Existing plans would require future migrants to show that their job pays more than £30k – shutting off opportunities to work in the bus industry Plans to introduce a £30,000 annual salary threshold as part of a future immigration system risk a shortage of workers across the bus and coach industry, the Confederation...
If we can join the dots on climate then public transport can thrive. It’s about doing all the right things, and all at the same time Swiss railways are part of a wider ‘Exemplary in Energy’ initiative The weather is losing some of its British reserve. Changing from introversion to extroversion. Records...
For a long time the railway shunted enthusiasts like myself into the sidings, but the revival of the Rail Riders Club shows that times have changed Railway accessory and clothing supplier Bufferbeam, obtained Trademark protection on all of the Rail Riders’ logos Back in 1993, I was interviewed for the last ever British...
The first 36 units of a 55 bus order have been delivered to FirstGroup Left to right: Buta Atwal, chief executive at Wrightbus; Jo Bamford, executive chairman at Wrightbus; Jon Harman, head of fleet at FirstGroup UK Bus and John McLeister, sales and business development director at Wrightbus Wrightbus has completed its first...
Welcome to Scotland’s Buses 2019, a publication devoted to Scotland’s main mode of public transport. Buses make an enormous contribution to Scotland, carrying 388 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 partners, celebrates their achievements...
Dismay at Department for Transport’s suggestion that electric vehicles with green number plates could get cheap parking and access to bus lanes Access to bus lanes and cheaper parking could be offered to motorists to encourage uptake of zero emission electric vehicles. This suggestion was put forward by the Department for Transport last...
The £28bn a year that the Treasury collects from fuel duty will disappear as electric vehicles roll out. Road pricing is coming Road toll revolution: On December 23, 2017, The Times reported that Britain’s first national pay-per-mile road charging system was being considered by the Department for Transport. I noted no explosion of...
The slow expansion of light rail in the UK does not seem to fit well with the need to address the challenge of climate crisis Midland Metro The UN Climate Action Summit in New York City at the end of September highlighted the need for urgent and comprehensive activity to address the...
Following a breakthough in talks last week, a team has been resident in the bus manufacturer’s factory in Ballymena, preparing to restart production Frozen in time: A glimpse inside the dormant Wrightbus factory At the time of writing the last stage in lifting Wrightbus more or less intact out of administration was awaiting...
My friend John Nelson has drawn on his 50 years of experience to write an insider’s story of Britain’s railway through privatisation to the present day Hold the front page, Keith Williams, don’t press ‘Send’ on your review just yet. There’s a new book in town, Losing Track, written by one of the...
Our analysis of the ‘Intrinsic Bus Potential’ of local authority areas in England shows why we need a new deal for the bus “How much have we as an industry put into research and development in the last five years? We’re getting worse, not better, and we have to change that.” These...
It’s the question everyone is asking. So we asked Nigel Featham, the new boss of Go-Ahead Group’s Greater Manchester operation Nigel Featham joined Go North West a month ago after 10 years with Arriva Eyebrows were raised when it was confirmed in February that the Go-Ahead Group had agreed terms to acquire First...
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