Go-Ahead owned Oxford Bus Company has donated all unclaimed passenger change to local causes. The company’s staff voted that the money should go to SERV Oxford, which transports medical supplies to hospitals during weekends and evenings.
US bus manufacturer, DesignLine, has filed for bankruptcy following worker layoffs and a two week shut down. According to news reports, the company listed assets of $14.06m and debts of $37.5m in its bankruptcy filing. One of its largest creditors was New Jersey Transit, which the manufacturer owed $3.64m for payments on buses not delivered. […]
Councillors in West Somerset have given their backing to a campaign by the Labour Party to bring back evening services on First’s 28 route between Minehead and Taunton. The operator announced last month that it was making cuts to evening services. The last bus from Minehead now leaves at 18.40. During a recent meeting, Watchet […]
For the second consecutive year, Reading Buses will be running special buses to take the town’s residents home on the final night of the Reading Festival on 25 August. Three routes will provide direct connections to south and west Reading, as well as the town centre. The council contracted ‘Night Track’ buses do not normally […]
A Stagecoach North East Stockton depot employee, Alan Brown, has retired after 42 years service with the operator. Initially, Alan joined the company as a bus driver in 1971 and stayed behind the wheel for 20 years. He then became a handy man for the following duration of his time at Stagecoach, until 2009 when […]
Stagecoach Bluebird has revised some of its single fares in the Moray area, resulting in a reduction in fares for passengers in Burghead. The move was motivated by feedback from customers received in recent months. The change will affect route 32 serving Burghead to Bishopmill via Hopeman, Duffus and Elgin. Single fares on this service […]
According to national tourism agency, VisitBritain, the UK tourism industry is still benefitting from last year’s Olympic Games. The latest figures from the International Passenger Survey confirmed that in the first half of 2013 Britain attracted 15.2m visitors (up 4%) and spend across this period was a record £8.7bn (up 11%). Over 2.89m overseas visitors […]
Buckie based Maynes Coaches has recently provided transport for this year’s Scottish 6 Days Orienteering championship. The company’s coaches delivered event participants to venue locations throughout Moray and the Highlands. As the largest event of its type in the UK, each day over 3,500 competitors take part, and are joined by their families and friends.