Funding for Wales’ buses into the future will not be enough to keep the services as they currently stand, according to deputy transport minister Lee Waters. His words come after it was announced that Wales’ Bus Emergency Scheme (BES) is to be extended for three months, taking it beyond March when it was planned to […]
Newly-built ADL Plaxton Leopards are now available with dual seating-arrangement certification. The new feature enables operators to switch their Plaxton Leopard coaches from 3+2 seating (typically featuring 72 seats in a 12.8m long vehicle) to 2+2 seating for 59 passengers without the need for a VTP5 inspection by the DVSA. The change can be made […]
MAN Truck & Bus is donating one €1m as emergency aid for the victims of the recent earthquakes in Turkey and Syria. Some of the money will be used directly for material goods and their transport with buses, trucks and vans, but it will also go to major aid organisations that are providing humanitarian aid […]
Lothian Buses has announced that VOCAL (Voice of Carers Across Lothian) has been chosen as its new Charity of Choice partner for the next two years. The charity was selected after winning a vote by the company’s 2,500-plus workforce across all of the its sites. VOCAL supports over 10,000 unpaid carers per year, in all […]
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 on Monday 20 February, is the result of a partnership between Go-Ahead […]
An industrial dispute involving over 1,800 bus drivers employed by Abellio in London has ended after workers accepted an improved pay offer. The dispute started in November 2022, when bus drivers employed by Abellio in south and west London announced ten days of strike action. Following a workplace ballot, the workers, who are members of […]
Coatham Coaches has brought what has been described as north-east England’s first electric coach thanks to a £500,000 equipment finance package from HSBC UK. The business, which has been operating for 40 years, also used the funding to purchase a mobile EV charger to charge the vehicle on site. The new Yutong TCe12 from Pelican […]
Barnardo’s has called on Transport Minister, Richard Holden, to introduce free bus passes for all care leavers in England during a visit to Cornwall. As well as hearing about the benefits of Cornwall Council’s bus service improvement plan during a visit to the county, the Minister met care leavers at Lys Kernow to hear directly […]