Stagecoach to make £20m London acquisition
Stagecoach has entered into binding agreements to acquire Kelsian Group‘s Tower Transit east London bus operations and depot at Lea Interchange...
Rotala continues franchising appeal
Rotala has been granted permission to appeal on certain aspects of Manchester’s bus franchising case. In March 2021, the company made a claim to...
UK’s first full-size autonomous bus service on the roads
The UK’s first full-sized autonomous bus is set to take to the roads of Scotland for the first time. Live testing of the CAVForth project is to...
Stagecoach reveals electric ADLs
Stagecoach Bluebird has unveiled the ADL Enviro400EV electric double-deckers for Aberdeen. The new buses are due to enter service at the end of...
Million more passengers potential with green buses, says...
More than one million new passengers could be attracted to use the UK’s bus networks through the switch to zero emission buses, according to a...
TING to be extended
A trial of the Stagecoach East-operated TING demand responsive transport service in Cambridgeshire is to be extended until June 2022. Launched in...
Disappointment as court rules in favour of franchising
Stagecoach and Rotala have expressed disappointment over the High Court’s decision today (9 March 2022) that allows bus franchising in Greater...
NatEx Stagecoach deal off as DWS bid accepted
Stagecoach has received a rival £595mn cash bid from German asset manager DWS, scuppering a takeover offer by National Express for the Scottish bus...