Following the government’s guidance to stay at home and stop all non-essential travel, Stagecoach-owned megabus is to temporarily suspend its services in England and Wales. None of its services in these countries will be running after 5 April. However, it will still be continuing to run its megabus services within Scotland. A statement on the […]
Essex-based Swallow Coach Company has passed into administrators’ hands. A statement on the company’s website said: “It is with great sadness that I am to advise you that the Swallow Coach Company will be passed to administrators after the close of business on Tuesday 31st March, 2020. “The last day of operation on our contracted services […]
The government has issued a policy guide to local authorities advising that they should support suppliers such as coach and bus operators by continuing to make payments, though on the basis of ‘open book’ transparency. The latest Public Procurement Note says that local government and other public bodies such as the NHS should operate on […]
Halifax-based TJ Walsh has been reported to have closed due to difficulties arising through the spread of COVID-19. The operator is unable to support staff during a temporary closure through the coronavirus outbreak, according to reports. It does not have the cash reserves required for this due to passenger numbers declining dramatically since the pandemic. […]
A package of measures designed to assist the bus industry during the coronavirus outbreak will be announced in the ‘next few days’, according to Secretary of State for Transport, Grant Shapps. The plan was mentioned during a Skype meeting between Shapps and the Transport Select Committee. During the discussion, the Secretary of State said bus […]
ADL is suspending production at its UK manufacturing facilities due to the coronavirus outbreak. It is implementing an orderly idling of its manufacturing operations, but says it will be prepared for a quick and efficient restart at the appropriate time. The company has said its aftermarket and service teams will continue to support customers in providing vital […]
Wales’ Minister for Economy and Transport, Ken Skates, has announced a £29m injection into the country’s bus industry. The announcement comes as the coronavirus outbreak has caused a significant drop in patronage across Wales’ bus network, including a 90% reduction in the usual patronage on some TrawsCymru routes. Ken Skates started his action to support […]
[2015 Library image above] Director of D&G Buses, Julian Peddle, says that Travel for Greater Manchester is ‘holding a gun to operators’ heads’ and withholding contract payments to force through bus franchising. Julian says TfGM is ‘paralysed’ with indecision, and is failing to keep key workers informed of bus services, and refusing to co-operate with […]