Bus Éireann, Ireland’s national bus company, is working with public transport data intelligence specialist, CitySwift, to optimise its network. CitySwift is to work with the operator over a five-year contract to optimise the network in Galway, Cork, Limerick and other large urban centre’s outside of Dublin. Bus Éireann is to leverage CitySwift’s platform to get […]
Stagecoach East has put in place new earlier and later bus services in Cambridge to serve late/early shift workers. The timetable changes are to ensure that employees of John Lewis and other Grand Arcade stores can get to work and back home on time. Stagecoach East was contacted by representatives from John Lewis and the […]
Arriva has won an award for a road safety campaign in Merseyside. It won Campaign of the Year at last night’s Safety and Health Excellence Awards in Birmingham for the Stop and Stay campaign, which was launched in September 2023. Arriva Merseyside’s hard-hitting Stop and Stay campaign is aimed at encouraging pedestrians to wait before crossing […]
Lothian Buses has today (2 May 2024) been accredited as a Living Wage employer. The operator’s Living Wage commitment will see everyone working at Lothian Buses receive a minimum hourly wage of £12 per hour. This rate is higher than the government minimum for over 21s, which currently stands at £11.44 per hour. As the […]
Passenger information system specialist McKenna Brothers has been awarded a contract by Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) to supply and install audio-visual announcement systems onboard Bee Network buses. The awarding of the contract continues the partnership between TfGM and McKenna Brothers. The team-up has already shown success with previous and most recent operator orders in […]
Edinburgh Coach Lines, owned by the Eirebus Group, has just taken delivery of two new coaches from Irizar UK. The tri-axle coaches are of the Irizar Integral i6S Efficient variant and will be in operation on the Leger Shearings holiday tours programme. At 14m in length, the two coaches seat up to 42 passengers on […]
The Go-Ahead Group, in partnership with Tranzaura, is delivering what it describes as a digital transformation. The team-up is aimed at delivering enhanced operational efficiency across its regional bus services in the UK. This collaboration is a five-year partnership and highlights Go-Ahead’s commitment to innovation, reliability of bus services and as a result, increased customer […]
Bus passengers and non-bus users in Wales have made their views known about the barriers to them choosing to travel by bus. A new Transport Focus survey called ‘Information and infrastructure barriers to bus use in Wales – the passenger view’ undertaken in partnership with Transport for Wales (TfW) has been published today which provides […]