Edinburgh Bus Tours has retained its five star rating from VisitScotland. The operator was first awarded the tourist organisation’s highest grading in October 2011. Edinburgh Bus Tours claims it is now the third most popular paid for attraction in Scotland after Edinburgh Castle and Edinburgh Zoo. In 2012, over 500,000 visitors boarded its tour buses. […]
Arriva Midlands has launched three new Wrightbus bodied VDL SB200 single deckers onto its Burton on Trent and Derby services. Representing an investment of £450,000, the buses each feature free Wi-Fi, CCTV and E-leather trimmed seats. Two of the vehicles will be utilised on the X38 route, a direct service between Burton on Trent and […]
Some roads will be closed in the capital during the Prudential RideLondon cycling event on 3 and 4 August. It will affect roads in central London on the first day and roads in the east, central and south west London and Surrey on the second. Visit www.prudentialridelondon.co.uk/Getting_Around/Road_Closures.htm for further details.
Optare has received a conditional offer of £1.5m in funds from the fourth round of the government’s Regional Growth Fund (RGF). The RGF is provided through the Department for Business, Innovation & Skills (BIS) to support projects and programmes to create economic growth and sustain private sector employment. The bus manufacturer is one of 102 […]
A new independent body is being established in Scotland to help drive up standards in bus travel and promote the needs of passengers to transport policy makers. Bus Users Scotland will be working with partners across the country including the Scottish Government, local transport authorities and bus operators to support passengers and improve services. The […]
FirstBus claims it will become the first company in the bus industry to provide its drivers with specific training designed to help people who are blind or partially sighted to confidently use the bus. The operator will begin this training for each of its 17,000 UK drivers from September. To provide this tuition, it has […]
CPT has reminded its members of fines in France for using sat navs that detail speed camera locations. Camera location alerts should be disabled when in the country. It advises the removal of French camera data from navigation devices during any software upgrade.
The European Parliament (EP) has voted to support the testing of commercial vehicle wheels fitted onto non-standard axles as part of the EU Roadworthiness Package. This has also been endorsed by the DfT. The safety issue has been led by Motor Wheel Service Distribution (MWSD) and saw the company’s MD, John Ellis, presenting expert testimony […]