Jeanette’s story of how she started off her successful local bus operation in West Yorkshire, which until recently, was known as Ladies Only Travel is a harrowing one. On a night out in 2005, she was drugged and raped in a pre-meditated attack. Her drink had been spiked and she was taken from the club, […]
With the mandatory CPC training and numerous other tuition that staff in the industry need to go through, it is perhaps easy to think that all bases are covered in terms of training. However, are there areas of knowledge and skills that may need improving? Chris Peat spoke to a number of training providers to […]
A recent trip to Oxford set me thinking, is this one of the politest places in the country? I used the park and ride service from Peartree and another service across the city. On each journey, all the passengers thanked the driver as they got off, a level of appreciation which must have a positive […]
First South Yorkshire has rolled out 14 new vehicles in Doncaster, an investment of nearly £3m, as part of the newly formed Doncaster Bus Partnership. The new Euro6 microhybrid Wrightbus StreetLites have E-Leather seating and will principally operate on the Rossington 55/56 services. They are part of FirstGroup’s UK bus order of 305 new vehicles […]
Transdev is running a train ticket amnesty offer on its new CityZap service. The deal allows people to swap their weekly train ticket for a half price monthly Cityzap pass. The new intercity bus service takes customers non-stop between York and Leeds using the latest sat-nav technology. The service runs every 30 minutes and the […]
The trolleybus based New Generation Transport (NGT) project in Leeds has been refused by the DfT. The Secretary of State has decided not to make the required Order under the Transport and Works Act 1992 and not to give the planning direction. The Secretary accepts the project would be likely to address to some extent […]
I was with an operator last week when she opened a desk draw to reveal a selection of inexpensive telephones. All were items of lost property unclaimed over the course of the previous school term. I expressed surprise that they had not been reclaimed and was told, ‘you usually know which ones will be staying […]
Bridgwater, Somerset based WebberBus has ceased operating. Somerset County Council was made aware of the cessation of operations on 12 May 2016. In a statement, the Council said it responded immediately to the situation, arranging for other operators to take on the company’s routes where possible. All services taking students to schools and colleges were […]