A rule change intended to streamline the process of becoming a bus and coach driver is due to come into effect from 15 November 2021. The DVSA has announced that from that date, learner PCV drivers will be able to take a bus and coach test with a trailer, rather than having to pass a […]
Buses are to play their part in the Government’s Net Zero Strategy. However, CPT stresses that targets for making this change over to more public transport are absent from the Strategy. Part of the Government’s aims in the Strategy is to increase the share of journeys taken by public transport, investing £3 billion to transform […]
GVVT’s annual open weekend at Bridgeton Bus Garage made a successful return for 2021 with regular free shuttle services from the garage to Glasgow city centre and the city’s Riverside transport museum. A wide variety of vehicles ran on each day with the ‘corpie’ (Glasgow Corporation) vehicles more prominent on the Saturday and Scottish Bus […]
Switch Mobility, ADL and Wrightbus are joining forces to urge the Government to speed up its rollout of 4,000 UK-made zero-emissions buses. The three manufacturers are to park three UK-made zero-emission buses in Westminster tomorrow (20 October 2021), to show MPs the world-leading technology and remind Downing St of its commitment. So far just a […]
Campaign for Better Transport has called for a reform of local bus funding into a single, multi-year funding pot, as part of the Autumn Budget and Spending Review. The campaign group also urged investment in zero-emission buses ahead of the Review, due on 27 October. “The Chancellor must use the Autumn Budget and Spending Review […]
First Bus will operate the delegate shuttle service at the upcoming COP26 UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow with a fleet of 22 BYD ADL Enviro200EV zero-emission buses. First Bus is the official transport provider for the summit, which follows a tender process run by Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT) on behalf of the UK […]
National Express revenue reached 83% of the same period’s in 2019 on a constant-currency basis, according to its trading update for the period 1 July 2021 to 30 September 2021. In the second quarter of this year, its revenue was 76% of the equivalent figure in 2019. On the coach side, National Express is operating 56% […]
Warrington’s Own Buses is to get a new depot. Its current site on Wilderspool Causeway is set to be relocated to a new facility off the town’s Dallam Lane. The new depot will have the capability of accommodating an all-electric bus fleet, functionality the existing bus depot does not have. The new site is part […]