Tim Deakin

Tim is Editor of routeone and has worked in both the coach and bus and haulage industries.
2268 Articles

routeone Awards 2024 finalists’ list is announced

Over 80 shortlisted finalists for the 2024 routeone Awards have been named…

Coach Friendly status: A helping hand needed for non-believers

Durham and Northallerton are the latest places to gain Coach Friendly status…

Matlock Bath coach parking medium-term future still unclear

The medium-term future of coach parking in Matlock Bath is still uncertain…

Is reform of local authority transport contract process required?

Exit of Sullivan Buses from the Transport for London (TfL) bus market…

Row over competing commercial and subsidised bus journeys

A dispute has broken out between Grant Palmer and Bedford Borough Council…

Obituary: Derek Easton, Eastons Coaches

Derek Easton, director of Norfolk operator Eastons Coaches and with a career…

Sullivan Buses attacks TfL amid sudden exit from red bus duties

South Mimms operator Sullivan Buses withdrew from Transport for London (TfL) contracted…

Liverpool hydrogen buses to return after green fuel solution found

The 20 Alexander Dennis Enviro400FCEV hydrogen fuel cell-electric double-decker buses owned by…

Cambridgeshire bus franchising statutory consultation to begin

Adoption of bus franchising by the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority (CPCA)…

REL plots ongoing coach fleet investment as further growth due

Coach industry investor REL Group has taken delivery of new vehicles for…