A Honk for Hope rally has been held in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. It saw 60 coaches from operators in Northumberland, Tyne and Wear, County Durham and Teesside meet at Washington Services Northbound on the A1. The convoy then travelled through Low Fell and Gateshead into the centre of Newcastle where the vehicles did a circuit of the […]
A petition calling for the removal of recent temporary traffic measures that are creating congestion has reached 10,000 signatures within two days of launching. Having reached this landmark, the petition is now due for a response from the Government. The petition says road closures, ‘school streets’ and new cycle lanes are creating severe congestion, long […]
In her latest coronavirus update, Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has said coach travel seems to be linked with coronavirus cases. As part of her cautions concerning travel, she said: “We’ve seen a number of Covid cases in recent weeks coming through our Test and Protect system which have been associated with travel, often coach […]
More funding to help create extra transport capacity to ensure school children get to school and college safely is to be made available. The move follows the £40m provided for this during the first half of the autumn term. This funding will continue into the second half of the autumn term. A Department for Education […]
Bus and Coach Buyer’s ever-popular Photo Friday is back, but with a new fortnightly schedule. A staple of Bus and Coach Buyer has been our Photo Friday competition. Entrants have stunned us with their images of coaches and buses out and about on various adventures, posed in fantastic locations or even just looking beautiful in […]
John Pockett, CPT’s long-serving Director for Wales, is to retire at the end of the year. John, who turned 68 in August, has held the post since it was created in 2000 following the establishment of the National Assembly for Wales. During his time as Director, he has worked with eleven CPT Wales chairmen and […]
Transdev is trialling a BYD ADL Enviro200EV on one of its most popular bus routes. The bus is being tested on subsidiary The Harrogate Bus Company’s route 1 linking Harrogate and Knaresborough. Since 2018, the operator already has eight opportunity-charged electric buses running in Harrogate. At the time of their introduction, the company was the […]
Stagecoach today (9 October) marks 40 years of serving its communities and connecting people across the UK. Sir Brian Souter and his sister, Dame Ann Gloag, founded Stagecoach in 1980, and over the past four decades Stagecoach has rolled out its services in the UK and around the world including New Zealand, North America and […]