SWT and Network Rail have marked the first anniversary of their alliance by highlighting the need to increase capacity at London Waterloo station The South West Trains/Network Rail alliance has highlighted the need to increase capacity into its London terminal by running a one-off special service from Woking into the former international platforms at Waterloo....
Yorkshire Coastliner service to become express route Transdev Blazefield subsidiary Yorkshire Coastliner is to circumvent free concessionary travel rules by reclassifying some journeys on its routes between Leeds and Scarborough and Leeds and Whitby as express services for a three hour period each morning. From later this month, buses will stop at RIllington, outside Malton,...
Firm will help with Washington-Boston modernisation Network Rail’s consultancy arm has broken into the US market with an appointment to Amtrak’s North East Corridor Partner Forum. The company will provide advice to Amtrak on the modernisation of ageing infrastructure connecting cities including Washington, New York and Boston. The corridor is the busiest passenger railway in...
In Sheffield the trial Better Bus Area is already producing results, but doubts still remain amongst some within the industry It’s a new era for bus subsidy with changes now firmly underway that will change the way industry funding streams are arranged in England, Scotland and Wales. Despite the upheaval, operators, consultants and local authority...
Despite cuts in funding across Europe, Jens Mullak, the UK managing director of INIT, believes that new technologies can enable cost savings After entering the UK market a decade ago, German technology firm INIT was keen to expand and establish a permanent base with a new headquarters for its UK-based operations. With a number of...
In his final month as Stagecoach chief executive, Sir Brian Souter unveiled a new ‘sleeper’ coach that could transform long distance coach travel It isn’t often that the chief executive of a FTSE 250 company is interviewed wearing a onesie, but that is exactly what Sir Brian Souter did last week. The Stagecoach co-founder will step...
Serco will compete against Stagecoach, Go Ahead and Keolis Serco will face less challenging competition to retain its Docklands Light Railway contract than many in the industry had expected after several major international operators of light rail and metro systems opted not to compete for the new franchise. The other companies on the shortlist for...
We asked Corethree’s Ashley Murdoch and Richard Kershaw about their vision of smart retailing and mobile for passenger transport Smart retailing and mobile technologies are changing fast, presenting the passenger transport sector with challenges and opportunities. Corethree,a provider in mobile ticketing and data solutions for the transport industry, has been rolling out innovative smart ticketing products...
Do you know your customers? Does your company’s marketing chime with the target audience? Claire Johnson, JR Buzz Marketing is often treated subjectively and on certain occasions, with people who really know their customers inside out, it is the right thing to do. But often – it isn’t – decisions are taken on imagery and...
QUOTATION FOR PHYSICAL IMPLEMENTATION OF THE LEGIBLE BUS NETWORK Southampton City Council (SCC) is inviting quotations for the Legible Bus Network (LBN) project that has been developed through the BBAF and LSTF funding streams. Its primary role is to ‘make legible’ all bus roadside information within the city of Southampton and join this information provision...
A Labour government will take on the “vested interests” of private bus and rail companies, says shadow transport secretary Maria Eagle (pictured) Labour will be “bolder” about taking on private bus and train operators if it wins the next general election, shadow transport secretary Maria Eagle vowed last week. In the foreword of a new pamphlet,...
Brisbane-based firm cialis canadian pharmacy has built a 1,000 bus business There’s a new name in the UK bus market with the £21.3m acquisition of three London bus garages by Australia’s Transit Systems Group. The Brisbane-based business was formed in 1995 by three experienced bus managers after winning a single operating contract in the western...
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