Welcome to the North of England Transport Summit Review 2020, a publication devoted to transport in the North of England. This publication has been produced by Passenger Transport, in association with Transport Times Events, to coincide with the fourth annual North of England Transport Summit. This event will be held in Manchester on February 12...
Stagecoach and Go-Ahead used National Apprenticeship Week in England to reveal that they will recruit an extra 800 apprentices in 2020 Go-Ahead Group will recruit a record-breaking 1,200 apprentices this year Transport groups Stagecoach and Go-Ahead used National Apprenticeship Week in England (February 3-9) to announce plans to scale up their recruitment of...
New report reveals that traditional bus markets are declining but new ones, such as ‘Millennial Bus Man’, offer a fresh long-term focus for revival The report finds that while traditional bus markets are in decline, new ones are emerging among millennials A new report by the Independent Transport Commission uncovers major changes in...
The transport secretary appears to have developed an enthusiasm for bringing franchises back under public control – but will it help? Grant Shapps It was interesting for me as an amateur Kremlinologist with a ministerial background to listen to transport secretary Grant Shapps addressing the annual parliamentary reception for the Campaign for...
Grant Shapps has stripped Arriva of the Northern franchise, blaming the management. But I think that responsibility for its problems lies elsewhere – writes Alex Warner Chris Burchell Grant Shapps got what he wanted, so too did Andy Burnham, the trade unions and the media – because Arriva being stripped of the Northern...
The Joe Wood Scheduler of the Year Award, sponsored by CitySwift Schedulers play a vital role in the UK bus industry, but they rarely get the recognition they deserve. That’s why Passenger Transport has teamed up with CitySwift, the data-driven bus scheduling and business intelligence platform, to launch a new award for 2020 –...
Public Transport 2.0 – the future of travel This publication focuses on how public transport is evolving to meet our mobility needs, harnessing new technologies and commercial models. We hope you find it an interesting read and we welcome all feedback. Click on the image above to view the supplement. If you are viewing the...
Transport secretary Grant Shapps says Department for Transport will now consider options, which include calling upon the Operator of Last Resort First and MTR Corporation have operated SWR since August 201 The Department for Transport may decide to terminate the current South Western Railway franchise, replacing it with a short-term term management contract...
Bristol bus boss warns that flagship service risks being ‘entirely discredited’ if services are bogged down in ‘areas of increasingly chronic congestion’ The northern section of the m1 route It is marketed as “a modern public transport system for the greater Bristol area”, but users of the flagship Metrobus network are facing “appalling...
Transport group claims rail franchising regime is in crisis as High Court trial gets under way probing government’s decision to disqualify group from bids Virgin and SNCF have joined Stagecoach in its action Lawyers for Stagecoach blasted the Railway Pensions Scheme as a “basket case” and claimed rail franchising was in crisis in...
The Prime Minister wants other UK cities to enjoy the kind of integrated transport system that London has. Can he deliver it? New Merseyrail trains and bus reform could give Liverpool city region a single, modern and fully integrated network Boris Johnson wants transport in the rest of the UK’s metro areas...
Ahead of next month’s UK Bus Summit in London, buses minister Baroness Vere says that ‘fantastic opportunities’ have been created to grow bus use Baroness Vere: ‘2020 will prove to be an exciting year for buses’ 2020 will be “a transformational year for the bus network”, says buses minister Baroness Vere. In the...
‘Taking back control’ could bite Shapps