Coach and bus mileage rise in 2025 masks longer-term challenge
The latest annual road traffic statistics for the UK, published by the Department for Transport in late-May, show that coach…
Murmurs linger in Westminster over foreign bus imports
Our political insider looks at both sides of the argument on the contentious issue of UK operators buying Chinese-made buses…
Fair and consistent: revenue apportionment keys in Project Coral
Work on Project Coral, a shared technology solution for contactless capped pay-as-you-go travel in England across operators and modes including…
Schengen Entry/Exit System: not designed with coach in mind
A coach carrying a military brass band to France is transporting more than just passengers. It is carrying a rolling…
Highlighting the size of the coach sector’s contribution
Operators and the industry in general need to constantly remind others of the contribution that the coach sector makes to…
Integration of bus and rail services still faces many blockages
Much lip service has been paid to integration of bus and rail services – in some cases with significant funding,…
Better Transport Week will put coach industry in the spotlight
CPT will support this year’s Better Transport Week with a day dedicated to the often-overlooked but hardworking coach sector Don’t…
Stockport Bee Network electric bus depot plans move forward
Transport for Greater Manchester has identified a location for a new Bee Network bus depot in Stockport. If approved, it…
Urban Transport Group adds four more authorities as members
The Urban Transport Group (UTG) has signed up the Cheshire and Warrington Combined Authority, Leicester City Council, Oxfordshire County Council…
Direct award to be within early CPCA bus franchising deployment
Rollout of bus franchising in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough is set to follow a “hybrid pathway” involving a short-term direct award…
