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...
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...
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...
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 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...
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 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 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...
