UrbanThings partners with MaaS specialist SkedGo

Transport technology specialist UrbanThings and Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS) company SkedGo are announcing their strategic partnership. The partnership will combine SkedGo’s expertise in journey planning with UrbanThings’ experience in ticketing and real-time information to support operators and cities with access to a deeper level of configuration for their journey planning offerings. As well as promoting the availability […]

Scottish Citylink operating throughout festive season

Scottish Citylink has confirmed that its coach services will operate across Scotland throughout the entire festive season. The coach provider is to deliver limited services on both Christmas Day and New Year’s Day. On 25 December, services will run on a reduced frequency between Edinburgh, Glasgow, Stirling, Perth, Dundee and Aberdeen. On 1 January, Citylink […]

Claire Mann returns to TfL as Chief Operating Officer

Claire Mann, who is currently Managing Director of South Western Railway (SWR), has been appointed TfL’s Chief Operating Officer. The appointment sees her return to the transport authority, where she was previously Director of Bus Operations. Glynn Barton, who has led TfL’s operations successfully on an interim basis since October 2022, will continue as Chief […]

Bretherton’s fits Human Detection System

Bretherton’s Gold Line Tours has equipped its latest 53-seat Volvo tri-axle 9900 coach with Spillard Safety Systems’ Human Detection System (HDS). Suitably impressed with the technology, the Ribble Valley-based operator plans to fit the Human Detection System to any new vehicle it purchases going forward. The safety solution has been developed over the last two […]

First independent operator for E100EV confirmed

Shuttle Buses has ordered one Alexander Dennis Enviro100EV next-generation electric bus following the model’s launch last month. The Ayrshire-based operator is the first independent operator to order the ‘big small bus’. The purchase is supported by existing funding from the first phase of the Scottish Government’s Scottish Zero-Emission Bus Challenge Fund (ScotZEB). “We’re confident that […]

Mellor group bought by Belgian investor

The manufacturing group which includes Mellor, the Sigma bus sales operation and Treka has been acquired by Guido Dumarey, a Belgian industrial entrepreneur. He gets the businesses of Coleman Milne, VCS Police & Special Projects, Mellor, Treka, Promech Technologies, and JM Engineering. These businesses are consolidated under the umbrella of Woodall Nicholson. The group was […]

Arriva South achieves Earned Recognition status

Arriva South has achieved the DVSA’s Earned Recognition status. The recognition demonstrates the bus operator’s commitment to compliance and safety standards in the Midlands, Shires and Southern counties regions. The accreditation to the Earned Recognition Scheme took around a year to complete. An external company had to make sure compliance and safety standards were being […]