Go North West and First Manchester have been appointed to run school bus services in the second phase of Manchester’s Bee Network roll out. Go North West has been awarded three contracts and First Manchester six contracts, covering a total of 11 schools in Oldham, Rochdale, Manchester and Bury, with franchised bus services beginning to […]
Autonomous driving capabilities on Stagecoach East Scotland’s CAVForth bus service have been switched off as the operator explores some potential upgrades. Now currently driven by a human, the AB1 bus route is between Edinburgh Park and the Ferrytoll Park and Ride site in Fife, crossing the Forth Road Bridge. A human driver is always onboard, […]
Warwickshire County Council and partners have introduced a new name for their bus service improvements in the county: Warwickshire Buses. Previously known as the Warwickshire Enhanced Partnership for Buses, the group came out of the Warwickshire Bus Service Improvement Plan (WBSIP), which set out how the Council will use the framework of an Enhanced Partnership […]
£2 million will be made available in next year’s budget to progress free bus travel for people seeking asylum in Scotland. It follows an announcement in the 2022-2023 Programme for Government that the Scottish Government would“work with third sector partners and local authorities to consider how best to provide free bus travel to asylum seekers […]
First Bus Wales and West has been forced to cancel a number of services today after Halloween vandalism which saw drivers and moving buses attacked. At least two buses in Bristol and one in Wales were vandalised last night, with at least two incidents involving large objects being thrown directly at the driver. At present, […]
In a glitzy launch event at Farnborough International Exhibition Centre, Alexander Dennis is launching its new electric Enviro400EV double-decker and Enviro100EV single-decker. The manufacturer describes the vehicles as the next generation of battery-electric buses for the UK and Ireland and are to form part of a wider family of zero-emission buses. The new buses have […]
The Confederation of Passenger Transport‘s regional Manager for the West, John Burch, is to retire from the CPT. His last meetings will be at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole Hotel West Midlands event on 8 November, and South West regional meeting on 23 November. John, who has worked for the CPT for 18 years, was formerly […]
Lothian Buses has received the Gold Defence Employer Recognition Scheme Award from the Ministry of Defence for its support of the Armed Forces community in Scotland at an awards ceremony in Edinburgh Castle. The Defence Employer Recognition Scheme encourages employers to support defence and inspires others to do the same. The Gold Award recognises organisations […]