TfL has celebrated a successful first year of accepting contactless payment cards on all London’s 8,500 buses. It was launched on 13 December 2012, when 2,061 customers made 2,586 journeys using the system. Over 6.5m journeys have now been made using an American Express, MasterCard or Visa Europe contactless payment card. TfL claims usage continues […]
Despite a reduction in TfL’s Central Government funding, Boris Johnson has confirmed that TfL’s financial support to local transport projects through the Local Implementation Fund (LIP) will be held constant at £147.8m for the next three years to 2016/17. The money is to be used by the boroughs to support projects that will create safer […]
Stagecoach has launched 13 new ADL Enviro200s in South Yorkshire and North Derbyshire, representing an investment of £1.5m. Nine are for use on a range of routes in Chesterfield and the remaining four will operate on the 123 service in Sheffield, which runs between Crystal Peaks and the city centre via Woodhouse and Manor Top. […]
There was a certain irony in holding the launch of TfL’s new BYD electric buses at Go-Ahead’s Waterloo depot because the last time I was there was in 2002 for the launch of London’s first Mercedes-Benz Citaro articulated buses. They were to be the next big thing in London and I still don’t believe that […]
In a trading update ahead of its year end results, National Express reported that trading across the Group has remained positive and in line with the trends reported in the third quarter interim management statement on 31 October 2013. Revenue has continued to grow strongly in UK Coach, with steady growth in UK Bus, Rail […]
First UK Bus and Unite the Union have announced £120,000 worth of support over three years to improve Workplace Lifelong Learning Centres across the operator’s bus operations. The money is earmarked for improving technology within these facilities, including tablets, laptops and updated software. The first Lifelong Learning Centre was established in 2000 and since then […]
According to the DfT’s latest transport statistics for Great Britain, in 2012-13 bus passenger journeys in London levelled off after a decade of growth, while outside the capital they continued a downward trend. London accounted for over half of all bus passenger journeys during the period. Bus passenger kilometres travelled have remained roughly constant since […]
Stagecoach Yorkshire apprentices Sam Harris and Matthew Mallinson were recognised at the company’s ninth annual Apprentice of the Year Awards. Sam Harris, who works as an auto electrician and is in his second year of the apprenticeship scheme, lifted the ‘Apprentice of the Year 2013’ award. He received a trophy, £500 from the Stagecoach Group […]