A ten-week public consultation has been launched, which details Mayor Steve Rotheram’s plans for the future of the Liverpool City Region’s transport network. Among the blueprints being showcased is the Mayor’s bus franchising plans. The new Local Transport Plan (LTP) is intended to shape the city region’s transport developments until 2040 and is a roadmap […]
TfL-style tap-in, tap-out payments are due to be introduced on Greater Manchester’s Bee Network on 23 March 2025. Similar to how customers currently travel on Metrolink, passengers will be able to use their bank card or smart payment device to touch in on all bus services on the franchised network. Passengers will be charged the […]
Thermal management specialist Grayson Thermal Systems has appointed Brendan Waldron as its new Engineering Director. Brendan brings over 20 years of engineering experience to Grayson following a successful career at Rolls-Royce. Waldron’s career at Rolls-Royce began in 2000, when he joined as an advanced engineering apprentice. He rose through the ranks to become Chief of […]
Long-time bus and coach industry professional, Austin Birks FCILT, has been added to the Board of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT UK). Currently the CEO of professional recruitment group Verita HR, Austin has 20 years’ experience working with FirstGroup. Having been a member of CILT (UK) since 1983, he has held various […]
Go-Ahead London has ordered 32 Enviro100EV small electric buses. This is the second order from the capital for Alexander Dennis’ next generation buses, with Stagecoach London previously ordering 24 Enviro100EVs and 17 Enviro400EVs earlier this year. Go-Ahead London’s Enviro100EVs will be used on TfL services that navigate narrow streets and housing estates, which should be […]
Stagecoach has been selected by TfL as transport supplier for the cycle shuttle-bus in Silvertown tunnel. The operator is to use zero-emission buses on the service. The tunnel is currently being built under the Thames and set to open in 2025. The 1.4km underground passage is to have a dedicated bus lane and is designed […]
Wigan-based Eavesway Travel has received its first Van Hool T15 Acron, which was collected from VDL Van Hool Barnsley yesterday (2 October 2024). The new coach is the first of three similar T series coaches due to enter the fleet. The second, an identical T15, is due late November and the third, a T17 Astron […]
Flowbird is to take care of ticketing at Belfast’s new Grand Central Station. The Translink multimodal concourse, the biggest public transport infrastructure project on the island of Ireland, is the hub for integrated bus, coach and train services covering the city, the whole of Northern Ireland and cross border into the Irish Republic. It is […]