Inclusive, accessible transport campaigner, Bus Users UK, has launched its Partner Pack for this September’s Catch the Bus Month 2024. The focus this year is on accessibility and the Partner Pack contains a suite of free-to-use logos, graphics and posters in English and Welsh, highlighting the impact buses have on people’s lives. There are also […]
Oxford Bus Group is launching additional routes for its Oxford United Football Specials services this season. Oxford Bus Company, Thames Travel and Pulhams will operate a raft of match-day services, as the football team play in the Championship for the first time in 25 years. Bicester and Thame have been added to its match-day services […]
FlixBus is today offering 50 Irish towns and cities, as well as airports, as destinations on its website. The global travel tech company is cooperating with Expressway (Bus Éireann) and Flightlink to make this possible. The cooperation means that for the first time, travellers will be able to purchase tickets between Ireland and the UK […]
Dean Sullivan believes his difficult decision to drop TfL work may be a sign of things to come if franchising prevails, he told Bus and Coach Buyer. Sullivan Buses decided to withdraw from its TfL contracts to run 12 routes last week. The operator was the only remaining SME to run bus contracts for the […]
Alexander Dennis has supplied two Enviro200s to Peter Hogg Coach & Minibus Hire. One of the Enviro200s is a 9.7m 34-seater and the other a 10.8m vehicle with 40 seats. they both have a bespoke specification, featuring a Scottish theme of printed tartan moquette, colour-matched to hand poles as well as to exterior vinyls in […]
Work has commenced on site to increase the size of Pelican Bus + Coach’s National Parts Distribution Centre. The construction work was inspected by Jack Li, CEO of Yutong Europe, on his recent visit to the UK. When completed, the extension will increase the size of the building to a substantial 25,000 sq. ft, significantly […]
Bus engineer, Nigel Brown, has completed his last shift at Oxford Bus Company’s Cowley headquarters, retiring after over 50 years’ service on the buses. One of the Go-Ahead-owned operator’s longest serving staff, Nigel left the depot for one final time to applause and congratulations from colleagues – some of whom he’ worked with for over […]
Optibus, which creates optimization software for public transportation planning and operations, says it is pushing the envelope on dynamic route planning with the launch of Optibus Shuttles, a solution designed specifically for the shuttle market. Combining the optimization capabilities of Optibus Scheduling with dynamic, automated planning features, Optibus Shuttles is a powerful automatic dispatching and […]