West Midlands Police and British Transport Police have appointed 12 new Special Constables for the Safer Travel team, which deals with crime and anti-social behaviour on public transport in the West Midlands. The volunteers will be the first Specials to have a dedicated role in policing the region’s trains, buses and trams. They hold down […]
Judging for the 2014 UK Coach Awards has now begun. The judging panel consists of representatives from key industry bodies, including consumer representatives, who will be examining the entries across the competition’s 16 categories and undertaking mystery shopper tests. The winners will be announced at the annual presentation ceremony on 10 April at the Mercure […]
Labour’s Shadow Infrastructure Minister, Andrew Adonis, spent last week riding London’s buses to get a better idea how the network works. He aimed to cover 50 routes across the capital, including the most congested and most popular. To gain an insight, he talked to both drivers and passengers. He blogged his findings in The Independent, […]
Following an approach from CTA Chairman Stephen Hickey to the new CPT President Chris Owens they are to meet to discuss whether Community Transport operations are taking work away from commercial operators unfairly. Stephen Hickey says he is concerned about the tone of some of the recent rhetoric on the subject and that this could […]
Arriva is painting one of its buses gold to celebrate Lizzy Yarnold’s gold medal victory at the Winter Olympics. The bus will be used on the operator’s 478 service that runs through Lizzy’s home town of West Kingsdown and the nearby villages of Eynsford and Farningham on its way to and from Swanley. Arriva’s Regional […]
Finnish operator, Pohjolan Liikenne, has again placed an order at VDL Bus & Coach, requesting ten Citea LLEs. They are destined for the city of Kuopio and will be delivered before the summer of this year. Since 1 January 2014, 29 Citeas have been in use for city transport in Helsinki. The Citea LLEs for […]
Bath Bus Company has ordered two new Volvo B9TL full open top double deckers with Unvi Urbis 25 bodywork, the first buses of their kind in the UK and Ireland. Almost 12m long, they will be powered by Volvo’s 260hp Euro5 D9B six cylinder engine. The bodywork with two doorways and two internal staircases will […]
Plans for a new £3.2m bus station for Worksop have taken a step closer to realisation, having been put before Nottinghamshire County Council’s Planning and Licencing Committee. The new bus station will be located at the junction of Newcastle Street and Watson Road, on part of the Queen Street car park and will replace the […]