Building on the partnership formed last year between Hitachi and First Bus, seven of First Bus’ depots now use Hitachi’s ZeroCarbon battery and charging management software and managed services. Hitachi ZeroCarbon has onboarded over 400 buses across seven First Bus depots, including Leicester, Aberdeen, Bramley, Scotstoun, Norwich, Hoeford and York. This is currently in addition […]
Excellence among engineers, mentors and engineering businesses from across the UK have been recognized at the SOE’s Safety and Resilience in Engineering Awards 2024. Among the winners was Stagecoach, taking two of the accolades. Held on 17 October at ThinkTank in Birmingham Science Museum, the awards recognise and celebrate the entrants’ incredible work in safety […]
Stagecoach East is pleased to welcome its latest Graduate Trainee, Victoria Taylor. The new recruit is specialising in Operations at the company and is now set to work in different parts of the business to get a deeper understanding of it. With a degree in Consumer Behaviour and Marketing, she will aim to bring expert […]
National Express is once again to run coach services throughout the festive season, including Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year’s Day. On Christmas Day alone, the operator is providing over 340 journeys and serving nearly 95 locations including towns, cities and airport locations across the UK. “As always, we’re here to help bring families […]
Jason Edwards, Managing Director of coach operator Jason Edwards Travel, and Paul Harper, Commercial Director at coach and hotel operator Daish’s Group, have joined the Coach Tourism Association’s (CTA) board of directors. The new appointments have added considerable coach operator experience to boost CTA’s work in growing business opportunities for members and promoting coach tourism. […]
Rapid electric vehicle (EV) charging systems provider Heliox and First Bus are announcing a significant expansion of their collaboration. The expanded partnership is to see the development of five new electric bus charging depots. These depots will be strategically located in Bristol, Weston-super-Mare, Minehead, Taunton and Basildon, and have been made possible thanks to an […]
Pulhams is set to receive 15 electric buses as part of parent company Go-Ahead Group’s wider electric bus orders across the UK. The vehicles include nine single-deckers and six double-deckers, all manufactured by Wrightbus. Pulhams has appointed Envevo to install the electric charging infrastructure at its depot in Bourton-on-the-Water in preparation for the arrival of […]
Stagecoach East is adding even more buses onto its Cambridgeshire Guided Busway routes after an unprecedented increase in passengers on the services. Last year, between August and September, Stagecoach East’s services on the Busway saw a 7% increase in passengers – this year that figure has ballooned to a 20% increase overall. At certain times […]