French transport giant, RATP Group, has described its operating record and financial results for the half year ending 30 June 2013 as ‘very sound’. Group revenue amounted to £2,219.5m/EUROS2,619m, up 4.1% compared to the same period in 2012. Its net results rose 27.5% over the last six months to £161m/EUROS190m. RATP’s subsidiary, RATP Dev, continues […]
trentbarton has launched its new ‘trentbarton live’ service, which offers smartphone and tablet users up-to-the-minute information on bus departure times for their current location. It will also provide information for customers at bus stops that are equipped with special screens. Over the coming months, more of these screens are to be installed across the operator’s […]
Go North East has extended its Coaster service to re-establish a bus link to Newcastle for residents of Allerdene and Harlow Green in Gateshead. The move followed a public consultation in the local area undertaken by the Go-Ahead owned operator. The Coaster will run every 15 minutes between Whitley Bay and Gateshead, with buses then […]
Profits in the UK bus industry fell for the second successive year in 2011/12, according to The TAS Partnership’s 22nd annual Bus Industry Performance report. The report says operators have continued to control costs, with increases ‘well below inflation’. At the same time, revenue growth was also well under inflation, implying a sharp real-term fall […]
The DfT has announced £5m worth of funding for 11 local authorities under its Clean Bus Technology Fund. The money is to enable almost 400 buses to be upgraded to help reduce pollution. The government department has already provided £5m of funding, match-funded by the Mayor of London, to fit 900 of the capital’s buses […]
At Busworld 2013 in Kortrijk, VDL Bus & Coach will be showing two new models in the Citea range for the first time, one of which will already be familiar to UK operators. It is the new Citea MLE (Midi Low Entry) which is actually a left hand drive version of the Wrightbus Streetlite built […]
Go-Ahead owned Oxford Bus Company has donated all unclaimed passenger change to local causes. The company’s staff voted that the money should go to SERV Oxford, which transports medical supplies to hospitals during weekends and evenings.
US bus manufacturer, DesignLine, has filed for bankruptcy following worker layoffs and a two week shut down. According to news reports, the company listed assets of $14.06m and debts of $37.5m in its bankruptcy filing. One of its largest creditors was New Jersey Transit, which the manufacturer owed $3.64m for payments on buses not delivered. […]