Current bus passenger journeys are still below pre-pandemic figures, down 31% compared to pre-Covid numbers. According to the Government’s latest bus statistics that cover the period of January to March 2022, the number of local bus passenger journeys in England was 2.91 billion in the year ending March 2022. This represents an 85% increase when […]
Transdev is reporting a surge in passengers of up to 52% on its CityZap service between York and Leeds during the rail strikes. The 52% rise in customers was recorded on the second rail strike day (23 June 2022), after the same route also saw a 40.5% rise on the first day of industrial action. […]
The Coach Tourism Association (CTA) is holding its Summer Networking Event in Glasgow from Sunday 24 to Tuesday 26 July. Members will learn about the latest developments from coach-friendly attractions and suppliers from Glasgow and across Scotland to help create new Scottish product for future coach tours and excursions. Based at Glasgow’s Crowne Plaza hotel, […]
Oxfordshire County Council has launched a campaign to encourage modal shift to buses in the county as the cost-of-living crisis bites. With petrol and diesel prices at record highs, bus operators have calculated huge savings by leaving the car at home: A return journey between Witney and Oxford via Stagecoach S1, five days a week, […]
Rotala’s Preston Bus has unveiled two vehicles in heritage liveries to celebrate 100 years of motor buses in the city. The Wrightbus Geminis recall the look of Preston’s buses in the 1950s and 1990s but the celebration is not just about the past, the company is looking forward to its next century. Read more about […]
Leicester’s new net-zero carbon bus station is due to open to the public next week. The £14.3million bus station redevelopment is part of the St Margaret’s Gateway regeneration project. The new St Margaret’s bus station will be back in operation for local bus users from Monday 27 June. National Express is due to begin operating […]
Big Green Coach, the specialist events travel company, has become one of the first national passenger travel organisation to introduce FORS standards into its supply chain. The move comes as the company’s business activities diversify into new government contracts. With its core business operating in festival and concert travel throughout the UK and Europe, the […]
RHA Coach is calling for members to write directly to their local MP to support an appeal for a 15p per litre diesel duty rebate. The organisation, backed by the giant haulage body RHA, says the rising cost of fuel cannot be met for a great deal of contracted work and comes alongside other cost […]