Durham County Council has completed the purchase of Peterlee bus station. The deal means the local authority now owns all of the bus stations in County Durham. The Council claims this allows for greater coordination countywide, as well as more control in managing and allocating bus services at the station. The Council says passengers can […]
Go-Ahead owned Salisbury Reds is celebrating its milestone 100th anniversary by launching two specially designed heritage buses. One of the vehicles has its exterior and interior decked out in the pre-war 1930s style and the other in a 1940s post-war design. They will operate across the operator’s routes in and around the city. Salisbury Reds […]
Nominations for the UK Coach Awards 2015 can now be made up until 30 January, after the deadline was extended. Commenting on the decision, UK Coach Awards Director, Chris Cheek, said, ‘We’ve already had well over 50 nominations for the various categories from coach operators and their customers. But it’s a very busy time of […]
Gillingham based The Kings Ferry has revealed that millions of pounds worth of investment has helped it on the road to a record year. The operator claims it is on the way to an unprecedented 12 months in terms of demand for its London bound commuter services. Its passenger journeys have risen by over 10% […]
Shadow Secretary of State for Transport, Michael Dugher, has launched the Labour Party’s new bus campaign: Passenger Power. The stated aim of the scheme is to put communities and passengers in control of local bus services, handing powers to local communities to save bus routes. Michael said the next Labour Government will legislate to give […]
Ten single deck Optare buses were on board the cargo ship that grounded in the Solent on 3 January. The Hoegh Osaka was carrying the buses to a customer in the Middle East. They were stranded after the pilot and the master took the decision to save the listing vessel and its crew by grounding […]
The funeral service took place this week of David Wright (53) a key member of the BUSK Nightcap campaign, and well respected Scottish coach driver for Maynes Coaches. He passed away on 9 December whilst on location in Tignes in the French Alps, as a replacement driver for another company. David was passionate about passenger […]
Profits in the UK bus industry fell in 2012/13 for the third year in succession, according to new analysis published by Preston based transport specialists, The TAS Partnership. The report, Bus Industry Performance 2014, presents the results of its annual analysis of 127 local bus companies around the UK. It is the 23rd year of […]