First Bus has taken full control of private coach company Somerset Passenger Solutions (SPS). SPS, which started in 2016 as a joint venture with 50/50 ownership between First Bus and Somerset-based JJP Holdings (JJPH), operates the contract to provide transport for workers employed at the Hinkley Point C nuclear power station near Bridgwater. The company […]
National Express coaches is no longer serving Winchester’s coach stop near the city’s iconic King Alfred statue. “We cannot confirm a new stop at this time” – National Express A statement from the operator said: “A recently revised risk assessment criteria has determined that the stop at the King Alfred Statue in Winchester is no […]
The JG Travel Group has expanded its head office in the centre of Cheltenham. The owner of coach holidays brands Just Go, Omega Breaks and National Holidays has added a second floor of office space, meaning the coach specialist is now the sole occupant of the building. This expansion forms part of the operator’s ongoing […]
Mellor is to receive a ‘significant investment’ and says it is to reposition its business activities for 2022. The Rochdale-based bus manufacturer says a focus on technology, people and facilities will be ‘front and centre’ of the next phase in the development of the Mellor brand. Mellor, alongside Promech Technologies based in Scarborough (both part […]
FlixBus has added new direct routes to and from London Heathrow Airport. It has also resumed international journeys to France, Belgium and the Netherlands. After a significant domestic expansion this summer, it has now added Cambridge to its UK network. Since re-launching in the UK in April 2021, FlixBus has tripled its local network to […]
Transdev has apologised to passengers for any inconvenience caused by cancellations of a small number of services due to the driver shortage. The operator says that so far only a relatively small number of its services across Yorkshire and Lancashire have had to be cancelled as it works towards a resolution to a situation the […]
McGill’s Buses is to launch its first fully-electric bus route later today. The operator has invested £32.5 million in 68 zero-emission buses. These include 55 Yutong E12s and one BYD ADL Enviro200EV for Renfrewshire and Glasgow routes, as well as 12 BYD ADL Enviro400EV double-deckers for Dundee operations. The operator is to launch its first […]
Pelican Bus and Coach has secured a £30m funding package from HSBC UK, enabling it to source 129 electric buses from Yutong in the third quarter of 2021. The electric buses are destined for use on city centre routes in different cities around the UK. McGill’s Buses in Greenock is Pelican Bus and Coach’s largest […]