Infrastructure works deferred; No date for Super Express delivery; Virgin Trains East Coast making losses Stagecoach has warned that its Virgin Trains East Coast franchise no longer expects to provide planned extra services, faster journey times and new routes in 2019. Network Rail has told the company that infrastructure upgrades to support the new...
Sn-ap chief executive Thomas Ableman is aiming to transform the perception of coaches by creating an Airbnb of intercity travel Sn-ap launched services between Nottingham and London last October By Andrew Garnett Two years ago former National Express and then Chiltern Railways executive Thomas Ableman had an idea over dinner. It was an epiphany...
Former transport secretary has blunt message for rail bosses – the public doesn’t like you, you’re paid too much and it’s time to ‘eat humble pie’ Lord Adonis: pictured here during his time as secretary of state for transport A former secretary of state for transport, Lord Adonis, has urged the rail industry...
If you’re putting indiscriminate, shouty messages over the windows of buses and trains, our Twitter campaign will call you out Advertise here: Please don’t Social media can be a powerful weapon when it comes to campaigning, depending on who you follow and who follows you. With fantastic support, from and belief by, a good...
FirstGroup’s 2016/17 financial results show that the operating profit margin for the UK bus business has dropped to just 3%, after restructuring costs Uphill struggle: First’s flagging profits threaten investment in the fleet. Pictured are two recent additions to the fleet at the Millbrook test track FirstGroup’s UK bus division has reported a...
A trial of the revolutionary ‘Mobility as a Service’ concept will begin in the West Midlands in a few weeks, with the region seeking to become a leader By Robert Jack Mobility as a Service, MaaS, is heralded as a concept that will propel transport into a new era – and later this...
Assertive campaign highlights car’s disadvantages Ad portrays rail as stress-free alternative to driving Virgin Trains has launched a high profile marketing campaign designed around a new, more assertive approach to promoting the benefits of choosing rail over car travel. The stated aim is to “disrupt” the market in favour of public transport. It...
Theresa May’s gamble has backfired spectacularly, but what are the implications of the 2017 general election for public transport? Remember the name Victoria Borwick. The final result of the election may well be one of the most significant. The Tories’ least business-friendly campaign in living memory has backfired catastrophically. The UKIP vote, it...
Increased threat level saw specially trained firearms officers patrol on board trains nationwide for the first time in effort to reassure the public Manchester Victoria station has now reopened The UK’s passenger transport sector is on a heightened state of alert following last month’s terror attack in Manchester. The bomb that detonated in...
Last month’s UITP gathering in Montréal considered bewildering change, and convergence on transit’s role in making better places Montréal is a city not afraid to be imaginative in the way it does public transport A vast trade fair in both ideas and equipment, UITP’s bi-annual global public transport get-together in Montréal last month...
The first two of 19 Alexander Dennis Enviro500 buses will soon enter service with Swiss operator PostBus in the east of the country. They are the first British-built vehicles to enter service with PostBus and the first UK double deckers in Switzerland. With a total passenger capacity of 133 (80 of them seated) the...
Season ticket market share drops below 40% for first time Overall, patronage increased 0.8% during the year Patronage growth on Britain’s railways in 2016/17 fell to its lowest level since the recession seven years ago, figures released by the Office of Rail and Road show. Overall, patronage increased 0.8% during the year. On...
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