UK Bus Summit 2025 programme revealed
Buses minister and ‘metro mayors’ are confirmed speakers Event takes place in Manchester on September 11 The programme for the UK Bus Summit, which will be held in Manchester on September 11, has been confirmed. Organised by Transport Times in partnership with Passenger Transport, the event will bring political leaders, transport professionals and industry...
UK Bus Summit will return this year
Local transport minister Stephen Lightwood will be among the speakers in Manchester With the UK bus industry entering a period of rapid evolution, Passenger Transport has partnered with Transport Times to launch the seventh UK Bus Summit. The event will take place on September 11, 2025, in Greater Manchester – the home of...
‘The public transport sector meets here’
Hamburg will host the UITP Global Public Transport Summit in June. We spoke to UITP’s secretary general, Mohamed Mezghani, about the event and what visitors can look forward to UITP’s secretary general, Mohamed Mezghani Mohamed, the UITP Summit is fast approaching, and Hamburg will be the first host city under the new annual...
Franchising theme at Euro Bus Expo show
Bus franchising emerged as a key theme amongst speakers and suppliers as zero-emission electric buses dominated the biennal Birmingham show Delegates poured into the Birmingham NEC for Euro bus Expo this week Euro Bus Expo returned to Birmingham’s NEC for the first time in two years following the cancellation of Coach & Bus...
Big challenges, tight budgets
The European Mobility Expo revealed that our continental neighbours face similar challenges Fiona Guthrie (left) and fellow Talent in Mobility winners If you like trams you’ll LOVE Strasbourg. With a population of 860,000 across the conurbation, France’s eighth largest city is criss-crossed by multiple light rail and BRT lines. Visitors from UK cities...
Strasbourg is the ‘obvious choice’
Traditionally held in Paris, next month’s EuMo Expo show will take place in a new venue 11,000 visitors are expected to attend this go-to European event In a change from its traditional venue, the eleventh edition of European Mobility Expo (EuMo Expo) will be held in Strasbourg from October 1-3 2024. 11,000 visitors...
55 ones to watch in passenger transport
LOST Group, the technology-led matching service owned and operated by transport professionals, has teamed up with Passenger Transport to identify top transport talent blazing a trail in 2024 John McArthur, Founder, LOST Group writes – Welcome to Lost Group’s Ones to Watch 2024 where we feature some of the best and brightest professionals...
Ticketing and mobility experts gather in London
Fourteenth annual Transport Ticketing Global event takes place on March 7-8 Transport Ticketing Global 2023, the world’s largest public transport event for smart ticketing and mobility professionals, returns to Olympia, London, on 7 and 8 March 2023. With a host of new speakers, interactive formats and new exhibitors, the event will showcase the...
Watch BRTuk’s latest masterclasses!
By James Freeman At BRTuk we are dedicated to assisting all who are interested in developing the role of the bus. We are a voluntary not-for-profit company whose purpose is to promote buses as a vital means of public transport by acting as an information hub for people from across the industry, including operators,...
A welcome return to Paris for Euro Mobility Expo
By Andrew Garnett The biennial Transports Publics show was always something of an eye opener to UK eyes and a great place to see the latest European developments with a distinctly French flavour. The successor to that show, the European Mobility Expo, was sadly forced to go online in 2020 as a result...
Minister at Transport Ticketing Global event
Transport ticketing specialists will come together from across the world later this month in London Wendy Morton MP, UK Minister of State for Transport Transport minister Wendy Morton will present the keynote opening address live at Transport Ticketing Global in London later this month. This address follows last year’s release of the Williams-Shapps...
Bus Rapid Transit can help with the recovery
Covid has changed the way we travel. BRT can do the same, by providing reliable, frequent, direct and cost-effective transport. Join the conversation! By James Freeman Covid has done funny things to people’s habits – it’s going to take a long time to recover the patronage levels we used to have. I remember...
