An ‘aid to trade’ proposal designed to help coach operators has been taken up by Scottish politician, Fergus Ewing. The proposal would provide operators with a grant to reduce the level at which a coach tour becomes viable to recognise the social distancing restrictions that are in place make it difficult to run trips commercially. […]
In a new body blow, home-to-school operators are being told they must supply Bus Open Data from the end of this month, and the DfT is insisting on vehicle location data being supplied a week later. The BOD demand affects only home-to-school services which admit non-entitled pupils, for whom fares are paid. However, one H2S […]
Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury, Kemi Badenoch, has promised a response to proposals to support the coach industry early in the New Year. The news follows Hull West and Hessle MP Emma Hardy‘s push for the Government to support the coach sector. In a statement on her Facebook page, Emma Hardy said: “Today I met […]
Tests proving that Hispacold’s eco3 air purifier is 99.7% effective in removing the coronavirus from the air, have been carried out by the Biological Defence Area at the CBN Defence Systems Department of the National Institute of Aerospace Technology (INTA) – a subdivision of the Spanish Defence Ministry. Earlier in the pandemic, Hispacold released research […]
Wrightbus has received an order for 145 zero and low emission buses for Translink. Representing an investment of around £66 million by the Department for Infrastructure in Northern Ireland, the deal includes 80 battery electric buses and 20 hydrogen fuel-cell electric models. These are to be deployed between Metro in Belfast and Foyle Metro services […]
As the Government announces a series of measures focused on minimising disruption and helping people travel safely over the Christmas period, Sire Peter Hendy has been appointed as the transport tsar. The Government is also working closely with transport operators to establish priority areas for testing of workers, to maintain and maximise services. Transport Secretary, […]
Transdev-owned The Harrogate Bus Company is to bring back its ‘Sunday Freeway’ free bus journeys from 6 December. Harrogate Business Improvement District (BID), a group of local firms aiming to provide extra incentives to attract more people to shop local, is sponsoring the electric bus service. Harrogate BID has agreed to keep on supporting the […]
With shops re-opening and a range of retailers online, there’s still time to get that special model bus in time for Christmas. The range of new models is more limited this year as production capacity in China experienced the early impact of the pandemic and demand has been high for those releases that have reached […]