First Bus‘s depot in York has had its diesel refuelling tank removed as the fleet at the site operates entirely on electric power. The depot’s fleet is the first in Yorkshire to operate only using electric charging. First York moved to its current James Street depot over 30 years ago and installed the fuel tank. […]
Go-Ahead has won the ‘Transport Project of the Year’ title at the 2024 UK Green Business Awards for creating an all-electric bus city in Oxford. The award-winning nomination focused on the project led by Go-Ahead’s subsidiary, Oxford Bus Company, which is deploying 104 zero-emission buses across the streets of Oxford by the end of this […]
Carousel Buses is announcing another recruitment day following Arriva’s pending closure of its High Wycombe and Aylesbury depots. The Go-Ahead owned operator is seeking drivers, engineers, and service controllers as it steps up its plans to expand services following the announcement of the depot closures. The drop-in event on 7 July will allow affected Arriva […]
The main character from the 1970s British sitcom On the Buses, a driver called Stan, was always trying to get off work with various hare-brained schemes. Hardly surprising, when you learn that during this era work-related health problems forced bus drivers from the era to quit driving long before retirement age, says guest contributor Roger […]
A Yorkshire icon, Harrogate Bus Company’s service 36 between Leeds, Harrogate and Ripon has earned a deserved reputation for finesse and quality way beyond its local area, even being referred to in national TV advertising for a locally based tea brand. In recent years, it has regularly received new vehicles, each delivery adding more customer-centric […]
Van Hool customers with vehicles in build say they have been left high and dry by new owners VDL, who have not told them when or if they will see their money or their coaches. VDL Groep acquired the North Macedonia Van Hool factory and elements of Van Hool in Belgium which between them have […]
Go North East has been getting the message out that its customers collectively save CO2 emissions equivalent to planting over one million trees every year by choosing the bus over the car. Passengers take over 48 million trips a year with the Go-Ahead-owned operator. It says based on detailed calculations, these trips will amass a […]
SNP has proposed banning the import and sale of new, non zero-emission buses by 2025 in its election manifesto. The proposal has met with opposition by the Confederation of Passenger Transport (CPT). By proposing an end of sale date of 2025 for diesel powered buses, the SNP is disproportionately targeting SMEs and rural bus operators […]