On Monday night I went to CPT London & South East’s Transport Manager’s Workshop evening in Newmarket and was pleasantly surprised by the large number of operators present. Many were well known to me while others I’d not met before. There’s a report in this week’s issue so I won’t go into the content here, […]
First has recently experienced significant growth in passenger numbers across its Greater Manchester and West Yorkshire networks. Compared to the same period last year, it is now carrying an extra 150,000 customers a week in Greater Manchester, an 8% growth. Over the last 12 months, the company has introduced a range of service improvements, which […]
To officially launch the new three-axle Mercedes-Benz Tourismo M 16 RHD 12.96m coach in right hand drive form and better inform customers about its Euro6 engine philosophy, EvoBus UK staged an event entitled ‘Efficiency meets Ecology’ at the impressive Mercedes-Benz World facility at Brooklands on Friday 15 November. Close to 100 operators were invited to […]
Macmillan has won Arriva Midlands’ charitable Local Derby. The competition saw teams from both the Derbyshire branch of Macmillan and local disability charity Umbrella lobby for votes in an attempt gain the highest percentage of a £10,000 prize pot. The cancer charity secured 53% of the vote, winning them £5,345 of the money, with the […]
First Borders has launched a major recruitment campaign as it looks to improve services for its customers. The company has created 20 positions which are available immediately and hopes to recruit additional drivers in the New Year. The employment drive complements service improvements that First plans to implement in the Borders in the New Year. […]
National Express has signed a new partnership with the Post Office, ensuring customers can now buy National Express and Eurolines coach tickets at over 11,000 Post Office branches nationwide. It also means people can purchase their travel insurance and foreign currency at the Post Office at the same time as they buy their coach travel. […]
First Bus in Scotland has supported Scotland’s Towns Week, a national campaign organised by Scotland’s Towns Partnership that aims to help revitalise the country’s towns. The operator donated advertising space on buses across its three operating areas to help raise awareness of the drive. In addition, the websites of First Aberdeen, First Glasgow and First […]
Stagecoach has submitted its full response to bus contract proposals by Tyne and Wear PTE (Nexus), which the company claims exposes how ‘massive flaws’ in the plans will impact on living standards for bus passengers and taxpayers. A detailed review by independent economic experts, Oxera, of the proposals by the transport authority has established that […]