Aircoach, First Bus’ Irish operator, has acquired the Northern Irish passenger transport company, Airporter. The deal will see Aircoach takeover the Northern Ireland-based company’s operations to expand its footprint in Ireland and increase its daily routes to seven with the new all-island route connecting the North-West to Belfast International Airport, Dublin Airport and Dublin City […]
I was curious to read a council report in which the Chief Executive was critical of a bus group who, he said, were ‘hypocritical’ when announcing service cuts. I read on, wondering how he reached this conclusion. It turns out, he’d been reading the group’s annual report which, of course, portrayed the company as a […]
Volvo has announced that, in 2025, its truck plant in Ghent, Belgium will start to assemble battery modules. Currently, batteries are sourced outside of the group. The investment decision to install battery module manufacturing capacity in Ghent is another step for the Volvo Group to shape its future value chain for battery systems. The battery […]
ShuttleID, the ticketing platform for schools and work, has released a free app to help operators comply with Bus Open Data Service (BODS) regulations. The new driver app submits vehicle location data to the Bus Open Data Service and is now freely available as part of the company’s ticketing packages. The app works by a […]
Thames Travel has awarded its bus drivers and office workers an additional pay rise in response to rising inflation. The pay award comes five months after the Go-Ahead-owned operator last increased wages as part of its regular annual review and means that overall wages have now increased by more than 10% this year. It means […]
Nottingham City Transport (NCT) is investing £34m in electric buses. The operator has appointed Zenobē Energy as the delivery partner for the electrification of 78 buses. The EV fleet and battery storage specialist will supply the charging infrastructure to Trent Bridge Bus Garage. It will provide the charging infrastructure for the site, as well as […]
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport has slammed government ‘flip flopping’ which has seen the end of schemes which would attract inbound visitors. The DCMS Committee says that the value of inbound tourism – much of it depending on coaches for transfer and sightseeing – is still not recognised, but that it accounts for […]
Euro Bus Expo will be the perfect opportunity to meet our new commercial team. Head of Sales, Matt Inglis (centre) is backed up by Sales Supervisor Amanda Smith and Sales Executive, Joseph Hodge. “We’ll be ‘doing the rounds’ of customers old and new, and looking forward to building a great relationship with clients,” said Matt, […]