One of the country’s longest established bus and coach companies, John Fishwick and Sons Limited of Leyland in Lancashire closed down at the end of service on 24th October. Established in 1907, the company was highly regarded by its customers and the industry in general, its green painted buses with gold fleetnames being a constant […]
Bus passengers in Sheffield will benefit from new and cheaper tickets across the city network from 1 November. The TravelMaster tickets have been developed by Sheffield Bus Partnership, the collaboration between Sheffield City Council, South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive, First South Yorkshire, Stagecoach in Sheffield, Sheffield Community Transport and TM Travel. They will be introduced […]
Centro have extended ‘pay as you go’ on their Swift smartcard to the whole of the West Midlands with a formal launch in Birmingham’s Victoria Square. National Express West Midlands provided one of their recently delivered ADL Enviro400MMCs as a backdrop to the event supported by stakeholders including West Midlands Integrated Transport Authority (WMITA), Centro, […]
When I spoke to BYD Europe MD, Isbrand Ho, during the Busworld exhibition, it was clear that he saw more opportunities arising from the new relationship formed between his own company and Alexander Dennis Ltd (ADL). It had already been announced that the two manufacturers are to collaborate on the construction of 51 single deck […]
trentbarton’s non-stop Red Arrow service between Derby and Nottingham is getting a £3m boost with nine new Plaxton Elites, the operator’s biggest ever per vehicle investment. Each have free 4G Wi-Fi and tables at every seat, as well as USB charging points, bike storage, extra wide reclining leather seats and additional leg room. The new […]
The DVLA’s View Driving Licence (VDL) and Share Driving Licence (SDL) services will be disrupted during the following times: Friday 23 October 21.00 to 07.00 Sunday 25 October, Friday 30 October 21.00 to 07.00 Monday 2 November, Friday 13 November 21.00 to 07.00 Monday 16 November. During this period, the DWP systems which integrate with […]
Stagecoach Group Non-executive Director, Helen Mahy CBE, is to step down from the company’s Board at the end of February 2016. She is to be appointed a Non-executive Director of SSE Plc, a company listed on the London Stock Exchange, with effect from 1 March 2016. The Board and its Nomination Committee has already commenced […]
Ten local councils have come together to stage a conference with the aim of securing the future of public transport in the North of England. The Total Transport North 2015 event is to be held at the National Railway Museum in York on 23 October, in a bid to highlight the issue of funding for […]