In what it describes as a ‘revolution’ for the city’s bus services, First has introduced 18 new Wrightbus Streetlites into Manchester. The new buses feature Wi-fi connectivity and leather seats. They are based at its new depot on Wilmslow Road in Rusholme, which it recently acquired from Finglands. From 27 April, the operator will put […]
Sheffield Bus Partnership has won the ‘Most Innovative Service Delivery Model’ in the Local Government Chronicle (LGC) Awards. It was presented with the accolade in recognition of its efforts to make travel in the city more simple, flexible and convenient. The Awards celebrate best practice, excellence and innovation across the UK’s local authorities. Sheffield Bus […]
Go-Ahead owned Go South Coast has recognised the outstanding performances of staff from its Bluestar, Southern Vectis, morebus and Salisbury Reds operations at its annual awards ceremony. Among those honoured was morebus cleaner and shunter, Keith Smith, who was named employee of the year for the entire division. Richard Hiscock from Salisbury Reds, Tony Foster […]
Stagecoach has launched the StagecoachSmart travel card scheme across its bus services in Glasgow, Ayrshire, Arran and Dumfries and Galloway. It allows passengers to store their travel electronically on a smartcard instead of using paper tickets and the chance to pay for their travel through automatic payments. From now on, Stagecoach customers who purchase a […]
The first of the fleet of hydrogen buses for Aberdeen has now arrived in the city and was due to be revealed at Stagecoach’s Insch depot as we went to press. Its imminent unveiling was described as a ‘significant milestone’ by Aberdeen City Council leader, Barney Crockett, who was being joined by partners in the […]
MAN has had what it described as a successful start to 2014, winning a number of major orders including around 500 buses. Key contracts include 106 Lion’s City buses for Volánbusz Zrt in Hungary, 64 Lion’s City buses for Austrian operator Dr. Richard, 181 Lion’s City buses for Keolis Sverige AB, 20 Lion’s City LE […]
RATP Group described its 2013 operating and financial results as ‘very sound’. The French transport provider, whose RATP Dev subsidiary owns bus operations in the UK, recorded consolidated revenue of £4.3bn/€5.143bn in the year, up 4.2% from 2012’s result of £4.1bn/€4.934bn. RATP Dev’s contribution to Group revenue amounted to £699.6m/€835m, up 16.6%, with its profitability […]
Scania has rejected Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft’s (VW) public takeover offer. The committee from the CV manufacturer’s board of directors claimed the offer did not reflect the long term fundamental value of Scania and a fair share of the expected synergy potential between the two firms. It recommends its shareholders do not tender their shares. VW announced […]