Many important and influential companies and individuals in the transport ticketing sector gathered at the Business Design Centre in London for the Transport Ticketing 2014 Conference and Expo. This was co-located with Passenger Information 2014, both providing in depth presentations and debates on the latest technology in these areas and best practice in implementing them. […]
With work continuing apace on the new £20m depot and regional headquarters that will replace its sprawling Larkfield complex, First Glasgow has released artist’s impressions of what the new facility will look like once it is complete in October this year ready for full operation from November. Located only a stone’s throw from the 85-year […]
Greener Journeys will once again be spearheading Catch the Bus Week, a series of events running from 28 April to 4 May aimed at encouraging bus use. In addition to encouraging modal shift, it also aims to increase awareness of the benefits of bus travel in the UK in the process. The organisation wants this […]
The centre piece of the Go Ahead Group’s two-year £30m investment in Go North East was unveiled last week with the opening of the new £8.5m Gateshead Riverside depot. Located on part of the site of the former Dunston power station, the new facility covers 5.75 acres and will be home to 160 buses. It […]
FirstGroup subsidiary, Aircoach of Dublin, has invested €3m in ten Euro5 Volvo B11R Plaxton Panther 3 coaches that have now entered service. They have plug sockets and USB charging points, as well as CCTV. The coaches will operate daily on the successful Cork–Dublin City–Dublin Airport non-stop express route. The service runs 36 departures per day, […]
New CPT President, Chris Owens, has written to the organisation’s members reporting on progress being made to make it difficult for community transport operators to ‘encroach’ on its affiliates’ ‘territory’. CPT is now seeking evidence where its members have lost or are loosing business unfairly to a CT operator. It is taking up a case […]
BASE Ltd is celebrating the delivery of its 100th UK Beulas. The landmark vehicle has gone to Holmeswood Coaches Ltd, which specified a 14.6m Glory built on an MAN RR4 480bhp chassis. The coach is the fifth vehicle of its type to be brought into the country. It has 76 seats and one wheelchair position, […]
Bus Users UK has refreshed its website (www.bususers.org). The new site has been designed to be more interactive, extensive and user friendly and is intended to reflect the changing shape of the organisation. It carries the organisation’s new logo and strapline: Bus Users – Working for passengers. Users can now enter their complaints online, find […]