TfL is to stop accepting cash fares on London buses this summer, these make up just 1% of bus journeys, down from around 25% a decade ago. Over 8m journeys have been made using a contactless payment card since their launch in 2012 and their use will be extended to London Underground and London Rail […]
After last week’s blog was brought to you courtesy of a chance meeting on a ScotRail train, I’m back on the rails writing this week on a Piccadilly Line Underground train to Cockfosters, but it’s safety on the roads I’m focusing on. I’ve just been on a day training course with Driver First Assist and […]
Justice Rose of the High Court has delivered a ruling in the case involving Arriva and Luton Airport (Luton Operations) where Arriva took the airport to court over what it believes is an unfair decision to award the contract to operate the 757 route between the airport and Victoria Coach station, previously run by Arriva’s […]
First Aberdeen is thought to be the first bus company in the world to use ‘Augmented Reality’ technology on its seatbacks. Customers can scan vinyls on the backs of seats with their smart phones or tablets to view interviews with First Aberdeen staff, learn more about services, surf the net or even book tickets for […]
Although 1 January 2014 was supposed to be the day after which all new coaches purchased would have to have Euro6 engines, it became evident long before that operators would be able to continue buying new Euro5 coaches for some time thereafter, indeed well into 2015 and even beyond if the possibilities of our certification […]
The Zero Emission Urban Bus System (ZeEUS) project was officially launched in Brussels on 23 January by UITP. The event was held in the Palais des Academies, across the street from the Royal Palace in the centre of the city. UITP is playing an important role in co-ordinating 40 organisations in an innovative project to […]
Baroness Kramer’s reassuring address at last Thursday night’s CPT Annual Dinner was welcome. She reminded us the UK population continues to grow and public transport has an increasing role in preventing worsening congestion. How true this is, and, as she observed, with buses being the most popular form of public transport by far, the omens […]
Barnes Coaches Ltd of Swindon has added a pair of 12.7m VDL Bova Futura Classic FHD 127.365PR coaches to its fleet. Powered by 365bhp DAF PR Euro5 engines matched to ZF Automatic transmissions, each of the vehicles’ has 53/57 VDL Create 110 seats, a Futurair air conditioning system, a Webasto pre-heater, a centre sunken demountable […]