A series of five European Union conferences, bringing together manufacturers, operators and policy makers were held at Busworld. The conferences were aimed at making a collective effort to bridge the gap between technological feasibility, economic viability and regulatory demands in the bus industry. EU Zero Emission Bus Conference The EU Zero Emission Bus Conference generated […]
Arriva is to be sold to I Squared Capital. Arriva parent company, Deutsche Bahn AG (DB) has signed an agreement with I Squared Capital for the sale of the whole of Arriva Group. The deal includes all of Arriva’s operating businesses across ten European markets, which will go to I Squared, a global infrastructure investment […]
National Express is introducing a new service connecting Peterborough and Cambridge with Luton and Heathrow Airport. The coach firm’s new 788 service launches tomorrow (20 October), providing up to six journeys a day between Peterborough’s Queensgate Bus Station, Cambridge Parkside, Cambridge Park and Ride, Hitchin, Luton Airport and Heathrow Airport. The new route follows the […]
RHA has written to the government with a number of suggestions of how it can support the coach and wider transport industry in the upcoming Autumn Statement. The trade body has written to HM Treasury with ways it can help support the coach, truck and van industries, which it says keeps Britain moving. It suggests […]
Dudley Bus Station is due to be demolished early next year ready for building work to start on a new £24 million interchange. The bus station’s replacement interchange offers a modern, accessible environment and seamless connections between bus and Metro services. As part of the Wednesbury to Brierley Hill Metro extension, the new Interchange is […]
Organisers of Busworld Europe report a record breaking crowd for the 26th edition of the exhibition. Held in Brussels from 7 to 12 October, the event returned for the first time since taking a hiatus in 2019 due to the pandemic. Over the course of the event, it welcomed 40,120 visitors from 111 countries and […]
MP for South Staffordshire, Sir Gavin Williamson, is campaigning to save the number 5 bus service which is set to be cut from Codsall and Bilbrook. As part of wider changes across National Express West Midlands, the 5 service between Wolverhampton and Codsall will no longer be operated by the operator. Banga Buses is to […]
Alexander Dennis is delivering a fleet of 35 new Enviro400 double-deckers to Go South Coast. The Go-Ahead Group company, which operates a fleet of over 850 vehicles on over 140 local and long-distance routes across Dorset, Wiltshire, Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, has allocated the new low-emission buses to its morebus and Southern Vectis […]