Permanent removal for most Park Lane coach parking bays?
Permanent removal of most coach parking bays on Park Lane in London has been floated by Transport for London (TfL)…
Stagecoach settles more pay deals as Wales ACAS talks restart
Two more Stagecoach subsidiaries have settled disputes with Unite over drivers’ pay, but further talks between the group’s South Wales…
PCV driving test changes set to be introduced on 15 November
Changes to the PCV driving test structure and provisional vocational licences that are intended to increase the number of vocational…
Next BDoY National Final date set for 18 September 2022
The next Bus Driver of the Year (BDoY) National Final will be held in Blackpool on Sunday 18 September 2022,…
Young driver success for Llew Jones Coaches and Abby, 19
Llew Jones Coaches is a further operator to demonstrate that recruiting young people is a useful part of the coach…
Award-winning coach driver Andy Hinks: ‘I’m just the lucky one’
routeone talks to long-standing Lucketts Travel coach driver Andy Hinks about winning Coach Tour Driver of the Year, what has…
Some bus strikes averted, but Unite to formulate ‘battle plan’
Several planned bus strikes by members of the RMT and Unite unions that are employed by Stagecoach subsidiaries have been…
Some licence delays largely tackled, but other worries stay
Delays to the processing of vocational driving licence applications by DVLA appear to have receded significantly following engagement by the…
Transdev CEO calls for DVSA to resolve delays amid driver shortages
Transdev CEO Alex Hornby has aired frustrations and thanked customers for their patience as driver shortages and delays at the…
‘Vocational driving test slots going unsold’, DVSA claims
316 vocational driving test appointments went unsold in week commencing 13 September, DVSA has said, despite operators continuing to report…
