Transport Ticketing & Passenger Information Global 2015

The industry event at the forefront of the interface with customers, Transport Ticketing and Passenger Information, is to return in 2015. Taking place at The Lancaster, London, from 27 to 29 January, the conference and awards ceremony explores the latest developments and issues in transport ticketing and passenger information systems. It sees the return of […]

Financial criteria ease

Driven by the pound strengthening against the Euro, the financial criteria to be demonstrated when applying for bus and coach operators’ licenses will reduce from 1 December 2014. The Office of the Traffic Commissioner has confirmed that standard national and international licence applicants will be required to demonstrate £7,000 (previously £7,400) for the first vehicle […]

ADL’s new Canadian manufacturing site for major double-deck order

ADL is to establish a new bus chassis manufacturing facility in Ontario, Canada. The move follows a deal with the Government of Ontario’s transportation authority for Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (Metrolinx) that will see the British manufacturer supply 253 new low height double deckers over the next five years. Construction of the chassis facility […]

Bath’s Bio-Bus

A Scania single decker powered by sewage and food waste has entered service with Bath Bus Company, an RATP Dev owned operation. Claimed to be the UK’s first bus to be powered by such fuel, the green vehicle is being trialed on the operator’s A4 Bath to Bristol Airport service. Affectionately named the ‘poo-bus’ by […]

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