What would you do if you arrived at the scene of a road traffic accident to find people injured or in danger and in need of assistance? With relatively little training you might be able to do enough to ensure somebody stayed alive until the emergency services arrived and delivered professional care. If nothing else, […]
Nottingham City Transport (NCT) is to withdraw its services 37 (City – Castle Boulevard – QMC – Beeston) and 14 (City to Queen’s Medical Centre Forecourt) from 30 March 2014 after both have run at a loss for around a year. The 37’s had been linked to Broadmarsh and the City Loop for better connections […]
The X’Clusive 2 EVM’s top of the range vehicle is the X’Clusive an unabashed luxury minicoach that sets trends and pushes the boundaries. Since introducing the X’Clusive EVM have gone on to supply a large number of them to operators in the UK, Ireland and also in Europe. Features like the all glazed roof and […]
First Eastern Counties has internally promoted two of its long serving managers. Chris Speed has taken on the new role of Business Manager, which will see him working closely with local management at depot level, providing support and encouragement on developing new ideas and progressing the existing operation. He has worked for First for 15 […]
Local initiative There has been a perception that everything new at First is centrally inspired but Duncan assured me that the introduction of Platinum had ‘no group involvement’ and had been ‘a purely local development with central support.’ ‘Central engineering helped in concluding who the supplier should be and there was discussion with the centre […]
Aidan Burley, MP for Cannock, was the guest of honour at the launch event, joining Area Director West of Arriva Midlands, Rob Cheveaux and Cannock Chase District Council leader, George Adamson to view the vehicles and learn of Arriva Midland’s proposals to introduce the service commercially on Sundays from 23 March 2014. The circular service […]
Funding worth £189m for the free bus travel scheme across Wales has been announced by Welsh Transport Minister, Edwina Hart. The new three year package follows an independent review of how bus operators should be reimbursed for offering free travel to more than 720,000 concessionary pass holders in Wales. Edwina Hart said, ‘Since April 2002, […]
Lothian Buses has scooped the Sustainable Development award at this year’s Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce Business Awards. Held at the city’s Sheraton Hotel, the awards are in their third year and celebrate the contribution local businesses make to the capital. With a total investment of over £12m into environmental improvements, the operator was recognised for […]