UK coach, bus and minibus registrations hit 16-year high in 2024
Vehicle registrations across the combined coach, bus and minibus sector in the UK reached a 16-year high in 2024, the…
BSOG reform in England ‘could help to protect rural bus services’
Payment of BSOG in England on a per-kilometre basis would help to support rural bus services, but care would be…
Coach and bus should remain far away from ZEV mandate scope
The worries of many SME operators around decarbonisation are no secret, but they were succinctly put by the head of…
The Schneider-Stagecoach approach to bus fleet electrification
In November 2024, Schneider Electric announced a collaboration with Stagecoach which sees the former assisting with the electrification of the…
Creating a map of missing policies for transport decarbonisation
News that average global temperatures in January were 1.75 degrees centigrade above the pre-industrial average, and that January was the…
Bristol Airport eCitaro pair indicate model’s growing buyer interest
Bristol Airport is among the first UK operators to place the Mercedes-Benz eCitaro battery-electric bus into service, with two in…
Robust service network backs Wrightbus King Long EV proposition
January marked a fresh direction for Wrightbus as it launched a new range of light battery-electric vehicles (BEVs) via partnerships…
Further Yutong electrics join Nottingham City Transport fleet
Nottingham City Transport has introduced the initial examples of its second tranche of Yutong battery-electric buses into service. The batch…
Lords debate on Bus Services Bill raises several valid arguments
The Bus Services Bill in England continues to dominate industry interests at Westminster. Our expert analyses the latest developments I…
Apprenticeships are an answer to coach and bus driver shortages
CPT President and Stagecoach London MD Paul Lynch looks at why driver apprenticeships are not always considered a solution and…
