Tim Deakin

Tim is Editor of routeone and has worked in both the coach and bus and haulage industries.
2219 Articles

Repeat bus journeys reap rewards for Oswestry users

Infrequent passengers using Arriva’s Oswestry-Wrexham route 2 are being incentivised with a…

Claims for meal allowances by 53 drivers fail

Legal claims by 53 drivers alleging they have not been paid meal…

Failing to stop for passengers brings sacking

A bus driver who was on a final warning for being involved…

Auto spark’s legal claim turns around and bites him

An auto-electrician accused of overcharging coach and bus firms has been told…

Man who ran as partnership loses licence

The O-Licence held by Wigan-based sole-trader Brian Finch, trading as F E…

Driver killed at Chester Zoo’s coach park by falling bus

Separate police and Health and Safety Executive investigations are underway after a…

Landmark case on ‘small vehicle’ use – decision awaited

In a landmark case, the lawfulness of the small vehicle conditions -…

38-passenger extended, uprated Sprinter in 2019

Work in conjunction with van colleagues will sees increased axle weights deliver…

Stagecoach’s Williams is named Reading Buses CEO

Robert Williams, currently Commercial Director of Stagecoach South West, has been named…

How do you get the best engineers?

Stereotyping is lazy and often inaccurate. That’s certainly the case in the…