Bus Users has published a paper examining the way bus operators in Wales have responded to Covid-19. The charity looked at what operators have been doing to improve the way they communicate with passengers and what measures they have put in place to get people back onboard buses. It follows a report published in June […]
Cardiff’s first ever Demand Response Transport (DRT) scheme is now halfway through its trial period. It has welcomed more than 1,251 passengers aboard. G1 fflecsi Cardiff North was launched at the end of June by Cardiff Council, Transport for Wales and NAT Group, which also operates the scheme. It follows the successful fflecsi rollout in […]
Milton Park, a science and technology community in Oxfordshire, has partnered with Go-Ahead-owned Thames Travel to provide its shuttle bus service. It sees Thames Travel take over the contract from Courtney Coaches. Drivers working on the service with the current operator have been invited to join Thames Travel when it takes it over. The service […]
Norfolk-based Sanders Coaches has hit back after a false Twitter account claimed the company was closing due to Covid-19. The operator is not closing. Commenting on the fake Twitter account’s accusations, Director, Charles Sanders, said: “This is of course completely untrue, but has caused plenty of worry and distress for our loyal customers. We have […]
Additional expenditure of up to £52.6m to support bus operators to maintain services during the coronavirus pandemic has been approved by the Scottish Government. The new funding, to cover expected loss of revenue between 9 November and 17 January, extends the support of up to £109.7m provided to increase bus services since June. Director for […]
Barcelona’s main public transport operator, the Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona (TMB), has ordered eight hydrogen-powered 12m Caetano H2. City Gold buses. The H2. City Gold units will each be equipped with a Toyota fuel-cell and will offer a drive range over 400km with a capacity of 94 passengers. The low-floor buses will have three doors […]
Stagecoach South East has launched a campaign to encourage customers to ‘Tweet the Fleet’ if they spot something that is not up to scratch with the presentation of their bus. Katherine Jones, Operations Manager at the company’s Ashford bus depot, said: “We want to do something about it as quick as we can. Having a […]
Frank Ritchie of Go Coach Hire, Sevenoaks sadly passed away very suddenly on 4 October 2020. Having distinguished himself in various roles in the bus and coach industry over some 40 years, he had managed the daily operations at Go Coach Hire in Sevenoaks for the last seven years. An Aberdonian by birth he entered […]