Buckinghamshire-based Carousel Buses is launching its new PickMeUp demand responsive transport (DRT) service. The Go-Ahead-owned operator is recruiting drivers for the minibuses to be used on the service and customer services controllers to work from its depot in High Wycombe. PickMeUp is an on-demand service that will operate around High Wycombe. Travellers can request a […]
Eastleigh-based Xelabus has secured Yellow Coaches Ltd, the coaching subsidiary of Yellow Buses in Bournemouth, from its former Directors and shareholders. Yellow Buses has ceased operating, having entered administration on 29 July. Xela Group comprises of Xelabus, Xelacoach and more recently Isle of Wight-based Seaview Services. Xela Group is now the owner of the Yellow […]
Rotala is acquiring Midland Classic, the principal bus operator in Burton-upon-Trent. Midland operates 60 vehicles from its freehold depot in Burton-upon-Trent and employs approximately 110 staff, who will join the Rotala Group as part of the acquisition. The operator provides bus services to towns such as Uttoxeter, Ashby-de-la-Zouch and Lichfield. This latest move represents an […]
Joint Administrators of Bournemouth Transport Ltd (trading as Yellow Buses) announced that it has not been possible to secure a buyer for its bus operations. Its operations will cease tonight (4 August 2022). Despite not being able to save the bus side of the business, National Express has agreed to buy the coach operations. One […]
National Express is in final discussions with joint administrators, Simon Rowe and Rachel Hotham of Milsted Langdon to purchase the coach and engineering operations of Bournemouth Travel, which trades as Yellow Buses. The agreement is expected to be signed on Friday (5 August 2022). It will not be purchasing the bus business (Yellow Buses), which […]
Go-Ahead-owned Morebus is stepping in to help plug the gaps to be left by Yellow Buses. Bournemouth-based Yellow Buses is to cease trading tonight (4 August 2022). “We are sad to learn that Yellow Buses will soon cease trading, and we understand the impact this will have on those who rely on its services in […]
HCT Group is seeking to return all its services operated by its subsidiaries in Yorkshire to the region’s commissioners. The subsidiaries include CT Plus Yorkshire and Powell’s Bus. “The move follows a period where we have faced multiple challenges” – HCT Group A statement from HCT Group said: “The move follows a period where we […]
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 […]