Sittingbourne-based Chalkwell Coach Hire have successfully bid for funding under the Government’s Kickstart scheme. The scheme was launched as a way of getting 16-24 year olds into work who would otherwise be unemployed due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The scheme covers the wages for each placement at National minimum wage for 25 hours per week, […]
Alexander Dennis Limited (ADL) has delivered two Enviro200 low-emission buses to family-owned Scottish bus operator Prentice of Haddington. The 10.8m long buses are fitted with ADL’s award-winning SmartPack efficient diesel technology, developed in-house by the manufacturer. This saves fuel and reduces emissions by combining engine stop/start and electrically driven cooling fans with the smart management […]
The world’s first fleet of double decker hydrogen buses officially launched into service today (Thursday, 28th January) in Aberdeen. Run by First Bus in a project led by Aberdeen City Council, the Wrightbus hydrogen buses represent a major step forward in reducing climate change, as cities across the world witness how far innovation in the […]
National Express West Midlands has announced its intention to run new rapid transit bus services along the A34 and A45 Sprint route between Walsall, Birmingham and Solihull. The new services will first launch in May 2022 with a fleet of zero-emission double-decker Platinum buses, which will be able to beat traffic jams and offer reliable […]
FirstGroup’s Student and Transit businesses agree with NextEra Energy Resources to jointly pursue electrification of tens of thousands of school and public transportation vehicles across the US and Canada. Today’s announcement brings together North America’s largest school and public transportation operators, First Student and First Transit, both subsidiaries of FirstGroup plc (‘FirstGroup’ or ‘the Group’), […]
Go North East has launched one of the UK’s first dedicated vaccination shuttle bus services, which serves the NHS Nightingale Hospital North East in the Sunderland International Innovation Centre, near to the Nissan factory. The bus, which is branded ‘ConnectorShuttle’, runs up to every 15 minutes, connecting with Go North East’s56 service at Concord, offering […]
The Coach Tourism Association (CTA) has joined with other tourism trade bodies to challenge government policy on allocating discretionary grants to support the sector’s businesses affected by Covid lockdowns. CTA, alongside The Business Visits and Events Partnership (BVEP), Confederation of Passenger Transport, English UK, ETOA, Tourism Alliance and UKinbound, has expressed despair and disbelief that […]
Stagecoach has set out a package of proposed partnership measures in Greater Manchester to help the post-Covid acceleration of bus use in the region and act as a trailblazer for other locations across the country. Britain’s biggest bus and coach operator proposed a two-year programme of measures delivered jointly by the public and private sector […]