West Midlands transport authority (Centro) is to spearhead a £10m investment programme. The scheme benefited from £5m awarded to the region by the Government’s Better Bus Area Fund, making it the only region in the area to receive this maximum mount from the fund. It will see £3.3m invested in new buses by operators, £1.9m […]
First UK Bus has appointed Stuart Munro as its new Finance Director. Due to begin his new role from 2 December, Stuart joined from Tube Lines, a subsidiary of TfL, where he was Director of Finance, Commercial and Services, a post he has held since 2011. He began his career in 1990 with Ernst & […]
Sheffield Bus Partnership is celebrating reversing a decade of historic decline in the city’s bus travel at its one year anniversary mark. The voluntary agreement between South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive (SYPTE), Sheffield City Council, First South Yorkshire, Stagecoach in Sheffield and Sheffield Community Transport, has made efforts to improve the city’s bus offering, resulting […]
Volvo Bus Australia has recently been awarded a three year arrangement to supply at least 180 chassis to Brisbane City Council, including the trial of a new hybrid diesel-electric model. The local authority currently has a contract with Volgren, which will build the bus body on the chassis supplied by Volvo. Under the new agreement, […]
Volvo Group’s North American subsidiary, Nova Bus, and the Societe de Transport de Montreal (STM) have entered into an agreement on an electrification project for the public transit system of Montreal, Canada. Nova Bus and STM signed a Memorandum of Understanding in the presence of the Quebec Premier, Pauline Marois; President and CEO of the […]
Go-Ahead Group has won ‘best communication of sustainability in the annual report’ at the Investor Relations Society Best Practice Awards. The accolade recognises the operator’s clear summary of its sustainability strategy and an honest discussion of how this impacts the business. The judging panel said, ‘Go-Ahead managed to really get to the heart of what […]
Shearings Group has invested £10.5m in 38 new Setras in what is set to be the last major UK order for the Setra brand. They are to be delivered early in the New Year. The deal follows on from the delivery of 30 Setras and a major lease financing agreement earlier this year. These latest […]
First has recently experienced significant growth in passenger numbers across its Greater Manchester and West Yorkshire networks. Compared to the same period last year, it is now carrying an extra 150,000 customers a week in Greater Manchester, an 8% growth. Over the last 12 months, the company has introduced a range of service improvements, which […]