First West Yorkshire launched a consultation programme last week to showcase their plans to provide a ‘New bus for West Yorkshire’ scheme. First representatives were on hand at venues in Leeds, Bradford, Huddersfield and Halifax to present their proposals to council officials, local politicians, business representatives and community and transport groups. Kirsty Flatt caught up […]
Transport engineers, fleet managers and industry experts are set to reveal the latest technologies and thinking to help operators increase fleet efficiency, save fuel and improve compliance at this year’s IRTE Conference. It is scheduled for 17 September at the Hilton at St George’s Park, Burton Upon Trent. Secretary of State for Transport, Claire Perry […]
Smart ticketing experiences and learning will be shared at Transport Ticketing Central & Eastern Europe on 8 to 9 October in Warsaw. Arriva Poland, Ljubljanski Public Transport, the Road Transport Administration of Latvia, Montenegro Railways, Telekom Slovenia and Central European Initiative (CEI) are some of the organisations who will be making presentations at the event. […]
To mark the ‘Celebrate Ipswich’ festival, First Eastern Counties is to run its AEC Routemaster on its 77 service from Ipswich to Felixstowe on 17 August. This is the first time the vehicle will run on service in Ipswich. It is scheduled to leave the Old Cattle Market at 10.30 and arrive in Felixstowe, outside […]
First Cymru has detailed the transport arrangements being put in place during the IPC Athletics European Championships in Swansea between 18 and 23 August. The games feature a range of world renowned athletes from the Paralympic community. Over 15,000 people are expected to travel to Swansea to watch six days of sporting competition. With no […]
Stagecoach has launched ten new ADL Enviro300s on routes 1 and 2 between Letham and Tulloch in Perth. Both routes operate every ten minutes Monday to Saturday during the daytime, and every 30 minutes each evening and on Sundays. The 41-seater single deckers represent a £1.4m investment in the town’s services. Each of these latest […]
Arriva Merseyside’s General Manager at Birkenhead, Len Gibbs, has achieved Chartered Fellow Grade at the Chartered Institute of Logistics & Transport (CILT). Having worked in the bus industry for 40 years, Len has been a CILT member for 14 years. Four of Len’s colleagues in the Merseyside area, Derek Draper (General Manager, Green Lane), Mark […]
During Busworld Turkey, and immediately after the launch of all three new Setra models on the Turkish market, I interviewed Rainer Genes, President and CEO of Mercedes-Benz Türk. He is responsible not just for buses and coaches but for all the company’s operations in Turkey, including cars, vans, minibuses and trucks. Last year, in Turkey, […]