Sunday, June 4, 2023
London Bus Museum seeking to raise funds to restore AEC Regal

London Bus Museum in AEC Regal fundraising drive

The London Bus Museum is seeking to raise £350,000 to restore an AEC Regal single-decker. It has chassis that dates from 1931 and was...
Former Newport Transport Managing Director Edwin Marsh

Obituary: Edwin Marsh, former Newport Transport MD

Former Newport Transport Managing Director Edwin Marsh died on 21 April. He was 83. Mr Marsh led the Welsh municipal between 1988 and 2001...

Leicester Bus Partnership: 75% of goals achieved in first year

Leicester Bus Partnership, the Enhanced Partnership (EP) between local bus operators and Leicester City Council, is celebrating the execution of 75% of its planned...
Go North West to recruit up to 300 bus drivers

Go North West opens recruitment of 300 bus drivers

Go North West (GNW) has opened what it says is Britain’s biggest recruitment campaign for bus drivers. The work comes as GNW prepares to...
Wrightbus GB Kite Electroliner for First Leicester

GB Kite Electroliner ‘most efficient in class’: Wrightbus

Wrightbus says that successful completion of the Zero Emission Bus (ZEB) accreditation scheme by its GB Kite Electroliner battery-electric single-decker has shown that the...
Carla Stockton-Jones Stagecoach

Carla Stockton-Jones to leave Stagecoach MD post

Stagecoach UK Managing Director Carla Stockton-Jones is to leave her role at the end of August, the company has announced. No replacement has yet been...
go ahead swindon bus ukraine

Ukraine-bound bus handed over outside House of Lords

A bus donated by Swindon Bus Company for use as a field hospital has been presented to the Ukrainian ambassador outside the House of...
NXWM driver Bob Smith

NEWM honours longest-serving employee for his 56 years

National Express West Midlands' (NEWM) longest-serving employee has hung up his keys for the final time after 56 years with the operator. Driver Bob Smith,...

How to choose the right mobile column lift for your vehicle workshop

We’ve talked before about the benefits of Mobile Column Lifts — from flexible workshop layouts to space-saving storage and outdoor use. But if you’re looking...
Bus funding in Wales extended to end of FY2023 by Welsh Government

Welsh Government to extend bus funding into 2024

The Welsh Government is to release £46 million of funding to the bus industry that will include revenue support until the end of the...
Andy Burnham with Bee Network electric bus

Bee Network receives first BYD ADL Enviro400EV buses

Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) has taken delivery of the first five of its 100 electric double-decker buses ordered from Alexander Dennis (ADL) for...