Service Quality Manager – Go-Ahead Ireland
Service Quality Manager Go-Ahead Ireland is the country’s newest private operator. We now have a vacancy for a Service Quality Manager. This important role develops systems and process to continuously improve the performance of the operation and mitigates the impact of any recurring traffic issues or short-term issues. For more information or to express...
£56m plan to bring 105 e-buses to Manchester
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...
A new chapter for Welsh rail
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...
Grayling – ‘He’s King Midas In Reverse’
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...
Public transport can’t be complacent
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...
In celebration of celebrating diversity
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....
ITS community to gather in Copenhagen
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...
70% NXWM trips on digital tickets in 2018
National Express Group continues strong growth at bus business after introduction of contactless bankcard ticketing and daily price capping West Midlands mayor Andy Street and NXWM boss Tom Stables marking the launch of contactless ticketing National Express Group is forecasting that 70% of journeys on its West Midlands bus services will be made...
No more conventional EC deals – Grayling
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...
Corbyn wrong to cry ‘Take back control!’
The grievances of rail users may be well grounded, but the Labour leader’s leap to renationalisation is not. It is a knee-jerk reaction The world has moved on, but Jeremy Corbyn has not Goodbye Lenin was a wonderfully endearing and funny film. Released in 2003, it tells the story of a staunch supporter...
Stormy weather looms over transport
Big shifts are going on – crises for bus and rail, ‘big tech’ reined in and an active travel revolution underway in Greater Manchester Whilst the summer weather has been day after day of serene blue skies, politics has been anything but. The arcane detail of rival concepts of Brexit (or no Brexit...
Orange revolution held at red signal