Van Hool to present three world premieres
Fuel cell-powered tram-bus for the French city of Pau is among the innovations being exhibited In 2017 the French city of Pau placed an order with Van Hool for eight Exqui.City18 FCs Belgium will host the world’s largest bus and coach show in Brussels later this month, Busworld Europe, an event that attracted 37,000...
A £10m digital strategy for buses
FirstGroup CCO Martin Bould believes his group is leading the way on harnessing technology The First Bus app has improved vastly over the past three years The future of First Bus is uncertain. It was the acorn from which the towering FirstGroup oak grew, but it has now been branded “non core” by a...
Ticketer celebrates 10 years in business
10 years ago a small start-up had a vision to transform ticketing. Today Ticketer is the bus industry’s largest ETM supplier John Clarfelt (right) and First West of England’s James Freeman volunteering at this year’s ImberBus event 10 years ago this weekend, a revolution began in UK transport ticketing when a group of entrepreneurs...
HS2 chief – ‘We’re used to being reviewed’
HS2’s chief executive officer, Mark Thurston, is ready to make the case to Boris Johnson’s team Mark Thurston, CEO of HS2 Mark Thurston is not concerned by the prospect of the HS2 high speed rail link being reviewed by prime minister Boris Johnson’s incoming administration. Since joining HS2 as chief executive officer in...
Midlands – ‘We won’t take no for an answer’
Midlands Connect director Maria Machancoses told last week’s Midlands Transport Summit that this month marks a turning point for the region. ‘We’re here today to make ourselves heard,’ she said. ‘We’re not going to take no for an answer’ Maria Machancoses (right) with rail minister Andrew Jones (centre) at the launch of the Midlands...
Go-Ahead Group on road to zero emissions
The transport group has been working on a number of initiatives that aim to boost the environmental credentials of bus travel Go-Ahead will operate a fleet of 127 full electric buses in London by March 2020 Go-Ahead Group believes that it is doing more than any other UK bus operator in de-carbonising...
Transdev’s greener and cleaner ambition
The transport group has been working on a number of initiatives that aim to boost the environmental credentials of bus travel Earlier this year Transdev planted the first of 40 trees that will be planted each year in Harrogate Transdev has been working on a number of low carbon bus initiatives across...
Celebrating ‘the art of public transport’
We ask UITP’s secretary general, Mohamed Mezghani, about this year’s Global Public Transport Summit in Stockholm Mohamed Mezghani: The UITP Summit is the unique opportunity The UITP Global Public Transport Summit will take place in Stockholm on June 9-12, 2019. Organised by Brussels-based UITP, the international union of public transport, it is the largest event...
40 under 40: Transport leaders for the 2020s
Who are the rising stars in UK public transport? Passenger Transport has teamed up with Flash Forward Consulting, the executive search, selection and interim management specialists, to identify 40 dynamic passenger transport professionals under the age of 40 Alex Warner writes – It’s been a great privilege to present this feature and showcase...
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...
Are you ready for the new data protection rules?
Rules on the protection of personal data will be tightened next month, with fines of up to 4% of annual global turnover or €20m for any organisation which fails to comply. Rhodri Clark reports Oyster didn’t exist when the Data Protection Act was passed This article may seem to be yet another one...
‘We have to work much smarter’
Arriva is using a data-led approach to identify what bus users and non-users want, and then deliver it Arriva is rolling out its own smartcard, Arriva Connect, in the North West In the competitive world of transportation there is a greater need than ever before to embrace digital technology to make the customer’s...
