Bedfordshire-based Grant Palmer Ltd is to replace bus routes withdrawn by Herberts Travel. From Tuesday 28 May 2024, Grant Palmer is to operate replacement services for routes 85, 85A, 188, 189 and 190. The new routes will see the operaotr’s Biggleswade depot expand further, having opened at the start of this year. Services 85 and […]
Mellor Bus and Treka Bus are forming a strategic partnership. The team-up is aimed at synergising their product offerings, sales and account management teams to enhance value to customers. This collaboration comes as a result of a shared vision to better serve customers and optimise business operations. This strategic alignment is intended to enable both […]
Two operators have joined up with Swindon Borough Council for a special event to help ensure accessibility to the region’s bus services. Go-Ahead Group-owned Swindon’s Bus Company and Stagecoach West have taken part in a session designed to make boarding buses a simple and straightforward process for people with learning disabilities, and for those with […]
A recent webinar gave coach tour operators the opportunity to explore the benefits of RHA’s collaboration with ABTA which launched on 3 April 2024. Referring to ‘a comprehensive service’ moderator Phil Snowden, Membership Director at RHA, described how the skills and strengths of both organisations were being brought together to deliver preferential access to mutual […]
Snapper Services is today (23 May 2024) unveiling the latest update to its Mosaiq Insights platform, which is designed with franchising in mind. The update has been engineered to promote trust and collaboration between transit authorities and operators, as some look to transition towards bus franchising. The new feature allows local authority users of Mosaiq […]
The Go-Ahead Group has acquired four regional coach companies. It is acquiring Procters Coaches in North Yorkshire; Compass Royston serving Stockton, Middlesbrough and Teesside; Esk Valley operating in North and East Riding of Yorkshire and Fourway Coaches in West Yorkshire. This sees Go-Ahead take on 200 new employees and a fleet of 140 vehicles across […]
City Sightseeing Oxford provided an open-top bus tour to give Widowed and Young’s Oxfordshire Big Picnic guests an extra boost this year with a tour. More than 20 members of the charity Widowed and Young gathered for the annual picnic event in support of Oxfordshire’s widowed community. Oxford Bus Company, owners of City Sightseeing Oxford, […]
A new Hopper shuttle bus service linking Goole and Howden has started this month, after Asset Alliance Group supplied two Mercedes-Benz Mellor Stratas from its rental fleet. The new bus service is being operated by Sweyne Coaches and funded by Goole Town Deal. It is part of a £2.4m development of Goole station, one of […]