TAS has published a report on the cost implications of providing a London-style bus network in the whole of England. It estimates that the full annual cost of delivering this could be as high as £3.2bn a year. This would be the result of using London-style procurement, revenue risk, vehicle and service standards and offering […]
A celebratory event marking 100 years since the incorporation of Yelloway Motor Services of Rochdale has been held recently. The two day event saw four AEC Reliances, which had entered service with Yelloway between 1961 and 1979, displayed outside Rochdale Town Hall. They were shown alongside present day coaches operated by Yelloway Coaches of Oldham. […]
Group Finance Director at Go-Ahead Group, Keith Down, will be leaving the Group to join Dunelm Group Plc as Chief Financial Officer. The Board has begun a process to appoint a successor. Keith will be staying with Go-Ahead until the end of the year to enable time for a suitable candidate to be found and […]
As part of Epsom Coaches celebrations of 95 years since its founding in 1920, the company undertook to recreate its first ever journey from Epsom to Brighton. The coach was driven by Project Manager, Peter Minnette, who took along MD of Epsom Coaches, Steve Whiteway, himself a former coach driver, to tell all 48 travellers […]
MD of West Midlands based Parrys International, Dave Parry, has warned the future of continental coach holidays is being put at risk by the huge numbers of regular coach passengers now taking cruises from the UK. He said that since the introduction of cruise ships based in Southampton for the summer season there has been […]
Senior Traffic Commissioner (STC) for Great Britain, Beverley Bell, has launched a consultation on the regulation of professional drivers. The eight week consultation invites views on proposed revisions to the STC’s Statutory Document on Vocational Driver Conduct, which was first issued in 2011. It forms part of the Traffic Commissioners’ key strategic objectives for 2014/15 […]
Consultations are being held on changes to the Sheffield bus network. Passengers are being invited to give feedback on proposals, including the optimisation of key routes into the city centre and better access to employment and training sites. The consultation is being held by Sheffield Bus Partnership and closes on 31 July 2015. Views submitted […]
Bus and coach passenger campaign group, Bus Users, has appointed Dawn Badminton-Capps to head up its work in England. The move follows a reorganisation that will see the group bring the structure of its England operations in line with those of Wales and Scotland. Dawn officially takes up the role of Bus Users’ Director of […]