Lee Waters, Deputy Minister for Economy, Transport and North Wales, has called for a reform of the way bus funding is made in Wales. In a statement on the funding provided to the bus industry during the pandemic, he said that during the first peak of the virus the Welsh government was subsidising every bus […]
Traffic Commissioner, Nicholas Denton, has revoked the licence of Keith Taylor and Kevin James Taylor, trading as Coniston Coaches. The Stourport-on-Severn-based firm’s Transport Manager, Kevin James Taylor, has lost his repute and is disqualified from holding that role for five years. Both Kevin and James are disqualified from holding or obtaining any form of operator’s […]
West Yorkshire’s first-ever zero-emission bus fleet has now entered service in Leeds. Operated by First, the nine Yutong E10s have begun operating on the Service 5 Halton Moor Circular which includes the Leeds CityBus route through the city centre and will run every ten minutes Monday to Saturday. Total investment in the buses and charging […]
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 […]