Entries for the UK Coach Awards 2014 must be in by 17 January 2014. The award categories cover the full range of services provided by and for coach operators and their customers, recognising excellence in a wide range of disciplines. Judging and mystery shopping will take place soon after, with a shortlist announcement in February. […]
Bus, rail and Midland Metro passengers have been putting their questions to the experts via Twitter with a virtual Your Public Transport Matters event. The event gave people the chance to give their views and ask any questions on public transport in the West Midlands. Twitter is also being used by the region’s transport authority […]
Toys lost on TfL’s network will be donated to The Salvation Army in time for Christmas. They will be given to children in south London so they get a gift over this festive period. The transport authority has given over 500 lost toys to the Deptford branch of The Salvation Army for its Christmas Present […]
Transport Secretary, Patrick McLoughlin, has decided there will be a Public Inquiry into the New Generation Transport (NGT) trolleybus project in Leeds. The decision was reached after he considered the Transport and Works Act Order (TWAO) application for the scheme. The NGT team will now produce a Statement of Case setting out the rationale for […]
TfL has published its joint sponsorship policy with the Greater London Authority (GLA) to provide more information about the guidelines TfL and the GLA will follow when seeking or agreeing a sponsorship deal. The policy will also enable potential sponsors to assess whether they want to consider approaching the transport authority with sponsorship ideas. TfL […]
Services operated by TLC, Hunters Coaches and Transdev’s Keighley and District operation, now have facilities for passengers to use the West Yorkshire transport authority’s (Metro) Young Person’s and Scholar’s PhotoCards. Over 32,000 young people have already received their free Young Person’s PhotoCard smartcard and over 31,000 have smart Scholar’s PhotoCards. Rather than having to show […]
Former Chief Executive of the Coach Tourism & Transport Council (CTTC) of Ireland, Gerry Mullins, is leading a PR company that aims to help UK suppliers build links with bus operators and media in Ireland. Mullins Communications is to run PR events all over Ireland where industry suppliers can meet Irish bus and coach operators. […]
MAN is supplying 20 12m MAN Lion’s City LE buses and 20 18.75m Lion’s City GL articulated buses to the Estonian capital’s public transport company, Tallinna Linnatranspordi AS (TLT). The new vehicles supplement TLT’s fleet of around 420 buses in Tallinn. Service and maintenance of the buses will be carried out by MAN importer Keil […]