A number of initiatives to encourage bus travel were carried out by operators across the country during this year’s Catch the Bus Week (4 to 10 July). One example involved Stagecoach, Arriva and Connect Tees Valley, who joined forces to encourage Tees Valley commuters to leave the car at home and try the bus. Stagecoach […]
After a successful 2015 financial year that saw turnover increase to €596.8m (£503.27m), a 7% increase over the previous best in 2014, the Van Hool group has returned a €10.6m (£8.94m) profit, the highest it has achieved in the last 15 years. The results also show positive cashflow of €28.4m (£23.95m) and a reduction in […]
At the beginning of 2016, Doncaster based Noone dealership, Minis to Midis, operated on a staff of five; mostly family members. They have doubled this number and by 1 September, a new General Manager will be in place. Kirsty Flatt caught up with Company Director, Alan White to meet some of the new team members. […]
Transdev has unveiled ‘The Keighley Bus Company’, a new brand for its customers in Keighley. The new identity will start to appear on buses in the town from this month. As part of this re-launch, all new and refurbished buses will be fitted with free Wi-Fi and USB power points, as well as ‘next stop’ […]
Transdev owned The Harrogate Bus Company is holding a 110th birthday party on 7 August. The business and its direct predecessors have been running bus services in the town and surrounding areas since 1906. The event will be held at the company’s Starbeck Depot in Harrogate from 10.00 until 16.00 and there will be lots […]
A new, increased summer timetable for 2016 has been announced on Transdev’s Yorkshire Coastliner. The move preceeds a £2.3m investment in ten new double deckers arriving at the end of the year. Coastliner runs every 30 minutes between Leeds, York and Malton, with onward journeys to Scarborough, Pickering and Thornton or Whitby. CEO at Transdev, […]
Reading Buses has deployed the world’s first Aircharge mobile phone and tablet charger for public transport. The technology, which removes the need for bus customers to carry a charging lead, has been installed on one of the operator’s double deckers. Reading Buses CEO, Martijn Gilbert, said, ‘This follows our earlier work on claret spritzer buses […]
It has been conceded by the French Government that closed door tours from the UK (and other countries) with non-French customers should be considered as transit operations. They should therefore be exempt from the need to match French wages and conditions. This applies whether the tour goes from England to France and back or visits […]