England Bus Fare Cap Grant: ‘Damage’ concerns aired
Concern has been raised by Centrebus Director Julian Peddle around the lump sum approach to operator reimbursement for the Bus Fare Cap Grant (BFCG)...
Leicester to further reduce bus service duplication
Further removal of bus route duplication across operators in Leicester will be introduced on a two-year trial basis from April 2023. The step will...
TfL marks 2.5bn contactless bus payments in 10 years
Transport for London (TfL) has celebrated 10 years of accepting contactless payments on its bus network and revealed that over 2.5 billion passenger journeys...
TfL changes tack on proposed London bus cuts
Additional funding to the average value of £25m per year means only three routes out of Transport for London's (TfL's) total of 620 will...
Stagecoach secures new funding for parts of Cambridgeshire bus network
Stagecoach has announced that it has secured "essential new funding" that means proposed changed to the Citi 4 route, and withdrawn sections of the...
Whippet’s Cambridge Universal to go zero-emission
Whippet will convert the growing Universal bus service it operates on behalf of the University of Cambridge to zero-emission in 2023.
The Ascendal Group subsidiary...
First Potteries Mainline brand marks ‘past and future’
Recognition of local landmarks and tradition is key to the orange-based Mainline brand that has been rolled out by First Potteries. It is carried...
Grant Palmer to take on two Stagecoach East routes
Grant Palmer is another operator to register bus services that will soon be withdrawn by Stagecoach East. With subsidy from Central Bedfordshire Council, it...
Scotland NSG Plus end: Bus cuts ‘inevitable’
Ending the Network Support Grant Plus (NSG+) revenue support mechanism for bus services in Scotland after 9 October will cause “inevitable” timetable cuts and...
Optibus launches Performance Suite features bundle
Optibus has launched its Performance Suite bundle, which the supplier says will analyse, predict and improve on time performance.
Performance Suite uses real-time analytics through...