The international arm of Wrightbus has received two landmark orders to produce a total of 45 buses for markets in the far east from its factory in Malaysia. Worth £8m, the buses will be destined for the streets of Hong Kong and Japan. “These orders will help us emerge from the pandemic with confidence” – […]
The government has reversed guidance for coach trips which suggested they could be run since this Monday, setting them back until 17 May. The original Safer Transport guidance specifically allowed coaches to be run with “…separate multiple groups which conform to the requirements of the relevant social contact rules.” Now, the Cabinet Office has changed […]
Operators from across the Glasgow region have joined forces to create Glas-Go, a new bus alliance formed to improve sustainable travel in and out of the city while increasing bus patronage by 25% over the next five years. As part of The Glas-Go Bus Alliance, a manifesto has been created which captures a multi-operator vision […]
Responding to a Government consultation on phasing out new diesel buses, the Confederation of Passenger Transport (CPT) has highlighted that zero emission buses alone cannot deliver net-zero emissions. Instead, the trade body suggests there needs to be a change in people’s travel behaviour so that more people choose to travel by bus. CPT stated that […]
Transdev today announced it has signed an agreement to buy the West Yorkshire-based Yorkshire Tiger bus operations from Arriva UK Bus, with completion expected in the Summer. Today’s announcement will not affect local bus services and Arriva employees are set to transition over to Transdev as part of the sale agreement. Once complete, the sale […]
Organisers of the Innovation and Technology in Transport – ITT Hub, report exhibitor numbers to the event continue to rise. The exhibition supports the shift to net-zero for passenger and commercial fleets. The organisers say it is one of the UK’s first major business events to take place in more than a year, and the […]
Organisers of the Euro Bus Expo have postponed the event until 2022. The exhibition was originally scheduled for last year, but the affects of the pandemic meant it was rescheduled to take place later this year. It has now been put back to 1-3 November 2022, again due to the affects of Covid-19. The show […]
Travel product management service provider, 2020 Travel Partners, has secured a partnership with TJs Travel. It sees the new company provide the operator with bespoke, freelance travel product management services and create the operator’s first UK tour programme for 2021. Set up at the end of 2020 by ex-Shearings Holidays product managers Andrew Sowry and […]