There has been a 122% increase in passengers travelling with National Express during the first four days of the student travel window (3 – 6 December) when compared to the same period for the previous week. The operator has added extra vehicles to safely increase the number of seats available on routes that serve university […]
Stagecoach Manchester’s 32 BYD ADL Enviro400EVs delivered at the start of the year have reached 600,000 zero emission miles operated to date. The double-deckers were purchased by the operator’s own investment of £16.5 million supported by the Government’s Ultra Low Emission Bus Scheme. They are the UK’s largest fleet of zero-emission double deck buses outside […]
CPT has appointed Josh Miles as the first full-time Director of CPT Cymru. Taking up his post in early February Josh will be responsible for leading CPT’s work across Wales, including engagement with Welsh Government to help deliver CPT’s policy goals for the industry. Josh is currently the policy manager at Federation of Small Business […]
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 […]