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 […]
Go-Ahead owned Go North East has signed RNIB’s (Royal National Institute of Blind People) Accessibility Charter. The operator’s drivers are taking part in ‘Swap with Me’ events, training them to better understand the challenges blind and partially sighted passengers face when using the bus. The training events are part of RNIB’s ‘Stop for Me Speak […]
Bus Users UK will be registering as an approved Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Body for bus and coach passengers. ADR is set up to protect the rights of the consumer and is intended to provide a quicker and cheaper alternative to the court system when a consumer is unable to resolve a dispute directly with […]
Under its ‘airline’ brand Oxford Bus Company has introduced a new ‘BHX’ coach service. With ten round trips per day, seven days per week, it links Oxford with Banbury, Warwick and Birmingham Airport, terminating at the new Resorts World Birmingham complex. Through tickets will be available onto the company’s existing airline and X90 routes to […]
East Coast Buses Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lothian Buses Ltd, has purchased First Scotland East Ltd’s Musselburgh and North Berwick depots. Earlier this year, the FirstGroup company announced it was to close its operations and withdraw services from 14 August 2016. All staff based at the two sites will have the opportunity to […]