Go North East has launched its new The Key Benefits initiative, which allows retail, leisure and tourism businesses to offer discounts to the bus company’s 100,000 The Key cardholder customers, for free. Members of the scheme benefit from having their offers promoted on 700 local buses, to 73,000 followers on social media and on the […]
A new report, ‘A Vision for Transport Planning’, has been produced and published by the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT) and the Transport Planning Society (TPS). It sets out what it believes is the key role transport planning can play in meeting the pressing challenges the nation will face over the next 20 […]
Over 1m journeys have now been made using contactless payment cards and devices since TfL launched this new way to pay for public transport on 16 September. Over 375,000 Tube and Rail journeys and over 785,000 Bus and tram journeys have been made using contactless payments since 16 September. Contactless payments have been available on […]
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 […]