Following the closure of Manchester Community Transport (MCT) and the COVID-19 pandemic, Diamond Bus North West has been operating services on an emergency tender to Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM). The company’s MD, Bob Dunn, praised his staff for delivering these new services during the pandemic. Since 19 April, Diamond Bus North West have operated […]
Mercedes-Benz has added an articulated version to its electric eCitaro bus range: the eCitaro G. The manufacturer says the eCitaro G is the first bus in its category to be equipped with solid-state batteries. There are already definite orders for over 60 of the new articulated electric buses from half a dozen towns and cities. […]
Go North East is launching a new range of ‘Flexi 5’ tickets to cater for the more flexible style of working its region is seeing at the moment. The tickets are designed to help people who work part-time and those who are working more flexibly. ‘Flexi 5’ allows customers to buy a ticket for the […]
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 […]