TfGM chief Steve Warrener to serve as UTG Chair into 2026
Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) Managing Director Steve Warrener will serve an additional year as Chair of the Urban Transport…
How subcontracting can help SME bus operator franchising worries
Use of subcontracting in bus franchising could be one relatively easy means of protecting the interests of incumbent small- and…
Bus reregulation: Learning the lessons from London
A couple of columns back, I wrote about what it’s like to operate buses in London, adding that I’d share…
Economy woes threaten government ambitions for bus services
So the Bus Services (No 2) Bill, implementing the government’s bus reforms, principally around the franchising regime, has started its…
Five-year bus funding call underlined by CPT via inquiry submission
The need for a five-year funding settlement approach for bus services has once more been highlighted by the Confederation of…
Only with fundamental change can bus franchising be a panacea
The bus franchising juggernaut continues its march. Completion of that process in Greater Manchester has – on the face of…
Go-Ahead to enter West Yorkshire bus market ahead of franchising
Go-Ahead will enter the West Yorkshire bus market on 23 February. From that date it will operate three vehicles on…
Stagecoach marks end of Magic Bus brand in Greater Manchester
Marking an end to the Magic Bus identity formed part of commemorations by Stagecoach Manchester as it handed over depots…
Greater Manchester bus franchising completed with third tranche
Reregulation of bus services in Greater Manchester completed on 5 January with the rollout of the third tranche of franchising.…
ALBUM urges caution on Bus Services Bill in England SME impact
The Bus Services Bill in England may have an adverse impact on small and medium sized bus operators in some…
