BSIP support continues to boost Lincolnshire’s bus services. As part of the improvements, P.C. Coaches is now operating the Boston to Lincoln Saturday service. The £2 fare cap is in use across the route. Along with the enhanced Monday to Friday service operated by Brylaine Travel, bus users now have more regular links to both […]
Women in Bus and Coach has announced its inaugural awards ceremony. The event is planned to be held as part of its annual summit in Manchester this October. This event aims to recognise and celebrate the outstanding contributions and achievements of women within the bus, coach and community transport industry. The awards ceremony will feature […]
Transport ticket system specialist TransMach has been appointed to provide contactless electronic ticket machines (ETMs) for the South Yorkshire Supertram. The deal comes as Sheffield’s tram service changes hands from Stagecoach to new operator South Yorkshire Future Trams. TransMach is supplying Supertram with 90 of its handheld TM920 Pro devices, which will enable conductors to […]
Private equity firm H2 Equity Partners has invested in The Coach Travel Group. The newly formed consortium of coach operators brings together Alpine Travel, Barnes Coaches, Coatham Coaches, JH Coaches, Johnsons Coaches, Swans Travel and The Ready Group under a national group of unscheduled coach service providers. H2 is to work closely with CTG to […]
Tom Stables, the CEO of a newly formed consortium of seven coach operators, has announced further acquisitions for the Group are planned. Tom made the announcement on The Coach Travel Group’s website, where he also revealed further insight into the consortium. Tom said on the website: “The Coach Travel Group will undoubtedly change the shape […]
First is to introduce Revenue Protection Officers on its buses in Norfolk and Suffolk from 17 June 2024. The Officers are to ride on the operator’s bus network to ensure everyone is travelling with a valid/correctly-issued ticket. Those unable to show a valid ticket to travel or the required ID will result in Officers issuing […]
Reading Buses is celebrating the order of 53 Alexander Dennis double-deckers. Included in the 53 are 24 Alexander Dennis Enviro400EVs, the operator’s first batch of electric buses. They are the result of a successful bid with Reading Borough Council for funding from the second round of the UK Government’s ZEBRA scheme. Fitted with the heavy-duty […]
After a hiatus in 2023 when no test was staged, early May saw the International Bus & Coach of the Year Jury back at work putting the latest zero-emission bus designs through their paces in the Czech Republic. Based at the Kladno depot of Arriva’s CSAD MHD Kladno subsidiary, near to Prague, and organised by […]