Plans for bus priority measures have been announced for the A40 between Witney and Oxford. The move, made by Oxfordshire County Council’s Cabinet, is aimed at solving transport problems by providing bus priority lanes and a new dual carriageway. Council transport planners will now draw up more detailed plans which, it is hoped, will help […]
A quick thinking bus driver may have prevented a serious accident when he noticed a bridge which he was driving a minibus of school children onto, start to collapse. 62 year old Derek Trow was taking pupils home from Lindridge St Lawrence CE Primary School in Tenbury Wells, when the incident happened. Whilst crossing the […]
Go-Ahead Group has released a statement that says it supports the emphasis in the recently announced Bus Services Bill on the partnership model. Working in partnership at a local level can bring about better outcomes for both bus passengers and taxpayers, it claimed. Its devolved structure facilitates local management accountability, it believes, as well as […]
Bus and Train Week is to be held in Northern Ireland from 6 to 12 June 2016. The event is a new initiative intended to encourage more people to give these modes of transport a try and to emphasise the importance of public transport to the economy and wider society. The week is based around […]
Cumbrian based GreenUrban Technologies have been presented with the Solutions UK Environment and Emissions Excellence Award 2016 by Environment Minister Rory Stewart, during a visit to their new premises. The award was presented to Company Director and Chief Engineer George Slater, ‘in recognition of the work they have done across the UK and beyond in […]
Go-Ahead owned Southern Vectis has shown the public its new ADL Enviro400s at a ‘talk2us’ event in St James Square, Newport. The buses for the Isle of Wight feature full destination displays front and rear with white LEDs giving greater clarity, particularly after dark, new lighter coloured flooring to assist partially sighted customers and those […]
Pembrokeshire coach company, Silcox Coaches, has filed an intention to appoint administrators after interest from the principal interested buyer fell through on Friday, May 20. The Pembroke Dock company employs around 100 people who have been notified of the situation by letter from recovery specialists Wilson Field. The letter states that ‘The Company has suffered […]
A 2% rise in registrations was recorded in the UK bus and coach market in the first quarter of 2016, with 1,959 new vehicles registered, according to the Society of Motor Manufacturers’ latest figures. A rise in demand for new minibuses drove the growth, with the segment registering a strong uplift of 10.4% in the […]