Glasgow City Council is currently focusing on exploring all options for bus governance. Among the options are franchising and a Bus Service Improvement Partnership (BSIP). A paper from the Environment, Sustainability and Carbon Reduction Committee states the Council will continue to explore alternative options for bus governance in Glasgow in line with the options laid […]
A fire in a former-nightclub in Leicester has caused the city’s new St Margaret’s Bus Station to close temporarily. The fire is on Church Gate, nearby the station, and has necessitated National Express coaches to leave from St John’s Street and Vectare services from Charles Street. Kinchbus has also notified passengers it is currently unable […]
Lloyd Morgan Group is offering a course on electric and hybrid vehicle safety. The training specialist is now helping upskill technicians, engineers and workshop staff to work safely around high-voltage electric and hybrid vehicles. Lloyd Morgan Group has combined the Level 2 award in electric/hybrid vehicle routine maintenance activities and Level 3 award in electric/hybrid […]
West Midlands bus fares are to be frozen at current levels until 2025. The fares freeze is designed to assist new and existing passengers with the cost of living. It means people will be able to use the region’s buses all day for the same price they would have paid in 2013, currently £4.20 for […]
Bus electrification specialist, Equipmake, has been awarded a contract to convert the 12 First York electric Optare Versas using its electric drivetrain. Equipmake expects each converted bus to have a range of 150 miles in all UK weather conditions, thanks to a larger battery and a patented HVAC system. Both single-deckers, such as the Versa, […]
HCT Group has gone into administration, despite desperate last-ditch attempts to maintain solvency. The group which was formerly Hackney Community Transport was a Community Interest Company which absorbed any profits into a charity. By 2019, it ran more than 750 buses, with operations spread from London to the north west and even ran the bus […]
Stagecoach drivers have won the top three awards in this year’s Bus Driver of the Year (BDoY) National Final. Delayed by the coronavirus pandemic, the 54th National Final held in Blackpool yesterday (Sunday 2 October) attracted 89 entrants who represented 35 large and small operators from around the UK. Entries were up on the previous […]
Nine organisations are represented in the Young Bus Managers Network event, its biggest line-up ever. Set to take place on Tuesday 18 and Wednesday 19 October, the Young Bus Managers Network autumn conference will be held at The Quays Hotel in Sheffield city centre. Thomas Ableman, Director of Strategy & Innovation at TfL, having previously […]