Tim Deakin

Tim is Editor of routeone and has worked in both the coach and bus and haulage industries.
2308 Articles

ZEBRA 2 additional funding: Operator information developing

Further details have come of operator beneficiaries of the £38 million in…

Metcalfe Coaches’ story of personal and industry resilience

Those at the 2025 UK Coach Rally during April will have noticed…

Collecting debts from poor payers: The options open to operators

Customers failing to pay an invoice on time will have been experienced…

Bus priority measures: A vital part of the industry’s future health

The question of longer-term bus funding certainty in England remains unanswered. Local…

West Midlands bus network to move to franchising approach

Bus franchising in the West Midlands will proceed after Mayor Richard Parker…

RHA makes 14 recommendations on coach and economic growth

RHA has set out 14 recommendations to help the coach industry to…

National Coach Week: Societal and political majors both in play

National Coach Week 2025 opens on 12 May. With it will come…

First stock Karsan e-JEST electric microbuses for UK arrive

The first two stock Karsan e-JEST battery-electric microbuses in right-hand drive for…

Rotala advocates route-by-route West Midlands bus franchising

Rotala has advocated the adoption of a London-esque bus franchising model in…

Third-party maintenance scrutiny – and Reform silver lining for bus?

Launch of the multi-stakeholder Maintenance Provision Rating Scheme (MPRS), primarily (but not…