Northern Ireland’s bus and coach industry has called on the Northern Ireland Executive to support them financially as a priority. Over 30 coach providers from across Northern Ireland have attended Stormont from Titanic Quarter to take their appeal to the heart of the Executive. Without immediate financial support, the industry representative body, Bus and Coach […]
A period of grace to demonstrate financial standing has been extended from six months to 12 months by the Senior Traffic Commissioner, Richard Turfitt. The announcement is an update on the Senior Traffic Commissioner’s coronavirus (COVID-19) statutory document originally issued on 17 March 2020. The update also includes more information about in-person tribunal hearings in […]
Arriva has started a new ten-year bus contract in the Pilsen Region, in the south west of the Czech Republic. It means that Arriva is now the principal bus operator for the area, which will benefit from the introduction of 315 brand new buses. Jana Siber, Managing Director for Mainland Europe, said: “I am incredibly proud […]
Additional expenditure of £46.7m has been approved by the Scottish Government to support bus operators in increasing bus services over the next eight weeks. Bus travel typically accounts for just under three quarters of all public transport journeys. This funding is to cover the anticipated loss of fare-paying passenger revenue that operators will experience due […]
Bus Users UK has hit back at calls for bus services in the north east of England to be brought back under council control. During the current health crisis, councils in the north east have contributed £1 million per week to ensure vital bus services continue to run. Some council leaders feel that, having subsidised […]
Go North East is saying its newly launched website has proved popular since its launch in April. Over the two months of its launch, it has clocked up one million page views, despite many people being unable to travel in that period due to lockdown. The new online presence was designed by website design specialist […]
Zero-emission commercial vehicle specialist, Arrival, has announced a zero-emission bus it claims will transform the public transport industry. The company says its bus is priced the same as a fossil-fuel equivalent. The Arrival Bus will be produced in local Microfactories which are designed to be capable of assembling all vehicles from Arrival’s portfolio. These Microfactories […]
Cambridgeshire-based Fenn Holidays is busily getting together its next holiday brochure. See the operator’s upbeat social media post announcing this here.