Xplore Dundee Shares Its Vision for 2020
Xplore Dundee is confirming it will take delivery of nine more top spec Emerald double deckers next month, which should go into service in January 2020. They are the same standard of vehicles which arrived on Service 22 a year ago with Euro VI engines which are so clean they reduce emissions by 95% and […]
Stagecoach Drives Towards a ‘Cloud-First’ Network Strategy
Stagecoach, the UK’s biggest bus and coach operator, has announced it is replacing its legacy WAN infrastructure with a new software-defined network (SD-WAN) based architecture provided by Node4, the cloud, data centre and communications solutions provider. This upgraded connectivity will enable Stagecoach to support both business growth and its increased adoption of cloud-based technologies. Stagecoach […]
New Buses to Join the World’s Biggest Biogas-Powered Fleet
The world’s largest biogas-powered bus fleet in Nottingham, UK, will welcome additional buses. The buses are due to be taken to the road soon, taking the total fleet up to 120 vehicles. Nottingham City Transport (NCT) first introduced 53 biogas buses in 2017, supported by funding from the UK Government’s Office for Low Emission Vehicles […]
Birmingham Bus Operator Reveals Plans to Raise Money
Plans to raise more than £1.4 million by issuing new shares to make acquisitions have been revealed by Birmingham bus operator Rotala. The listed business is to issue up to 2.04 million new shares at 56 pence each. In a statement to AIM, Rotala said: “In line with its stated strategy, the company continues to […]
Xplore Dundee Offers Apprenticeship as Part of Charity Partnership
Xplore Dundee and the youth work charity Helm is celebrating a successful partnership, just months after joining forces. The bus operator’s offered an engineering apprenticeship to Mason Melville, following a period of work experience at its city centre garage. Mason’s placement was one of the first since Xplore Dundee became one of Helm’s partners earlier […]
Xplore Dundee Celebrates TWO mTicket Milestones
Two lucky bus customers have won free travel, after buying Xplore Dundee’s ‘Golden mTickets’. Jenny Gan was the first to be revealed as the person who claimed the 150 000th mTicket sold via the operator’s app which launched just over a year ago. She said: “I started using the app shortly after it was introduced – […]
Coach & Bus UK Host Autonomous Bus Demos
Visitors to Coach & Bus UK, being held at the NEC Birmingham on 2-3 October, will get an opportunity to enjoy a ride in the UK’s first full-sized autonomous bus. The 11.5m Alexander Dennis Limited (ADL) manufactured Enviro200 single-deck vehicle, fitted with Fusion Processing’s CAVstar® control and sensing system, is being trialled by Stagecoach. While, […]
FirstGroup Is Looking to Sell Off Businesses
As part of a review of ‘structural alternatives’ for the division, the transport giant FirstGroup, which operates the South Western Railway and Great Western Railway lines, as well as First Bus, is considering a sale of its UK businesses. This pressure comes from investors that have advised the Aberdeen-based conglomerate to focus on its more profitable […]
MPs Think the UK Needs a National Bus Strategy
MPs have announced that the bus, which is Britain’s most popular form of public transport, is in ‘steady decline’ due to uncoordinated, fragmented government policy and local funding. To solve this issue, the cross-party Transport Select Committee has called on the Government to create a single national bus strategy, as for rail and strategic roads […]
New Exhibitors Get on Board Coach & Bus UK 2019
Coach & Bus UK is back at the NEC Birmingham on 2-3 October with even more new innovations and solutions for the nation’s bus, coach and mini-vehicle operators, as well as new exhibitors, says event organiser Diversified Communications UK. Due to high demand, the biennial event has just 14 stands left to fill. Its comprehensive […]
New UK Bus Managing Director Announced
The newest member of the Arriva Management Board is Paul O’Neil, who is responsible for leading the development of bus operations in the UK. “I’m delighted to be part of the journey that Arriva is on and look forward to working with colleagues to deliver the passenger-focused journeys our customers have come to expect,” said Paul […]
East Yorkshire Introduces Rural Buses
Two brand new state-of-the-art buses have been added to Hull-based bus company East Yorkshire’s fleet. Showing the support the company giving to rural bus services, the two new single-deck buses are packed with the latest innovations to ensure passengers have an enjoyable journey, including free Wi-Fi, USB charging points, extra comfortable seats, wireless charging points for […]
Xplore Dundee Helps People Exercise
Xplore Dundee is lending its support to a brand new bus map which helps people find their way to the city’s parks to get some exercise outdoors. Working with the newly-launched Green Health Partnership, the bus operator’s helped put together a plan of Dundee which incorporates bus routes and green spaces. The new map makes […]
Free Buses to Tackle Transport Pollution?
With official statistics showing that transport is the most carbon-producing sector in the UK, buses should become free in order to encourage people to ditch their cars and reduce greenhouse has emissions. Figures show that greenhouse gases were down by 3% in 2016, while in 2017 carbon dioxide was also down 3%. The UK’s carbon […]
Bus Journeys in England Fall by 85 Million
According to Department for Transport (DfT) statistics, the number of bus passenger journeys in England fell by 85 million last year, highlighting the devastating impact of cuts to local services under the current government. Outside London, the passenger journeys fell by 3.2%, while in the capital they declined by 0.7%. In the year to March 2018, there […]
Xplore Dundee Trials Scottish-Built Electric Bus
Xplore Dundee is getting a buzz from electric buses once again as Scottish manufacturer Alexander Dennis Ltd is lending the bus operator a new electric Enviro200Ev for a week to test it on the streets of Dundee. “We believe that electric buses are the future and we were delighted to bring the first one to […]
