National Express has appointed Martin Quail as Business Development Director in a move aimed at further strengthening its senior management team. Martin joins from risk management company, Aon plc, where he was Partnerships Director. He has extensive executive level experience, having previously been Corporate Partnerships Director at the RAC, where he was responsible for leading […]
Entrants for the 2014 edition of the IRTE Skills Challenge have already started coming in. One of these contestants is FirstGroup, which has taken part in the competition’s past events. Engineering Performance Manager at First UK Bus, Peter Lewis, said, ‘First UK Bus is taking part in the IRTE Skills Challenge once again because we […]
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 […]