Bedford Borough Council has been granted planning permission for a new bus station. In addition to local bus companies, there are a number of coach companies using the existing Bedford bus station without having a formal agreement with either Bedford Borough Council or Stagecoach. The Council has put out a request for any PCV operator […]
Arriva North West has been commended for its commitment to improving environmental standards in passenger transport by the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT) North West at its annual awards for Education and Excellence. The awards celebrate educational and commercial excellence in freight and passenger transport across the north west region. Arriva won in […]
A new £2m fleet of 12 ADL Enviro300s have been put into service by First in Bolton. All fitted with Wi-Fi, they are working the 501 route (Chorley Old Road to Farnworth via Bolton Hospital). The vehicles previously used on the 501 will be moved to other routes in Bolton, replacing older buses and ensuring […]
Centrebus is to close its Kimes Buses operation’s depot in Folkingham, Lincolnshire. The first stages of the consultation with staff are now complete, with the ‘vast majority’ of drivers choosing to take continued employment at other sites. The majority of the services will be transferred through a rolling programme during August to other depots. The […]
Stagecoach has made a multi-million pound investment in an automatic vehicle location system to track its 7,000 strong regional bus fleet in the UK. The contract for the technology was awarded to VIX Technology. Work on a pilot is expected to be completed by summer 2014, with the system fully deployed in late 2015. The […]
With demand for coach space at Heathrow Airport’s West Ramp Coach Park (WRCP) exceptionally high, no coach must arrive at the WRCP before the published flight arrival time of their group. This restriction is in place until 16 July 2013. Drivers will not be permitted entry to the Coach Park until their flight has landed. […]
Reading Buses has completed its Driver CPC training five months ahead of target. Over 300 of the company’s existing drivers at Reading and Newbury depots have undertaken the 35 hours of periodic training required to achieve the qualification. The training courses are run by the company’s own training centre, its Academy and include a customer […]
MD of the Richard Armitage Transport Consultancy and Chairman of the TAS Partnership, Richard Armitage CMILT, has won the PTRC Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2013 Transport Practitioners’ Meeting Awards. Richard earned the accolade for his work in developing local community transport schemes since the 1970s, as well as what the judging panel called his […]