3m from its coming year’s budget, West Midlands transport authority (Centro) plans to keep free bus travel after 23.00 for older people, the blind and disabled. Centro has also proposed to safeguard free tram and train travel for eligible people and half price bus fares for children. Councillors are to meet […]
Greener Journeys will once again be spearheading Catch the Bus Week, a series of events running from 28 April to 4 May aimed at encouraging bus use. In addition to encouraging modal shift, it also aims to increase awareness of the benefits of bus travel in the UK in the process. The organisation wants this […]
FirstGroup subsidiary, Aircoach of Dublin, has invested €3m in ten Euro5 Volvo B11R Plaxton Panther 3 coaches that have now entered service. They have plug sockets and USB charging points, as well as CCTV. The coaches will operate daily on the successful Cork–Dublin City–Dublin Airport non-stop express route. The service runs 36 departures per day, […]
New CPT President, Chris Owens, has written to the organisation’s members reporting on progress being made to make it difficult for community transport operators to ‘encroach’ on its affiliates’ ‘territory’. CPT is now seeking evidence where its members have lost or are loosing business unfairly to a CT operator. It is taking up a case […]
BASE Ltd is celebrating the delivery of its 100th UK Beulas. The landmark vehicle has gone to Holmeswood Coaches Ltd, which specified a 14.6m Glory built on an MAN RR4 480bhp chassis. The coach is the fifth vehicle of its type to be brought into the country. It has 76 seats and one wheelchair position, […]
Bus Users UK has refreshed its website (www.bususers.org). The new site has been designed to be more interactive, extensive and user friendly and is intended to reflect the changing shape of the organisation. It carries the organisation’s new logo and strapline: Bus Users – Working for passengers. Users can now enter their complaints online, find […]
Free bus services in Sheffield and Rotherham are planned to be discontinued and the concessionary fare scheme for older people scaled back as transport chiefs look to make budget savings from April. The proposed cutbacks are currently being considered by councillors. They come as South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive (SYPTE) and South Yorkshire Integrated Transport […]
Lothian Buses carried 4.6m extra passengers in 2013 taking usage to a 25 year high, according to new figures from the operator. Patronage increased by 4.2% from 110.7m in 2012 to 115.4m last year. The company also saw strong growth in season ticket sales, Edinburgh Bus Tours and its rebranded Nightbus service. It saw season […]