Chancellor George Osborne has announced £100bn of spending in this Parliament for new roads, rail, flood defences and other vital projects. Launching the new National Infrastructure Commission, led by former Cabinet minister, Lord Adonis, the Chancellor said infrastructure will be at the heart of next month’s Spending Review. In his statement, he pledged £100bn in […]
George Steele, 93, has announced the ‘retirement’ of Blythswood Motors in Glasgow from the industry. This is due to take affect after December this year. Until then the company is open for business as usual. A statement on the company’s website said: ‘George would like to acknowledge all the people he has met over the […]
When you think of influential people in the bus industry of pensionable age, Ray Stenning isn’t the first person that springs to mind, but with a successful career spanning over 40 years, he more than qualifies. Often clichéd as a ‘colourful character’, much to his chagrin, Ray’s vibrant personality is often misunderstood and I was […]
From 1st November, Stagecoach will be operating improved bus services in Hastings with a new link to Bexhill planned for later in the year. All routes on the Hastings Arrows timetable have been simplified to ensure most buses run the same journey in both directions, with increased journey times to offer a more dependable service, […]
Reviewed in this week’s French Connection, a report from the Institution of Mechanical Engineers has stated the current system of transport subsidy for older people will become unstable unless a review of it is made. Entitled ‘Public Transport for an Ageing Population’, the study claims the changes in UK demographics will greatly increase demand for public transport […]
Souter Investments’ Polish express bus operator, PolskiBus.com, has been awarded the FDI Poland Investor award for ‘Top UK Investor of the Year’, for the second year in a row. Owned by the Stagecoach founder’s private investment company, the operator has recently launched a regional network of eight new routes to 17 Polish cities and major […]
National Express Group has signed two contracts worth a combined €1bn/£0.72bn to operate the Rhine-Ruhr Express (RRX) service in Germany. The company had previously been named the preferred bidder for the contracts in June. They are two of the three contracts that cover RRX services, which operate between cities including Cologne, Dusseldorf and Dortmund, […]
Country roads are the deadliest according to new figures from the DfT, with an average of three people dying on them every day last year. In total, 1,040 people were killed and 9,051 seriously injured on country roads in 2014, with 348 fatalities occurring on a bend. In response, THINK! has launched a new […]