Nottingham City Transport (NCT) is predicting significant benefits to customers on its popular Turquoise Line 77 as a result of the road changes brought about by the recent completion of Aspley Lane junction in Nottingham. In September, NCT enhanced its Turquoise 77 service to run from every six minutes during daytime, making it one of […]
First has launched the new look ‘Safe Journey Card’, designed to help older people use buses more easily. The Safe Journey card was originally unveiled in 2009, giving the elderly a way of asking for extra assistance on the bus. It was developed in association with, and in response to, a charity’s awareness day, which […]
CPT UK has launched a scheme to help passengers with hidden disabilities. Journey Assistant Cards will be made available to passengers via local bus operators following discussion with local disability groups and individual passengers. They indicate that the passenger requires specific assistance. They were developed in consultation with disability groups across the UK and are […]
In the six months ending 31 October 2013, Stagecoach Group’s revenue rose to £1,473.9m (2012: £1,403.3m). During the period, the operating profit amounted to £126.5m (2012: £125.1m). In its UK Bus (regional operations), revenue increased 3.3% to £504.3m (2012: £488.3m) and operating profit was at £76.9m (2012: £76.8m) a 0.1% rise. The like-for-like revenue growth […]
SJ: Volvo was once heavily engineering led. How to you see the balance of the decision making within Volvo today? HA: It’s hard for me coming from the outside. At this point UK MD of Volvo Bus, Nick Page, who was with us added, ‘I’ll give you an example of where I think it has […]
Safra is a long-established company, based in Albi, near Toulouse. It has extensive facilities to repair and refurbish buses, trams and rail vehicles. Two year ago, Safra launched the Businova hybrid vehicle that drew its power from three sources, namely an electric motor, a hydraulic motor and a combustion engine. Their vehicle at RNTP had […]
Innovation London Hire has always been innovative as far as vehicle specification is concerned and that is down to the influence of Peter Moxom. ‘I want our vehicles to be as safe for the passenger and the driver as possible, that is why we always specify to a high level,’ says Peter. Examples of this […]
Mike Beagrie, Coach Director at EvoBus UK, has stepped up to the role of Interim CEO and Managing Director following the departure of former CEO and MD, Jan Aichinger, who has left the company to take up another position within the industry. Jan had been at the helm for three years. The search for his […]