Arriva has launched a marketing campaign aimed at encouraging tourism in the north east and attracting passengers onto its 93/X93 service (between Middlesbrough, Whitby and Scarborough). The operator has produced tongue in cheek ‘Wish you were here’ style videos featuring the three towns, entitled ‘Get yourselves down here’. Four double deck buses used on the […]
Irish Transport Minister, Danny Kennedy and Enterprise Minister, Arlene Foster, have secured an EU investment of £5.8m to help meet the cost of 53 recently purchased Translink buses and coaches. The EU investment has been used in the purchase of 39 Goldline Coaches and 14 Double Deck Metro buses. They came into service over the […]
National Express has started its ‘instant day trip’ campaign, which sees thousands of affordable one way fares from £6 put on sale. Prices remain affordable right up until the day of travel meaning people can take off at the spur of the moment without getting financially stung. The fares were introduced by 30 July, which […]
More than 16bn transport and events tickets will be delivered annually to mobile handsets by 2018, according to a new report from Juniper Research, three times the volume expected this year. While adoption will be strong across a range of markets, volume growth will be driven by metro and bus deployments. The ‘Mobile Ticketing Strategies: […]
Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, Eric Pickles, has been reported to have plans to introduce a 15 minute period of grace for motorists parking on double yellow lines. Those parked within that time limit on the lines would not face fines if the proposal was implemented. Eric Pickles’ idea has already faced […]
At its meeting on 26 July, Tyne and Wear ITA reaffirmed its commitment to plans for a Quality Contracts Scheme (QCS) and has requested Nexus to put the much criticised scheme to public consultation. Key features of the QCS proposals include capping future price rises, making travel cheaper for young people and students, introducing simple […]
Stagecoach will launch a new bus route between Tenterden and Ashford on Monday 29 July offering free travel on the service on that day. Numbered the 2A, it will operate via Shadoxhurst and replaces routes 295 and 296 which were provided by various bus companies. In combination with the existing route 2 via High Halden, […]
Richard Brown CBE FCILT has been appointed as a non-executive member of the Department for Transport Board by Transport Secretary, Patrick McLoughlin. Chief Executive of Eurostar from August 2002 to April 2010 and Chairman until June this year, he was previously Commercial Director and a main Board Director of National Express Group plc, where he […]