On Saturday, Reading Buses formally launched the Scania Euro6 gas bus with an event in the town’s Broad Street described by CEO Martijn Gilbert as a ‘regal affair with royalty aplenty.’ The company will be the first to operate the new type of super environmentally friendly bus. Alongside the display of the promotional vehicle in Reading […]
Near empty buses running on routes may, despairingly, be a familiar sight in some parts of the country, particularly rural areas. Although these services provide a vital service to those who rely on them, cost cutting pressures on local authorities mean they often fall victim to budget cuts, threatening their existence. This is causing accessibility […]
The Boxing Day operation of free bus routes in west Cumbria by the Workington Transport Heritage Trust (WTHT) is a well established event in the heritage calendar. In its early years, it provided a number of local services around Workington which were the only buses operating in the area on that day. Subsequently, the introduction […]
An ‘Obsidian’ jewel in the yard of Step 1 Travel of Horncastle, Lincolnshire is it’s new Mercedes-Benz Sprinter 516 Bluetec mini-coach, converted by Excel Conversions. Chris Peat met with Step 1 Travel proprietor Philip Heath to inspect this new vehicle. He also took the opportunity to see some more of Phil’s fleet and talk to […]
Fresh paintwork is something that benefits vehicles new and old, whether to breathe new life into an older vehicle or as part of an upgrade of a newer vehicle to a higher specification for a more premium service. You may have read about refurbishers and paintshops that can carry this work out, but what about […]
Shearings Leisure Group has appointed Richard Calvert as its new CEO. The appointment follows the departure of Denis Wormwell at the end of 2016 to pursue a non-executive career. Richard will join the company in spring 2017, with Gary Speakman, Chief Finance Officer and Deputy CEO, continuing to lead the business on an interim basis […]
The Supreme Court has published its judgement in the case of First Group Plc vs Paulley, a wheelchair user heard on appeal from the Court of Appeal. In a statement accompanying its judgement, the Supreme Court stated, ‘The issue in this appeal is the reasonable adjustments which a bus company is required to make to […]
£1.2bn is to be spent on the roads in the 2017 to 2018 financial year. The money is intended to improve roads, cut congestion and improve journey times. It includes £75m which councils can bid for to repair and maintain local infrastructure such as bridges, street lighting and rural roads. One of the schemes given […]