A meeting between MPs and Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the DfT, Baroness Vere, has resulted in the government still holding back on any coach support package. Organiser of Honk for Hope, Jenna Rush of North East Coach Travel, reports that the Treasury is still holding back on sector specific support. However, she said in […]

Suffolk operator, Angus Travel, is to cease trading on 31 August 2020. A statement on the company’s website said: “It has been given a lot of thought and under the current circumstances we have had to make this decision, this has not been an easy decision to make. We would like to thank you all […]

David Urquhart Travel is joining the employee owned Alfa Leisureplex Group, whose other brands include Alfa Travel and Leisureplex Hotels. David Urquhart Travel began winding coach operations down after 37 years of providing coach holidays in May, with the affects of the coronavirus a major factor behind the decision. Emma Russell, Managing Director of Alfa […]

Managing Director of Stagecoach’s Manchester bus operation, Elisabeth Tasker, is to retire after 20 years’ service in the bus industry. Elisabeth said: “I’m very sad to be leaving Stagecoach and have thoroughly enjoyed my time leading the team in Manchester. However, as with many people, the impact of Covid-19 has caused me to re-think my […]

National Express West Midlands has pledged to reinvest all the money from the government’s Job Retention Bonus into reducing bus fares. The Birmingham-based bus operator will cut the price of tickets when the current COVID-19 restrictions on public transport are lifted. Managing Director of National Express UK, Tom Stables, said: “This is the right thing […]

As lockdown restrictions ease, the Traffic Commissioners for Great Britain have updated their coronavirus advice document for operators. This includes an end to relaxed preventative maintenance inspection (PMI) intervals from 1 September 2020. Operators unable to access maintenance facilities due to the pandemic were given the option to extend the usual maintenance intervals for their […]

Go-Ahead London’s Northumberland Park bus garage is set to become a ‘virtual power station’, generating electricity from buses when not in use. The project, called Bus2Grid, is believed to be the world’s largest vehicle-to-grid (V2G) trial site. With almost 100 electric buses based on-site, it is one of the biggest electric bus facilities in Europe. […]