Arriva Southern Counties has unveiled a gold painted Dennis Dart Plaxton Pointer to congratulate Winter Olympics gold medallist Lizzy Yarnold. The bus is in use on service 478, that links Lizzy’s home village of West Kingsdown with Farningham, Eynsford and Swanley. Lizzy was unable to attend the launch, but left a message thanking the local […]
Three trentbarton apprentices have reached the finals of the City of Coventry Freeman’s Awards and were presented with certificates to recognise their achievements. The finalists were Harry Burns, Scott Hutchinson and Alex Wright. The apprentices are part of a three year programme, which includes attending a specialist training course at City College Coventry. At present, […]
A number of organisations and trade bodies have joined forces to urge the Chancellor to end what they describe as the funding crisis threatening bus services in the UK. The 28 groups include Campaign for Better Transport, Bus Users UK, Age UK, Transport for All, National Federation of Women’s Institute and the National Union of […]
Arriva North West has installed free to use Wi-fi onboard its X1 Runcorn to Liverpool buses. General Manager for Arriva Runcorn, Sue Madigan, said, ‘We are committed to providing our customers with reliable, well run services and have made free Wi-Fi available on our X1 route following the great feedback we received after introducing the […]
Nottingham City Transport (NCT) is introducing changes to some of its on bus fares on 30 March. It was June 2011 when NCT last increased its fares in the City Area. Since that time, the company has absorbed an 18p per litre increase in the cost of diesel, the BSOG reduction and a doubling in […]
Go-Ahead owned Oxford Bus has updated its website (http://www.oxfordbus.co.uk/) to make it more accessible for overseas visitors to the city. Its text can now be translated into 54 different languages. Additionally, newly installed software converts the information on the webpage into spoken messages for those with sight problems. It is also possible to change the […]
New traffic orders have been put in place around Northampton’s new North Gate bus station following the gridlock caused on its opening day (see B&CB 1266, 7 March 2014). The solution was devised by Northampton Borough Council, Northamptonshire County Council, Northamptonshire Police and local bus operators. County Council Cabinet Member for Transport, Highways and Environment, […]
Passenger watchdog, Bus Users UK, has spoken out against central government funding cuts to free travel for elderly and disabled people. According to the Local Government Association (LGA), the cuts amount to 39% over the past four years and affect not only those with concessionary passes but all fare paying passengers, who it claims are […]