‘Lunch with Leon’ joins Passenger Transport
Passenger Transport teams up with Daniels The popular podcast Lunch with Leon is now produced in association with Passenger Transport. Launched in August 2020, this insightful podcast is now on its 77th episode. Each episode features half an hour of discussions between key transport industry figures and Leon Daniels, who was formerly Transport...
Buses – ‘councils should be in the driving seat’
With bus franchising due to start in Greater Manchester, the LGA and Urban Transport Group are seeking a greater role for the public sector The report has been published just two days before Greater Manchester becomes the first city region outside London to run franchised bus services, 37 years after deregulation The Local...
York unveils ambitions bus expansion plans
City of York Council outlines plans to prioritise buses in a bid to reverse post-Covid pandemic decline and boost patronage by 50% York’s park and ride services have reported the strongest growth since 2017 over the summer City of York Council and the city’s bus operators have announced ambitious plans to enhance the...
Toon Tour wins inaugural UK Open Top Bus Cup
‘The team work hard to make this service a success and I think it’s a fantastic way to see the area’ Toon Tour, the sightseeing bus service across Newcastle and Gateshead has become the winner of the inaugural UK Open Top Bus Cup, sponsored by Ticketer. This follows its victory in the Final...
TfL records highest ridership since Covid
August Bank Holiday Weekend saw a near 10% increase in bus travel on the equivalent weekend last year, with Tube journeys seeing a near 6% rise TfL is now hoping to maintain upward momentum as autumn approaches New ridership figures from Transport for London have revealed a record number of public transport journeys...
20mph limit sees Welsh operator ditch Euro 6
Vehicles sold because of concerns over particulate traps A Phil Anslow bus in Cwmbran A bus operator is selling two of its Euro 6 buses because of concerns over the vehicles’ particulate traps when 20mph becomes the default speed limit on restricted roads in Wales. However, an experienced bus engineer told Passenger Transport...
‘TfW 2.0’ will manage bus services in Wales
Initially set up to procure the Wales and Borders rail franchise, Transport for Wales will be tasked with nurturing a ‘multi-modal culture in Wales’ TfW headquarters in Pontypridd Transport for Wales has a new remit which will eventually include procuring and managing bus services. TfW’s future bus role is set out in a...
Rotheram’s bus plans ‘not fit for purpose’
Former Stagecoach UK bus boss criticises Liverpool City Region’s bus franchising plans, citing ‘fundamental errors’ and concerns over funding Montgomery criticised ‘19 fundamental errors’ in the bus franchising plans Former Stagecoach UK Bus managing director Robert Montgomery has voiced strong criticism of the bus franchising plans for the Liverpool City Region, describing them...
‘Train beats plane on key domestic routes’
‘Majority’ of popular domestic air trips could be completed by train more quickly and cheaply, new Campaign for Better Transport report reveals Campaign for Better Transport says that switching just a quarter of the domestic flights featured in its report to rail would save 171,377 tonnes of carbon The majority of the most...
DfT pauses bus retrofit funding amid doubts
Department investigates variable performance but Transport Scotland backs technology and continues to fund conversions. Rhodri Clark reports A bus in Glasgow. Transport Scotland is continuing to fund retrofitting through its Bus Emissions Abatement Retrofit (BEAR) programme The DfT has defended pausing England’s bus retrofitting programme while it investigates variable performance. Faced with the...
‘Put aside ideological battles and reform rail’
New research commissioned by Rail Partners reveals how competition among train companies is delivering results across Britain and Europe Lumo introduced competition on the East Coast Main Line A reinvigorated public-private partnership is urgently required to get Britain’s railways back on the track to growth. That was the plea this week from Rail...
RDG confirms plans for ticket office cull
Rail industry launches long-anticipated consultation into proposals that could see the vast majority of railway station ticket offices closed The public consultation over the proposals will close on July 26 BY Andrew Garnett The Rail Delivery Group (RDG)confirmed perhaps the worst-kept secret in recent industry history on July 5 when it announced that...
