Welcome to the International Bus Review 2018. Returning for a second year, this publication from Passenger Transport has been produced to coincide with the Euro Bus Expo 2018 show at the NEC in Birmingham, UK, between October 30 and November 1.From Bucharest to Belfast, it features contributions from a variety of organisations involved in planning, supply...
Falkirk-based bus builder Alexander Dennis Limited has agreed a contract with German capital’s public transport provider to supply up to 430 buses A visualisation of one of the new Enviro500 double deckers for Berlin The UK’s biggest bus builder, Alexander Dennis, has won a landmark deal to supply up to 430 tri-axle double...
‘Either the industry steps up to the plate and does it collectively or we wait to have it thrust upon us,’ Network Rail chief tells meeting in Parliament Andrew Haines Network Rail chief executive Andrew Haines has called on train operators to work with him ahead of the rail review to develop more...
Ferry operator argues that vehicle capacity issues on its vessels mean that it is in favour of tourists being encouraged to use connecting buses instead Caledonian MacBrayne operates ferry links between the mainland of Scotland and 22 of the major islands Ferry operator Caledonian MacBrayne has argued that fewer tourists should take cars...
Stagecoach chairman acknowledges the challenges, but tells bus audience: ‘There is everything to play for here. These are fantastic businesses’ Sir Brian Souter was speaking at the CPT Scottish Conference in Ayrshire last week Sir Brian Souter has urged his transport industry colleagues to be positive about the future, declaring that “these companies...
As one of the first politicians to champion High Speed 2, I have watched with dismay the warning lights flash one after the other An artist’s impression of Birmingham’s Curzon Street station It has the support of the three main political parties. It has made good progress through parliament, passing its Commons stage...
In this time of seismic political shifts, the party conferences have become more interesting. New ideas for transport are emerging After a long period of the ‘narcissism of small differences’ in politics, with major parties clustered around a post-Thatcher, free trade settlement, suddenly everything has busted open in a delayed reaction to the...
Group nets quarter of this year’s 106 shortlisted entries, with Manchester, Merseyside and East Scotland subsidiaries in the running for top prize Stagecoach East Scotland is shortisted for the Top Shire Operator prize Stagecoach has received the highest number of shortlisted entries for this year’s prestigious UK Bus Awards. The shortlist contains 106...
Welcome to Scotland’s Buses 2018, a publication devoted to Scotland’s main mode of public transport. Buses make an enormous contribution to Scotland, carrying 400 million passenger journeys annually, providing the vital links that enable communities to function. This publication from Passenger Transport puts the spotlight on Scotland’s bus industry and its stakeholder partners, celebrates their...
‘A once-in-a-generation opportunity?’ Not quite, we’ve had more rail reviews than we have had failed franchises on the East Coast Confidence in the captain of the ship, bumbling Chris Grayling, is in rather short supply It was no surprise to have details of the much-trailed rail review announced on the same day as...
I am a regular and largely satisified Eurostar user, but we haven’t yet fulfilled the potential of rail travel via the Channel Tunnel Deutsche Bahn’s plans for cross-Channel services have not progressed far beyond a 2010 photoshoot Travel between Britain and continental Europe has been revolutionised over the last 24 years as...
FirstGroup almost doubles its number of new graduates with 50% of them female 18 graduates have joined FirstGroup’s graduate development programme this year This month has seen 18 recent university graduates begin their careers in the transport industry after they joined FirstGroup’s graduate development programme. The graduates have already begun a comprehensive workplace...
Can HS2 be saved from itself – before it is too late?