First Aberdeen has unveiled Platinum, the new brand for its Service 19. According to the operator, the changes made to the route are ‘the most radical and innovative improvements to a local bus service in Scotland’. Director and General Manager of First Aberdeen, Duncan Cameron, believes it will ‘revolutionise’ local bus services in Scotland. The operator has completely refurbished the exterior […]
BUSK, the organisation promoting safe road transport for children, has launched ‘Now is the time…’, a new initiative urging for measures to ensure that voluntary operated buses are regulated properly. The project also calls for drivers to be licensed by the DVLA with a requirement to be medically fit with follow up medical checks every […]
Transport Minister, Baroness Kramer, has announced that South Yorkshire PTE (SYPTE) will receive £15.9m from the DfT to enable the long planned Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system to start running in the next two years. An additional £13.9m has been made available from a number of other sources to deliver the project, including a contribution […]
First Glasgow is to celebrate The One service’s first birthday by giving away 250 party bags to customers. Passengers will also be given vouchers to save money when travelling by bus, as well as the chance to win prizes including an iPad mini, shopping vouchers and an overnight stay for two. The One, connecting Helensburgh, […]
Bus workers’ union GMB and Stagecoach have joined forces to present a petition to Tyne and Wear’s transport authority (Nexus) calling for bus contracting plans to be dropped. Over 7,000 people across the region have signed a petition opposing Nexus’s proposals. According to the area’s bus operators, the plans raise concerns over fare rises, council […]
Volvo Buses’ plug-in hybrid reduces fuel consumption by 81%, according to the manufacturer, with the total energy consumption cut by 61% compared to a corresponding diesel bus Euro5. From field tests conducted in Gothenburg, the figures for overall energy consumption, including both diesel and electricity, have exceeded the target. The field test began in June […]
University of Sheffield student, Jodie Wilberforce, has had help paying her student fees after winning £3,000 in a North of England wide competition run by First. In her first year of a dental hygiene and therapy course, Jodie won out of 5,000 other students in places such as Leeds, Manchester and York. She was chosen […]
A woman’s exaggerated claim for a whiplash injury sustained onboard a Go North East bus has been thrown out of court. Rachel Oliver of Consett, Co Durham, claimed she had been ‘severely injured’ during a bus journey when she alleged that the driver had driven too fast over a speed bump. When she took her […]