After having four years off due to the pandemic, the biennial Busworld Europe exhibition is returning on 7 to 12 October 2023. Taking place in Brussels, Belgium, the show will see bus and coach exhibitors from across Europe display their wares, including suppliers to the UK. For the first time, the European ZEB Conference will […]
Ticketer will be exhibiting and speaking at this year’s Transport Ticketing Global event on 7 to 8 March at Olympia, London. The transport ticketing specialist is to display its latest on-bus technology and new data insights platform. Andreea Reardon, Group Chief Product & Technology Officer and Richard Blackburn-Hughes, Head of Commercial, have also been invited […]
An All Party Parliamentary Group for the Road Passenger Transport Industry (RPTI) appeal for buses and coaches for Ukraine is being supported by the UK Coach Operator Association (UKCOA). The RPTI have recently established contacts with a group organising the transportation of buses and coaches to be converted into mobile medical centres to support those […]
A new report by public policy consultancy WPI Economics, commissioned by the CPT, suggests major benefits could be reaped by levelling the playing field between private motoring and public transport in Scotland. This follows on from a study last year which showed that attracting drivers to switch some journeys to bus or coach was necessary […]
The JG Travel Group which runs the Just Go! and National Holidays brands has launched Happy Valley tours, taking advantage of the huge popularity of the BBC One TV series which has just concluded. The crime series starring Sarah Lancashire is set in the South Yorkshire city of Sheffield but episodes took in locations around […]
A dedicated bus service between Poole and the Ferndown and Uddens Industrial Estates in Dorset is returning. The bus route is being reinstated with the help of an investment from the Ferndown and Uddens Business Improvement District (BID). The FE1 service, which begins today (20 February), is the result of a partnership between Go-Ahead Group […]
Brighton & Hove City Council and the seaside city’s local operators are launching a 50p fare for young people. The council along with Brighton & Hove Buses, Stagecoach, Compass Travel and The Big Lemon are launching a campaign to promote two fare offers designed to get more young people travelling around Brighton & Hove by […]
Coaches have been delayed for up to six hours 30 minutes at the Port of Calais today (18 February). Among the coaches experiencing issues were those carrying staff and children on half-term school trips. The disruption comes as UK Border Force staff strike this weekend (17 to 20 February 2023). In a tweet, P&O Ferries […]