New legislation outlining the further roll-out of autonomous vehicles, including buses, has been announced in the King’s Speech today (7 November 2023). The Automated Vehicles Bill is expected to ‘unlock a transport revolution’ by enabling the safe deployment of self-driving vehicles. It is intended to deliver one of the world’s most comprehensive legal frameworks for self-driving […]
Front-line safety personnel will be rolled out on public transport in four English areas to help stamp out anti-social behaviour on buses, trains and trams. The new TSOs will patrol targeted routes and locations, working in co-ordination with local police forces and the British Transport Police. The officers will work to improve safety with an […]
Several gates at London’s Victoria Coach Station now feature FlixBus branding. The fresh signage highlights the ease and convenience of booking online and via the FlixBus App, availability of free Wi-Fi and USB charging. Branding for FlixBus services is also underway at key coach airports, stations and stops around the country, including London Heathrow Airport, […]
Paul Lynch, Managing Director of Stagecoach London, has been appointed the inaugural Vice-President at the Confederation of Passenger Transport (CPT). The new role of Vice-President will support and shadow the CPT President before taking up the presidency in January. Paul started his career with Transport for London in 1984. Since joining Stagecoach in 1994, Lynch […]
The announcement that the Confederation of Transport’s Regional Manager, John Burch, is to retire from the CPT brought with it a huge number of plaudits. Announced on the Bus & Coach Buyer website, John’s decision to stand down, and devote his time to consultancy work, was greeted with a ‘thank you’ from across the bus […]
Northern England-based Hobans 1923, which this year marks its centenary, has had its PCV licence revoked. The licence had been lost through an ‘avoidable technicality’, according to the company. The loss means the business is no longer able to provide home-to-school services, affecting three schools, as well as a number of other private contracts. In […]
Members of trade union Unite at Go North East continue to heap pressure on their employer during a strike now entering its second week. Unite’s latest communication accuses the operator’s parent company, Go-Ahead, of forgetting its roots in the north east, saying the business is ‘built on the backs of workers on Tyneside’. Meanwhile, the […]
A report published today (3 November 2023) claims the Welsh bus network could be grown by well over a third. Proposals published in the report Y Ffordd Gymreig (The Welsh Way), from data analytics specialists Tracsis and CPT Cymru, details how adopting the Minimum Subsidy model of bus franchising will empower bus operators to invest […]