UK Coach Operator Association (UKCOA) member Readybus has stepped into the breach as a planned rail strike threatens to hinder visitors’ access to Imber on the annual Imberbus running day on Saturday 20 August. Operating since 2009, Imberbus has grown from just five Routemaster buses running from Warminster to Imber, to an annual event linking […]
Beccles-based Lamberts Coaches has gone into liquidation. The private hire and home-to-school service provider is in its 110th year this year. Director, Lorraine Reade, told Bus and Coach Buyer: “The decision to close was an extremely hard one, but there were many reasons. Lack of Government support during Covid, national lack of coach drivers, and the […]
A local newspaper has reported the loss of Eddie Harker, founder and co-owner of Harker’s Coaches, based in Tudor Road, South Shields. The firm has traded for more than 50 years, and is now run by his son, Jason, who joined the family business back in 1986. Eddie set the company up after a spell […]
Statfold Narrow Gauge Steam Trust teams up with the Transport Museum Wythall (TMW) to increase the range of attractions at its countryside site near Tamworth. For many years, Graham and Carol Lee have been collecting transport heritage and building an amazing narrow-gauge railway network alongside their farm and seed oil business. Once known only to […]
Administrators have been appointed at Bournemouth-based Yellow Buses. The affects of Covid-19 and the associated changes to lifestyle habits, with more working remotely and some people still being reluctant to travel on public transport, were blamed for the appointment of administrators. A statement on its website said this had contributed to severely reduced passenger numbers […]
Stagecoach has confirmed the future of the retailing activities of its inter-city coach businesses, megabus.com and Falcon. Both megabus.com and Falcon are Stagecoach’s 100%-owned inter-city coach operations. In addition, Stagecoach has a joint venture, Scottish Citylink, with international transport group, ComfortDelGro. The joint venture is responsible for the Scottish Citylink express coach network and megabus.com […]
TfL and Hodder & Stoughton are launching the new TfL Book Club as part of a novel partnership. TfL Book Club is a monthly subscription costing £4.99 each month, giving customers one credit to redeem against a specially curated library of eBooks each month. Many of the titles will be new releases and it will often be the first […]
Buses Minister, Baroness Vere of Norbiton, has launched Go-Ahead Group’s ‘Tap & Cap’ scheme on its buses in Cornwall. The scheme implements a cap on daily and weekly fares. Passengers tap their card when they get on the bus, and tap again when they alight, and are charged the correct fare automatically. Go-Ahead’s Go Cornwall […]