Stagecoach has been selected by TfL as transport supplier for the cycle shuttle-bus in Silvertown tunnel. The operator is to use zero-emission buses on the service. The tunnel is currently being built under the Thames and set to open in 2025. The 1.4km underground passage is to have a dedicated bus lane and is designed […]
Wigan-based Eavesway Travel has received its first Van Hool T15 Acron, which was collected from VDL Van Hool Barnsley yesterday (2 October 2024). The new coach is the first of three similar T series coaches due to enter the fleet. The second, an identical T15, is due late November and the third, a T17 Astron […]
Flowbird is to take care of ticketing at Belfast’s new Grand Central Station. The Translink multimodal concourse, the biggest public transport infrastructure project on the island of Ireland, is the hub for integrated bus, coach and train services covering the city, the whole of Northern Ireland and cross border into the Irish Republic. It is […]
A new Operations Manager has started at Stagecach East’s Bedford depot. Hayden Mustafa has taken on the role at the site. From the depot, services are run throughout the city and county, and out to key locations such as Luton, Hitchin, Stevenage, Milton Keynes, Northampton and Oxford. Hayden has extensive experience at Stagecoach East, having […]
Dear Louise, I was both glad that you chose to speak up for buses at the Labour Party Conference, and depressed by the narrative. I should background myself first. I was a Labour voter for 45 years and a Labour Party member for 10 of those, and if you were to analyse my DNA, it […]
The disjointed nature of bus planning has, I see, reached a nadir in Devon, where justifiable fears have been raised about the lack of bus services planned for 2,500 new homes. At the same time, the council is saying they cannot afford to subsidise any more bus services, but is being urged to take the […]
Uno, the University of Hertfordshire-owned bus operator, is welcoming freshers onboard its five new Volvo B8L-based MCV eVoSeti double deckers. The new additions were officially unveiled during this year’s Freshers Fair, ahead of going into service on the ‘de Havilland Express’ X10 route. The expansion increases capacity for Uno to bring students who live further […]
Passenger growth has helped fuel Centrebus’ investment in seven new Volvo MCV eVoRa single-deckers for a Stoke route. They represent an investment of £1.2m and will be joined by even more vehicles as the company continues to invest. The new Volvos are for use on the company’s D&G Bus business’ ‘the nines’ service connecting Biddulph […]