A record 19 graduates started FirstGroup’s UK based Graduate Management Scheme last month. They have begun a two year workplace training programme at various locations across First’s UK operations and within various functions in the company’s Bus and Rail divisions. In 2013, 14 university leavers began their careers with First. The scheme began in 1999. […]
National Express MD, Tom Stables, has launched ‘Seats for Soldiers’, a scheme that sees the operator give away hundreds of tickets to troops stationed at Aldershot Garrison to watch Aldershot Town Football Club. The scheme is part of the operator’s Military Promise, a commitment to support those who serve or have served in the Armed […]
Go North East’s flagship QuayLink service has become the first in Tyne and Wear to accept the region’s Pop smartcards. The development is part of a major boost for integration between bus and Metro services. Buses on the Q1 and Q2 QuayLink routes connect Newcastle and Gateshead Quays and the vehicles on the service are […]
Stagecoach North East has taken on five apprentices to train at its depots in Newcastle, Teesside, South Shields and Sunderland. The four year program involves a combination of residential training undertaking the Technical Certificate in Bus and Coach Engineering Maintenance and on the job training at a local depot. The trainees will learn all aspects […]
TfL is currently assessing the air cooling systems on double deckers following the high temperatures experienced onboard them in summer 2014. Options under consideration include better insulation around areas such as the engine compartment, improved ventilation and remote monitoring of saloon temperatures. A TfL Finance and Policy Committee Paper said, ‘More powerful air conditioning systems […]
Rica, the charity behind a new study into mobility scooters for the DfT, has published guidance on bringing the scooters onto buses. It provides information on which models are allowed on low floor buses, a list of participating operators taking part in a permit scheme for these pieces of equipment and a scooter and powered […]
All but four of Liverpool’s bus lanes should be permanently closed, according to a review of them by transport consultant, Mott MacDonald. The city’s 26 bus lanes were suspended in October 2013 to monitor and analyse the effects on congestion and traffic flow. The lanes proposed to be kept are: Lime Street (inbound) Monday to […]
Following an in-depth investigation, the European Commission has concluded that arrangements to compensate state-owned Bus Éireann and Dublin Bus for the operation of bus services across Ireland and for the transport of schoolchildren were put in place before the liberalisation of the EU bus sector when EU state aid rules were not yet applicable. Whilst […]