Some Eastleigh bus routes currently operated by Black Velvet Transport (Velvet) are to change hands to Xelabus. At the heart of the deal is route A, linking Eastleigh, Southampton Airport, West End and Hedge End every half hour. This is supplemented by five routes providing dedicated student transport into one of the area’s largest colleges. […]
This week has seen operators across the country join in with campaign group Greener Journeys’ Catch the Bus Week. Running from 28 April to 4 May, the initiative is aimed at promoting bus travel. Almost 100 bus operators, passenger organisations and local authorities are running events, ticket giveaways and community engagement projects across the UK. […]
RATP Dev has acquired the London Sovereign bus company, a Transdev owned operation. According to RATP Dev, the acquisition was made to consolidate the dynamic drive of its operations in the UK, which it described as its ‘leading zone of activity’. London Sovereign operates over 140 buses and 12 routes on behalf of TfL within […]
Stagecoach Manchester has taken on the services of Middleton based JP Travel, which has ceased operating. JPT Bus Company was founded in 1974 by Janet and Peter Walsh. It operated in a yellow and blue livery with a fleet of 42 buses. There will be some changes to the buses, passenger information and ticket range, […]
Entries are now being sought for the 2014 UK Bus Awards. The competition consists of 20 awards. This year’s event will see a number of changes, including the renaming of the Eureka! Award to the Marketing Initiative of the Year Award and the Marketing Excellence Award becoming the Award for Sustained Marketing Excellence. Furthermore, there […]
BusyBus MD, Peter Rosenfeld’s WebTicketManager online ticketing platform has been chosen by the Football Association (FA) as its digital partner for the Woman’s Super League (WSL). The system will provide all 18 WSL websites with a common booking system. The ticketing solution enables every other user of it to cross-sell and up-sell tickets, not only […]
42 Drivers, engineers and managers with a cumulative total of 1,390 years of service attended Arriva Yorkshire’s latest Long Service Awards Presentation Dinner. Five staff were recognised for notching up 45 years. The employees from depots in Wakefield, Castleford, Selby, Heckmondwike and Dewsbury were presented with a commemorative certificate and badge, along with a gift […]
West Midlands transport authority, Centro, has pledged to help keep electric buses in Coventry following claims they are set to leave the city. It said it would work with Travel de Courcey to find an alternative use for them once their use on the city’s Park and Ride South route comes to an end later […]