A new organisation to integrate transport services in Edinburgh is to be set up. Transport for Edinburgh will initially be introduced to integrate the tram and bus services, with Lothian Buses and Edinburgh Trams confirmed as the operators. In the longer term, it is envisaged that the organisation will become responsible for implementing the City […]
TfL has launched a public consultation seeking customers’ views on proposals to withdraw cash fare payments on London buses by 2014. This year cash fares are estimated to make up less than 1% of bus journeys, down from 25% in 2000. Paying with Oyster or a contactless payment card guarantees the cheapest fare, currently £1 […]
German operator, Hamburger Hochbahn AG, has taken delivery of 15 Volvo 7900H 4×2 hybrid buses. The handover of the 12m vehicles took place at the 2013 International Garden Show in Hamburg. They immediately went into service at the subsidiaries Friedr. Jasper Rund- und Gesellschaftsfahrten GmbH and Suderelbe Bus GmbH (SBG). They will mainly be used […]
Nottingham City Transport’s (NCT) ‘Trojan’ bus has been on the road again during the summer holidays. The vehicle was first introduced several years ago and looks like a normal NCT bus, except its windows are made of toughened glass and its passengers are plain clothes police officers. The operator runs the Trojan bus in partnership […]
Moseley (PCV) has launched an attractive new website (www.moseleycoachsales.co.uk). The independent dealer has spent months designing and developing the web page, which is intended to encapsulate what it offers in the sales and aftersales market.
Fuel prices are set to go up again, according to the Petrol Retailers’ Association (PRA). Factors driving this increase include the civil unrest in Syria and Egypt, the reduction by one third in Libya’s oil exports and the demand for oil slowly returning to some Asian markets. The cost of Brent oil pushed through the […]
Portsmouth FC has chosen Lucketts Travel Group to provide transport for its supporters to away matches for the 2013/14 season. The family firm ran the contract for official travel last season. Match goers are picked up directly from Pompey’s Fratton Park home ground and taken directly to the away game. Costs to get to the […]
The biggest transport operation Chalkwell has ever been responsible for running was successfully completed recently. It involved carrying a total of 6,500 people in a once-in-four year’s international event. The occasion was an international jamboree for 5,500 Scouts and Guides, as well as a support team of 1,000. At one time during the event, held […]