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...
Stagecoach planning £21.5m bid for support from the government’s £48m Ultra-Low Emission Bus Scheme for fleet of full electric double-deckers Alexander Dennis has already won orders for bettery-powered Enviro400 EV City vehicles from Metroline Stagecoach is seeking government funding for a ambitious £56m plan to deliver Europe’s largest single investment in electric buses...
Rhodri Clark spoke to Colin Lea, mobilisation director at Transport for Wales Rail Services The entire fleet used by ATW will be replaced between 2019 and 2024, mostly with 148 new trains The months and years ahead will be ones of major change at Wales and Borders, for employees and passengers alike. The...
London mayor Sadiq Khan’s desire to extend the Overground is matched by transport secretary Chris Grayling’s desire to stop him Investment: new Overground trains at Bombardier’s Derby site It was no surprise to see the mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, recently renew his calls for more suburban rail services to be transferred...
Chris Grayling has shamelessly blamed others and he is always reacting to events, not leading them. It’s time he was moved on Chris Grayling was made transport secretary in July 2016 I have always liked that old 1967 Hollies song, King Midas In Reverse. Here’s a couple of verses: It’s plain to...
A trip to San Francisco, a global showcase of mobility innovation, demonstrated that ‘classic’ public transport needs to raise its game San Francisco seems to be at the epicentre of every new transport innovation being discussed on a global scale Disruption continues in the world of mobility. Opportunities are leading to new...
It’s amazing that public transport providers openly support gay events in their localities. Love is all around. But it wasn’t always It’s a credit to our industry that public transport providers openly support gay events in their localities Quite rightly, we hear an awful lot about diversity and celebrating diversity in public transport....
Next month the global Intelligent Transport Systems community will gather in the Danish capital for the four-day 2018 ITS World Congress Copenhagen, with its long history as a vibrant Baltic maritime hub, is set to play host to the 25th Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) World Congress. With ‘ITS – Quality of Life’ as...
Transport secretary outlines the new public-private partnership models which could be applied to the East Coast franchise in two years’ time Transport secretary Chris Grayling appeared before MPs last week Transport secretary Chris Grayling has indicated that he will not let the next East Coast rail franchise under a conventional private sector franchising...
Yet another review – will this be different?