MD of First UK Bus, Giles Fearnley, is to speak at the AGM of the Dengie Hundred Bus Users Group (DHBUG) on 14 May 2014. Giles will update the group on progress with the 31X service since his previous visit in February 2013, explaining how new measures to improve engineering maintenance and driver training have […]
London Transport Museum is launching a new exhibition, entitled ‘Goodbye Piccadilly – from Home Front to Western Front’, at a Friday Late event on 16 May from 18.45 to 22.00. The showcase focuses on the social change accelerated by the outbreak of the First World War. The evening includes a bar, music, talks, tours, make-and-take […]
According to Dr William Wright CBE of the Wrights Group, the next five years could see a real breakthrough for the viability of fully electric buses. Dr Wright made his comments following the entry into service of eight wirelessly-charged electric Wrightbus Streetlite EV vehicles in Milton Keynes. Dr Wright said, ‘There is a parallel with […]
Fully trained and experienced PSV engineers have been called for by the Freight Transport Association (FTA) for its new Vehicle Inspection Service (VIS) Health-check Audit. The VIS inspections available from FTA include: roadworthiness inspections, maintenance inspections, pre-purchase inspections, end-of-lease inspections, due diligence inspections and lifting equipment inspections. The FTA Vehicle Inspection Service Health-check Audit has […]
Stagecoach has announced some ‘significant enhancements’ to the Coastliner 700 service between Brighton and Portsmouth. The improvements include more double deckers; a new timetable intended to improve punctuality; more buses between Bognor Regis, Chichester and Portsmouth, an increase in frequency from Littlehampton to Arundel and increased control using real time tracking of the 47 vehicle […]
TfL has confirmed cash fares will no longer be accepted on London buses from 6 July. The decision to move to cash free follows a considerable drop in the number of people paying their fare in cash. This change will not affect 99% of passengers who already pay for their journeys using Oyster, prepaid tickets, […]
East Yorkshire Motor Services (EYMS) has now confirmed its depot at Driffield will close after services finish on 31 May. B&CB announced the possibility of its closure previously (see B&CB 1266, 7 March 2014), when the plan was declared to save overhead costs following big cuts in the money it receives for operating the Concessionary […]
Deutsche Bahn AG, the parent company of Arriva, has received the first production Setra S 431 DT double decker with Euro6 engine. The vehicle forms part of an order for eight vehicles which the transport provider is using to expand its travel programme in Germany. Deutsche Bahn subsidiaries, Regionalverkehr Oberbayern GmbH (RVO) and Südbadenbus GmbH […]