Rising confidence for patronage recovery
Rail and bus operators have expressed a growing confidence for the future of the sector as rail minister says he believes passenger numbers will rebound LNER has seen patronage bounce back to 94% over the last three weeks There is a growing sense of optimism across the public transport sector following the easing...
We want to truly transform rail travel
With commuting patterns probably changed forever, many more train journeys now involve an active choice. We need to adapt – wrtes LNER boss David Horne David Horne Data released earlier this month by the Department for Transport shows that use of the National Rail network in Great Britain is back up to 55%...
Operations Manager – More
Operations Manager Can you deliver More as an operations manager? We are seeking someone to manage our operations at Poole and Swanage. You will be responsible for a team of 250 people delivering bus services across the Bournemouth, Poole and South East Dorset area, including our Purbeck Breezer brand. As well as managing...
Contactless Payments Product Manager – First
Contactless Payments Product Manager Location: Flexible, but you will need to travel between sites Salary: Competitive As one of the UK’s largest bus operators, we help 1.6 million customers every single day. Together our 17,000 people are powered by teamwork as we make bus travel a more attractive choice. The pandemic has accelerated...
Head of Commercial – Stagecoach (South Wales)
Head of Commercial We’ve got a great commercial team in South Wales who are responsible for ensuring our services deliver what they need to from a customer, colleague and community perspective. All they need is someone to lead them forward – and that’s where you come in. Our marvellous Commercial Manager is moving...
Public transport sector braced for ‘pingdemic’
Hull-based East Yorkshire was already seeing up to eight bus drivers a day ‘pinged’ by the NHS Test and Trace App ahead of ‘Freedom Day’ on July 19 Bus and train operators across the country are bracing themselves for the impact of the ‘pingdemic’ as coronavirus cases soar and their staff are ‘pinged’...
Go-Ahead names new group chief executive
Christian Schreyer will take the helm on November 5 Christian Schreyer, 53, a German national, has been working for Transdev Go-Ahead Group has this morning announced the appointment of Christian Schreyer as group chief executive with effect from the conclusion of the group’s Annual General Meeting on November 5. He will join the...
Jam tomorrow – we need a plan for 2021
In many ways the Transport Decarbonisation Plan is ambitious – but promises for 2050 are easier to make than immediate actions Huw Merriman, chair of the Transport Select Committee, pictured in May at the launch of a campaign to get more people back on public transport. Let us see some ministers visibly on...
Bus operators make most of ‘Freedom Day’
National Express West Midlands, Go North West and Brighton & Hove are among those seeking to entice users back with offers and promotions Left to right: West Midlands mayor Andy Street; NXWM master driver Rekha Sehdeva; NXWM boss David Bradford Bus operators in England sought to capitalise on the removal of remaining Covid...
‘Face mask confusion will discourage travel’
CPT warns that ‘mixed messaging’ will stall the recovery as polls suggest that public want face coverings to remain mandatory on public transport Polls show support for face masks The ability of public transport to play a full role in the country’s recovery from the pandemic is being put at risk by the...
Brown: ‘Embrace it, be collegiate, be positive’
Go-Ahead Group chief executive David Brown urges audience of young bus managers to use the bus strategy as an opportunity for positive change David Brown will retire as Go-Ahead Group chief executive at the end of this year after more than 10 years in the role Go-Ahead Group boss David Brown has urged...
Be like Rotterdam and ‘make it happen’