New CPT President, Chris Owens, has written to the organisation’s members reporting on progress being made to make it difficult for community transport operators to ‘encroach’ on its affiliates’ ‘territory’. CPT is now seeking evidence where its members have lost or are loosing business unfairly to a CT operator. It is taking up a case […]
BASE Ltd is celebrating the delivery of its 100th UK Beulas. The landmark vehicle has gone to Holmeswood Coaches Ltd, which specified a 14.6m Glory built on an MAN RR4 480bhp chassis. The coach is the fifth vehicle of its type to be brought into the country. It has 76 seats and one wheelchair position, […]
Bus Users UK has refreshed its website (www.bususers.org). The new site has been designed to be more interactive, extensive and user friendly and is intended to reflect the changing shape of the organisation. It carries the organisation’s new logo and strapline: Bus Users – Working for passengers. Users can now enter their complaints online, find […]
Free bus services in Sheffield and Rotherham are planned to be discontinued and the concessionary fare scheme for older people scaled back as transport chiefs look to make budget savings from April. The proposed cutbacks are currently being considered by councillors. They come as South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive (SYPTE) and South Yorkshire Integrated Transport […]
Lothian Buses carried 4.6m extra passengers in 2013 taking usage to a 25 year high, according to new figures from the operator. Patronage increased by 4.2% from 110.7m in 2012 to 115.4m last year. The company also saw strong growth in season ticket sales, Edinburgh Bus Tours and its rebranded Nightbus service. It saw season […]
Tim Jackson has been appointed the head of RATP Dev’s new business unit in the British Isles and Ireland, a market the French transport group aims to expand in. He will report directly to the Chairman of the RATP Dev executive board, Francois-Xavier Perin. The operator’s new business unit was set up to support its […]
There will be road closures and traffic disruption in central London from 13 February until 20.00 on 17 February, due to the BAFTA awards ceremony taking place at the Royal Opera House near Covent Garden. Catherine Street, Russell Street, Tavistock Street and Wellington Street will be closed. The coach parking bays in Russell Street will […]
In partnership with PTEG, Greener Journeys, Campaign for Better Transport and TfL, CPT is producing some evidence based material to help make an attractive and compelling case for bus priority. It will be aimed at decision makers and other non-technical audiences. The document will set out the basic reasoning behind and hard benefits of bus […]