Monday, March 20, 2023
Further pressure to remove 50km regular service restriction from very young drivers

50km restriction for young drivers must go: EPTO, IRU

Further pressure on the controversial 50km, regular service restriction for very young PCV drivers has come from the European Passenger Transport Operators (EPTO) group...

McGill’s man wins FlixBus inaugural Driver of the Year award

Glenn Taylor (pictured) of McGill's has been named the winner of FlixBus's inaugural Driver of the Year award for 2022. Glenn, from Dundee, has driven...
Ukraine

An overland aid trip to Ukraine – by Irizar coach

For two Plymouth-based drivers, being asked if they would take a coach full of humanitarian supplies to Ukraine was just the start of the...
Collaboration across sectors is necessary to solve driver shortage, says CILT

Shared ideas imperative to solving driver shortage: CILT

The driver shortage is of critical relevance to most coach and bus operators, with many varied approaches already being explored in a bid to...
Go Ahead London apprentice bus driver Chelsea Dash

700 apprentice London bus drivers in Go-Ahead plans

No fewer than 700 apprentice bus drivers for Go-Ahead London will account for the majority of the 1,020 apprentice hires that parent Go-Ahead Group...
Bluestar readies for growth in Southampton

Bluestar ready for Southampton growth with 140 recruits

Go South Coast has already recruited over 140 new employees for its Bluestar operation in Southampton in readiness for significant growth when First Bus...
Simfor DriVR bus driving simulator with National Express West Midlands

NXWM shares details of bus driving simulator units

National Express West Midlands (NXWM) has revealed more details of the virtual reality bus driving simulator installations it has completed. Two of the Simfor DriVR...
Digital tachograph driver card and printout

Digital tachograph card leeway given for postal strikes

Drivers whose digital tachograph cards have expired, or have malfunctioned, been stolen or been lost, and who have not yet received a replacement card...

Driving runs in the family for newly recruited Harrogate trio

Driving has become a generation game for Paul Miller, his son Andy and his grandson Thomas Sykes, as the three take to the road...
Minister Richard Holden briefed on scale of coach and bus driver shortage

Minister briefed on coach and bus driver shortage scale

Recently appointed Under-Secretary of State for Transport Richard Holden has been briefed on the scale of the coach and bus driver shortage. It occurred...

HJS delivers bus retrofit program in Northern Ireland

HJS Emission Technology, in partnership with Translink and Technical Transport Products (TTP), has successfully completed a retrofit bus exhaust emission reduction program across 105...