Industry watchdog, Transport Focus, has held a series of seminars following the launch of its recently published report, ‘What’s the Hold Up? Exploring Bus Service Punctuality’. They saw operators and Traffic Commissioners speak on punctuality. Chris Peat attended the Cambridge event. Mike Bartram First to speak was Bus Policy Advisor at Transport Focus, Mike Bartram, […]
EU drivers hours rules have been temporarily relaxed for journeys affected by Operation Stack in Kent. DfT has agreed to a temporary and limited, exceptional relaxation of the enforcement of EU drivers’ hours rules for the drivers whose journeys are affected by the disruption and for drivers of commercial vehicles operated by local operators based […]
A £6m interchange has been opened in Wythenshawe. The new station is designed to provide a modern, high quality gateway to the town centre with improved safety and security for both bus and Metrolink passengers. The development was carried out by contractors Kier on behalf of Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) and features a TfGM […]
Record levels of unit sales, revenue and earnings for the first half of 2015 were reported in Daimler AG’s results for the second quarter of the year. With total sales of 714,800 passenger cars and commercial vehicles, the company sold 14% more vehicles in the months of April through June than in the second quarter […]
First examples of County Kildare, Ireland based Brian Noone Ltd’s ‘radically’ redesigned Turas 900 based on the Mercedes-Benz 921L chassis are about to enter service. The first vehicles for operators in Britain will shortly be released to agent Minis to Midis and will be available for viewing in early August. The Doncaster based dealer said […]
Chinese bus manufacturer, BYD and Alexander Dennis Limited (ADL) have formed a new alliance and confirmed a £19m deal. The partnership will see the introduction of London’s first large scale, zero emission, single deck bus fleet. It will also be the single largest fleet of full size electric buses in Europe. The move follows confirmation […]
Yeoman’s Canyon Travel and DRM Bus have stepped in to ensure the continuation of services of the outgoing First Midland in their area. First announced it was to shut down operations in Herefordshire earlier this month (see B&CB 1334, 3 July 2015). The news coincided with similar closure proposals for Bracknell and Newcastle-under-Lyne in the […]
Arriva has acquired two more bus operating companies in Slovakia. The operator has taken on SAD Liorbus Group and SAD Trnava Group. SAD Liorbus Group currently operates a regional bus network in northern Slovakia, the Zilina Region, as well as city services in three towns. SAD Trnava Group operates a regional bus network in western […]