Tim Deakin

Tim is Editor of routeone and has worked in both the coach and bus and haulage industries.
2290 Articles

Further three months for Wales Bus Emergency Scheme

The Bus Emergency Scheme (BES) revenue support mechanism in Wales has been…

Solving driver crisis key to industry business confidence

Business confidence across the industry has been in short supply for much…

Maynes Legacy: Making a good VIP product even better

Corporate and VIP work is an important source of revenue to the…

Industry optimism for 2023 variable, research shows

Overall business confidence for 2023 among a sample of coach and bus…

UK leads Europe in battery-electric buses, figures show

The UK continued to excel in the Europe-wide deployment of battery-electric coaches…

Bus revenue funding crisis deepens as TCs enter fray

Edited on 11 February: The Welsh Government on 10 February confirmed a…

Young people in the coach industry ‘needs new thinking’

The importance of bringing young people into the coach industry and developing…

Investment could deliver Wales bus usage boom: Report

Potential for a bus patronage explosion in Wales through ambitious long-term investment…

Rural bus services examined by Select Committee

Rural local authorities (LAs) in England making Bus Service Improvement Plan (BSIP)…

CAVForth2 to grow autonomous bus work in Scotland

The CAVForth autonomous bus project in Scotland is to grow via a…