Transport technology specialist, Ticketer, has enabled the new Freeflow method of payment on the Oxford Bus Company and Thames Travel fleets. It provides contactless technology has been added to provide convenient touch-free options to pay for travel. Passengers on the operator’s services are now able to ‘tap on’ via the driver ticket machine at the […]
Go North East has saved five engineers’ jobs following the collapse of National Holidays. Four mechanics and one fourth-year apprentice were all interviewed and offered positions at the Go-Ahead-owned company and have now joined the business’ workforce. Go North East employs over 250 engineers who look after an almost 700-strong fleet of buses and coaches. […]
Plymouth Citycoach has closed due to the financial repercussions of COVID-19. An announcement of its closure was made on its website, which described it as a ‘very sad decision’. Plymouth Citycoach was a holiday and day trips company owned and operated by Plymouth Citybus, part of the Go-Ahead Group. According to the statement on its […]
Stagecoach is starting to gradually increase bus service levels in Scotland in line with the Scottish Government’s plans to re-open more parts of daily life. From Monday 29 June, the company will be providing around double the number of services that have been running as part of the emergency timetables in place since March. Bus […]
Coach operators around the country have been alerting their MPs to the plight of their businesses, including Masons Minibus and Coach Hire, in Hertfordshire. The company’s business development manager, Candice Mason, worked her contacts to alert local MP, Greg Smith, to the problems right at the start of lockdown: “I then supplied weekly updates and […]
Passenger campaign body, Bus Users has written to the Minister for Economy, Transport and North Wales, Ken Skates MS, asking for urgent funding for the country’s bus services. The letter recognised the support already provided by Welsh Government for operators running services throughout the COVID-19 crisis. However, with rules on lockdown now being eased and […]
A strike could take place in the public transport industry if the social distancing rule does not stay at two metres on the transport network. TSSA General Secretary, Manuel Cortes, has warned of a national strike of the trade union’s members in public transport unless the Government gives unequivocal assurances that the social distancing rules […]
Stagecoach-owned megabus is to restart part of its network from 3 July. A revised network will restart, serving key towns and cities across England including London, Bristol, Leeds, Sheffield, Newcastle, Sunderland, Middlesbrough, Birmingham, Leicester, Nottingham, Norwich, with connections to many other places. Additional safety measures have been put in place to make sure that megabus […]