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 […]
Dawsongroup Finance, a Ringwood-based asset finance company, reports an exceptional year of growth despite the economic issues, with a growing team and new financial heights reached. Since the start of the year, the company has expanded its team by 50%, taking on four sales team members and one operations team member. It has also closed […]
CT4N is to mark the first-ever National Community Transport (CT) Week with free journeys. CT Week will promote the contribution made by community transport providers around the country. CT4N is offering a free trip for registered customers on its Easylink service on either Monday 23 October or Friday 27 October. Registering to become an Easylink […]
Go-Ahead Group-owned Morebus routes, the Breezer and New Forest Tour services, have received a Premium Journey rating by an independent auditor. The local bus operator was reviewed by https://www.greatscenicjourneys.co.uk/, which was set up to help transform, promote and accredit the collection of scenic transport routes across the UK and beyond. All reviews follow detailed scoring […]