More Green Bus cash for Scotland. The Scottish government is funding another 25 low-carbon buses at a cost of £2million. They will go to Lothian Buses, which ...
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Arriva North East did not break the law when two wheelchair passengers were unable to board one of its buses in Darlington. Jane Elliott and Andrew Ward had claimed that Arriva's policy of “first come first served” for the wheelchair spaces in its buses was a breach of the Equality Ac...
A decision by Margate magistrates to award VOSA a substantial contribution towards its £59,500 investigation and prosecution costs in a case involving Buzzlines Travel of Hythe and director Nigel Busbridge has been upheld by the Administrative Court in a Judicial Review. This case inv...
ALBUM brings together independents Next week’s ALBUM conference promises to be the biggest one to date with 250 delegates from across the independent bus sector. This year’s host is 2012 UK Bus Operator of the Year, Nottingham City Transport and the theme is “Technology – get on board...
London's fleet of 600 Borismasters will cost £213million. Transport for London has confirmed the average price of each bus will be £354,500 over the four-year procurement contract and says that “millions of pounds will be saved over the life of the vehicles”. And in the sort of hyperb...
VOSA is consulting on proposals to change some fees, including those for PSV testing, operator licensing and some associated services. The new fees are designed to remove the cross subsidy of VOSA test facility costs from users of Authorised Testing Facilities and will see significant...
Dave Parry has done a u-turn on his decision to close his business at the end of the year. Parry – whose coaches are regular award winners at the UK Coach Rally – says he has been inundated with e-mails, letters and visits from customers demanding that the firm should continue. Parrys...
Greener Journeys has launched a campaign to get people out of their cars and on to buses. Catch the Bus Week runs from 29 April to 5 May, and aims to increase awareness of the benefits of bus travel and to encourage first time or infrequent users to give the bus a try. Participating b...
Four operators have been shortlisted to bid for the franchise to run the Docklands Light Railway from September next year. They are Stagecoach, Go-Ahead in conjunction with Colas Rail, Serco, the current operator, and a joint venture between Keolis and Amey Rail.
