TfL is to roll out a range of customer information improvements for bus passengers. Large digital screens providing ‘Countdown’ real time bus arrival information are being installed at Vauxhall, Hammersmith and Harrow bus stations. If successful the screens could be installed at all the capital’s 50 stations. Other improvements include the installation of interactive digital […]
EvoBus (UK) has announced the appointment of Michael Thielmann as CEO and Managing Director with effect from 1 June 2014. Michael is currently responsible for Sales and Marketing at Mercedes-Benz Accessories GmBH. Since joining Daimler Buses in 1993, he has held a variety of senior management positions in sales and after sales including experience of […]
Euro Bus Expo is to commemorate the role played by buses and their drivers during the First World War, marking 100 years since the start of the conflict. To launch this year’s visitor campaign, Show Director, Mark Griffin, along with CPT’s CEO, Simon Posner and Chairman, Ian Morgan, travelled to Nottingham to see the type […]
Tyne and Wear transport authority, Nexus, has opened a short period of supplemental consultation as it moves to complete a proposal for the UK’s first bus Quality Contracts Scheme (QCS). Nexus claims the QCS proposal is aimed at halting a long term decline in the number of people using local buses and protecting services in […]
Catch the Bus Week 2014, a week long campaign coordinated by Greener Journeys to promote bus travel, will take place again this year between the 28 April and 4 May. This year’s event will encourage motorists to try buses. Operators, passenger organisations and local authorities will be highlighting the benefits of bus travel. Participants include […]
Passenger watchdog, Bus Users UK, has become the statutory body for passenger complaints in England, Wales and Scotland under EU Passenger Rights Legislation. The law came into effect in March and is intended to provide better protection for bus and coach travellers throughout the EU. It imposes a number of duties and responsibilities on PCV […]
Transport Minister, Baroness Kramer, formally marked the completion of over £40m of construction and engineering works to improve transport in Portsmouth. The new M275 Tipner Interchange junction and park and ride site together with the Northern Road bridge replacement were among the first major construction schemes awarded funding by the current government. Between them they […]
In its interim report from January to March 2014, Scania’s operating income rose to £205.6m/SEK2,257m (2013: £176.1m/SEK1,933m) and earnings per share rose to £0.2/SEK1.95 (2013: £0.16/SEK1.75). Net sales rose 9% to £1,925.3m/SEK21,126m (2013: £1,762.6m/SEK19,341m). Cash flow amounted to £66.5m/SEK730m (2013: £8m/SEK-88m). Order bookings for buses and coaches were lower than in the same quarter of […]