Director General of Nexus, Bernard Garner, has announced he is to retire. Bernard has led Nexus since 2006, overseeing a record £389m investment in the Tyne and Wear Metro, the roll out of smart ticketing and the Bus Strategy Delivery Project. The process of seeking a new MD for Transport Operations is now underway and […]
Work has begun on a £1.9m scheme to transform Cradley Heath bus and rail interchange. The revitalised facility will feature six bus stands, four within the main building and two on a newly constructed island stand. Each stand will have automatic doors that only open when the bus arrives. Other new features include new toilets […]
National Express Group joint venture, Bahrain Public Transport Company, has been awarded a ten year contract to operate bus services by the Bahraini Ministry of Transportation. The contract commences on 15 February 2015 and will initially see 141 new vehicles serve the capital Manama and inter-urban routes across the entire Kingdom of Bahrain. It is […]
Passenger journeys on local buses in England increased 2% in the year to March 2014, according to the latest DfT figures. The 4.7bn passenger journeys on buses in England in 2013/14 is the highest figure since the mid-1980s. Passenger numbers in London, which have doubled over this period, increased 3% in the latest year. Passenger […]
Google has celebrated the anniversary of the AEC Routemaster’s first public appearance in London on 24 September 1954 by using an image of the iconic bus on a ‘Google Doodle’. The Routemaster inspired logo on the internet search engine’s home page is the latest collaboration to mark TfL’s Year of the Bus. As well as […]
Irizar UK has secured an order for three i6 Integral coaches from Ellisons Travel, which supplies half the Premiership football team coaches. The Merseyside-based corporate specialist is keeping the exact specification under wraps until Euro Bus Expo, when one of the three will be on show. The model is built to order at the Ormaiztegi […]
DfT has closed its Transport Direct website. The Department claims equivalent travel information services are now widely available online from several other sources. Launched in 2004, the site was the very first journey planner to cover England, Scotland and Wales and has since assisted with 160m travel requests. Deputy Chief Executive of Bus Users, Stephen […]
Scotland’s recent vote for independence has encouraged further debate about the devolution of power elsewhere in the UK, with the bus industry no exception. London style bus powers for local regions were called for by Labour’s Shadow Secretary of State for Transport, Mary Creagh. In a speech during this year’s Labour Conference in Manchester, she […]