After 47 years of operation, management at Aberfeldy Motor Services has decided to retire. Run by husband and wife team Lynda and John Stewart, the last service to depart will be its 30 December tour. John told B&CB: “We have decided enough is enough. We are both getting older and the driver shortage issue is […]
Newport Bus is extending its network from Chepstow to serve Beachley and Lydney in the Forest of Dean. The operator is taking these routes over from Stagecoach who announced in early October that it is cancelling the services. Newport Bus now operates two new routes from Chepstow; route C4 will be the new Chepstow town […]
Shropshire-based Dulson Training has teamed with Lakeside Coaches to develop a training programme for operators across the country. The brainchild of Dulson Training, the pilot project took place with Lakeside Coaches. The new service centres on Driver CPC and is now being made available to other operators who are already recognising the benefits. Dulson Training […]
An independent report commissioned and released by Stagecoach suggests the majority of motorists are open to using their car less. The report, ‘Every journey makes a difference: how we can support people switch how they travel’, sets out the financial, environmental and community benefits of reduced car use and calls for co-ordinated action from government, […]
The Confederation of Passenger Transport has announced that Ralph Roberts, CEO of McGill’s Bus Group, will continue as CPT’s President until the end of January 2024, with a one-year extension to his current term. Ralph Roberts has over 40 years of knowledge of the transport sector. Roberts has spent the past 13 years as Chief […]
Managing Director of East Yorkshire, Ben Gilligan, has warned against plans to reverse an extension to Hull’s bus lane hours. A Hull City Council survey has suggested most people are of the view that the city’s bus lanes operating hours should return to peak times in one direction, rather than remain all day in both […]
Almost half of UK adults are set to take the bus more frequently in a bid to save money as the cost-of-living crisis begins to take its toll on household incomes, according to a report carried out by First. The report found 41% of those that have not yet made the change in their travel […]
Britain’s new bus and coach market fell 11.6% year on year to 754 units in the third quarter of 2022, according to figures published by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). The performance is some 43.7% below an already weak Q3 2019, primarily due to a long-term decline in passenger numbers yet to […]