Bus drivers Lee Granthan, Liam Manuell and David Mulrooney are to represent National Express West Midlands at next month’s UK Bus Driver of the Year (BDoY) competition. A total of 14 bus drivers from nine different National Express West Midlands depots took part in the operator’s local qualifying round for the BDoY. They completed a […]
First Bus has announced the formation of a new Glasgow night bus network in collaboration with McGill’s Group to ensure the continuation of the nocturnal services. The news follows First’s announcement last month it was to stop running the routes, describing them as no longer viable. After the announcement, the media reported an outcry from […]
Scania Assistance is celebrating 25 years of service to the industry. The in-house assistance service started in August 1998 with one support centre based in Södertälje, Sweden, dealing with 5,000 cases per year. Now the operations have expanded to 15 locations globally, supporting all Scania customers in 52 countries, with the team handling more than […]
Transport for west Midlands (TfWM) has put out a statement saying media reports of bus service loss in its region is based on inaccurate data. The body refers to reports in the press citing figures from the Labour Party, which say the number of local bus routes in England has halved since 2011. TfWM has today […]
Newbury & District has announced a new service directly connecting Basingstoke and Camberley to Heathrow Airport. The new limited stop coach named Flightline 730/731 starts on 21 August with an introductory fare of £1 each way. It has been developed in partnership with Heathrow Airport. The operator says it will be a more cost-effective way […]
Following the announcement that Wilko has gone into administration, Adventure Travel has driven up its recruitment campaign to create job opportunities for the high street retailer’s staff. Wilko entering administration puts more than 12,000 jobs at risk across the country, including HGV and delivery drivers. Today it officially went into administration after failing to find […]
National Express West Midlands’ is celebrating the remarkable 72-year career of Len Stanton, its longest serving engineer. 87-year-old Len from West Bromwich started as an apprentice aged just 15 with what was then the West Bromwich Corporation. He has been at the West Bromwich garage since 1951. Joining a six-year apprenticeship straight from school and […]
As Liverpool City Region’s (LCR’s) consultation on bus franchising closed, fresh criticism for the plans came from a former Stagecoach MD. The Combined Authority has reached the conclusion that franchising would be the best option to reform bus services. Before moving forward with that, the local authority had opened a consultation on to see what […]