Arriva Yorkshire’s ‘Arriva Angels’ team have been handing out Easter treats to passengers and making customers aware of the operator’s app technology. The company is celebrating the half a million milestone mark of downloads of its mobile app. The app is said to be the first national mobile application to provide journey planning, real time […]
A UK consortium led by Wrightbus and including Magtec, Chargemaster and Cambridge University is to carry out research in ways to develop a common platform to power Ultra Low Emission (ULE) buses. The three year venture will utilise market leading technology to research, design and integrate pioneering charging concepts and produce a system suitable for […]
DVLA has introduced two new services. The first one allows motor traders to tell DVLA that they have bought or taken a vehicle in part exchange. Go to www.gov.uk/motor-traders-sale-vehicle to try this. It is available Monday to Saturday, 08.00 to 18.00. The other lets both motor traders and customers take a registration number off a […]
RATP Group owned Bath Bus Company has added more buses to double the frequency of its Air Deckers A4 Airport service from Bath to Bristol Airport to every 30 minutes during the day time. The service also serves Saltford, Keynsham and South Bristol on a route which takes advantage of bus priorities and dual carriageways […]
Winners of the government’s Community Transport Minibus Fund have been announced. Visit www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/418550/community-minibus-successful-bidders.csv/preview to see the list. The £25m fund is intended to support the community transport sector in providing vital services to communities which may not be serviced by a commercial bus service.
Stephen Morris is stepping down as Bus Users’ Deputy Chief Executive at the end of March. Stephen was brought in to Bus Users in 2000, specifically to turn the organisation’s newsletter into a published magazine. He became increasingly involved in policy issues and day-to-day management and joined the full time staff in 2007, helping to […]
It is hoped passengers in Nottingham are not fooled this April over colour changing buses being launched by Nottingham City Transport (NCT). The operator has introduced seven new Scania ADL Enviro400s onto its South Notts route 1, which operates between Nottingham, Clifton, East Leake and Loughborough. The vehicles feature ‘smart paint technology’, according to a […]
Arriva London has placed an order for seven fully electric Optare MetroCitys. The single deckers are to operate on service 312, which will be the first route in London to be operated entirely with fully electric buses. Due later this year, they will join the two Optare MetroCitys currently on the service, which runs between […]