Today is International Women’s Day and the bus and coach industry has marked the occasion. Go-Ahead has released figures showing the number of women drivers at its UK-wide network of bus companies has risen by 20% in a year following a wide range of efforts to attract more applicants. Overall, female representation among Go-Ahead’s 11,000 […]
An interesting report landed on my desk which should be ringing some early warning bells for the industry. The EU will have no new ICE cars for sale in 12 years’ time; only electrics. The reality of this is that manufacturers will be winding down combustion-engined car production much sooner and, as battery and hydrogen […]
Plans to cancel the popular coach destination of Lincoln Christmas Market are to be scrutinised. The city’s Conservative Group on the Council is formally calling in the decision by the city’s Labour Councillors. This means a scrutiny committee of the Council will have to look again at how this decision was made. The news that […]
Changes to the Driver CPC are sensible and probably long overdue, though the changes being mooted by the Government may not be those that are needed. In the main, the reason the DCPC is so loathed by many drivers is that the training hoops they are being asked to jump through have little or no […]
Alexander Dennis’ AD24 aftermarket service is preparing its aftermarket for an increase in operator refurbishment requests, anticipating an increase in vehicle refurbishments through its workshops as it continues to see operators lengthen the life of their fleets. The unprecedented, extended period of inactivity for bus operators’ vehicles due to the pandemic is now allowing some […]
Vehicle tracking systems are already essential for some kinds of operation, but what if you don’t have a system installed at base, and occasionally need location sharing? Any Android phone or iPhone already has all you need to share your location with any other person. It’s easy to set up and can be timed for […]
National Express West Midlands staff are due to strike on 16 March. More than 3,000 drivers from the bus operator have voted to take industrial action over a pay dispute, trade union Unite has said. They will be joined by over 200 National Express engineers who voted for industrial action over pay in January. The […]
New operators for services due to withdraw in Greater Manchester have been announced. Last month, Diamond and Vision registered the withdrawal of the 163, 520, 561/562, 575, 527 and 21 bus services. After a bidding process, Go North West will operate the 163, 520, 561/62 and 575 (previously run by Diamond) services while Diamond will […]