Stagecoach to double apprenticeships in 2020
To mark National Apprenticeship Week (3-7 February), Stagecoach has pledged to recruit 600 extra apprentices in 2020 with an aim…
Stagecoach’s annual charity target raised in just six months
Stagecoach East Midlands has exceeded its annual charity target of £10,000 for Macmillan Cancer Support in six months. The company…
Kearney’s Coaches is first Irish buyer of GT12
The first Irish operator to take delivery of a Yutong GT12 is Kearney’s Coaches. It has added a 53-seat example…
Dualway Coaches takes another Higer Super 9
Dualway Coaches of Rathcoole, Co Dublin, has added a Higer Super 9 to its fleet, supplied by Harris Auto (00…
Rail replacement PSVAR: Where does it go next?
The question of how PSVAR will be satisfied on rail replacement services rumbles on. Minister of State for Transport Chris…
Buses receive £5bn government funding
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced a five-year, £5bn funding package for buses. He says the investment “will overhaul links…
Tower Transit orders 37 Optare Metrodecker EVs
Tower Transit has ordered 37 Optare Metrodecker EV double-deckers. They will enter service on Transport for London routes 23 and…
Reading Buses announces Star of the Year
Reading Buses held an event on 1 February to celebrate its Stars of the Month throughout 2019 and its long-serving…
Anita’s Coaches takes its first Yutong: A TC9
Anita’s Coaches of Stansted has purchased its first Yutong in the form of a TC9 midi, supplied by Pelican Bus…
Tap-on, tap-off hits one million uses
After introduction on Brighton and Hove Buses and Metrobus in September 2019, tap-on, tap-off contactless has hit one million transactions.…
