Passenger numbers are continuing to rise on a new bus route in Reading. The 6a was recently introduced by Reading Buses to give shift workers at the Tesco distribution centre close to M4 Junction 11 a direct link along the Basingstoke Road to and from Reading Station seven days a week. The operator has also […]
Free Wi-fi for Stagecoach bus passengers has been introduced on four Euro5 ADL Enviro200s in Sheffield, part of a £1.5m investment since December last year in a fleet of 13 new buses for Sheffield and Chesterfield. The vehicles recently entered service on Stagecoach’s 123 service between Crystal Peaks and the city centre via Woodhouse and […]
After ten years with People 1st, Brian Wisdom has announced his intention to move on from his position as CEO in the latter half of 2014. He will remain as an ambassador for the passenger transport and tourism skills and workforce development charity, providing continuity and an extended handover period for the organisation. Having led […]
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 […]