IRTE Skills Challenge crowns its winners for 2019
Coach and bus industry comes together to celebrate the top engineers in the sector The winners of this year’s IRTE…
Beware an extension of PSVAR in coaches
PSVAR will grow to capture all coaches that are used on in-scope work from 1 January 2020. How will it…
Westminster Watch: The new bee is buzzing…
As the CPT’s new CEO gets his feet under the table, our man in Westminster is happy to eat his…
Is it time to tackle buses’ perception problem?
Research conducted by the rail industry has revealed that a perception problem surrounds buses. Is it time to tackle it? Yes,…
Funding for buses: What should the answer be?
Jeremy Corbyn has pledged £1.3bn per year for buses, to be funded by Vehicle Excise Duty. Is that a fair…
Baby on Board’ badge campaign launches in Ireland
Transport for Ireland has launched its ‘Baby on Board’ badge campaign. Bus Éireann, Dublin Bus, Go-Ahead, Luas and Iarnród Éireann…
Stagecoach’s new Guildford routes
Two brand new Stagecoach services, routes 1 and 2, have been launched serving Guildford, the University of Surrey and Stoughton. Route 1…
Scotland rolls out integrated travel
ScotRail has worked with Stagecoach and Transport Scotland to ensure that existing PlusBus tickets – which are valid on both…
£2m for AV on buses, says DfT strategy
The Department for Transport (DfT) has published its Inclusive Transport Strategy, which sets out how it is helping to make…
East Lothian passengers go contactless
Prentice of Haddington is working with Ticketer to be the first to offer contactless payments to passengers in East Lothian.…
