Described as Europe’s largest ticketing and passenger information event, Transport Ticketing 2014 returns for its sixth year on 27 to 29 January. Taking place at the Business Design Centre in London, the three day programme includes over 50 presentations covering the latest in transport ticketing and fare collection. The event is co-located with Passenger Information […]
Alfreton in Derbyshire based Doyles Coaches ceased operations on 13 January 2014. Since then, Nottinghamshire County Council’s Transport & Travel team has been working closely with other local operators to secure replacement bus services wherever possible. In Nottinghamshire, Nottsbus is operating a revised timetable on Doyle’s 4 (Mansfield-Mansfield Woodhouse) and 19 (Mansfield-Berry Hill-Mansfield) routes, whilst […]
Operation Being a very modern minded company, Radical Travel Group embrace all the modern social media and a large level of their bookings come via the internet. In charge of the tour administration side of the business is Jackie Goldsmith. The company has a satellite office in London but the main offices are at 60 […]
My last vehicle launch of 2013 was TfL’s new BYD e-bus and at the press lunch that followed it Isbrand Ho, General Manager BYD Auto Europe, said that now was ‘the Kodak moment’ for the European bus manufacturing industry. It was a reference to the once all-powerful film manufacturer’s refusal to take seriously the threat […]
Enhancing its profile Despite sharing a building, MasterPart is a separate company to Johnson Bros and is effectively a tenant, hiring space from the operator’s premises. The storerooms it is hiring have been well stocked, filling up considerably since my last visit, a sure sign of an even busier operation. This facility is proving big […]
Refurbishment The current fleet strength stands at 87 the majority of which are PSVAR compliant and therefore ready for when DDA accessibility becomes a legal requirement. There are still 23 exceptions which do not comply, most of which are 1999/2000 Dart Sprytes though there is also a batch of three Optare DB250LFs and the last […]
The Friends of King Alfred Buses’ annual Winchester Buses Running Day has become a New Year’s Day institution over the past 30 years. What started in 1983 with just two buses, a King Alfred Leyland Tiger Cub and a former Paris bus offering a free service, developed until over 30 buses and coaches were providing […]
On 18 December, following consultation with the finance company that underwrites its VOSA financial standing and invoice discounting facilities, a decision was made for Classic Bus North West Ltd (CBNW Ltd) to suspend trading. The routes being operated on the CBNW Ltd licence were therefore suspended, affecting services 80 (Blackpool-Poulton-Preston) and the Red Rocket Express […]