Stagecoach has been selected to operate the franchised bus network based in St Helens while Go-Ahead will operates services in Wirral Mayor Steve Rotheram: buses aren’t a ‘nice to have’ – they’re a lifeline Stagecoach and Go-Ahead Group have been selected as the first operators to run the...
Dubai will host the UITP Summit on April 21-23. We spoke to UITP’s secretary general, Mohamed Mezghani, about the event and what visitors can look forward to Mohamed Mezghani: “For me, the Summit is about people” Mohamed, the UITP Summit is heading to Dubai in April, less than...
What’s inside the latest edition of Passenger Transport: LEAD STORY NPR rail improvements ‘will actually happen’ More than a decade after the Northern Powerhouse Rail project was first proposed, the government has unveiled a three-phase plan for its delivery NEWS Cornwall probes bus regulation options Market engagement...
More than a decade after the Northern Powerhouse Rail project was first proposed, the government has unveiled a three-phase plan for its delivery The plans would see Manchester Piccadilly expanded A three-phase plan for the long-promised Northern Powerhouse Rail project was unveiled by the government this week. The...
Labour has pledged an enhanced bus offer for Wales if it wins this May’s Senedd election, but will this be matched funding? Rhodri Clark reports Welsh bus fares for adults aged 22 to 59 would be capped at £2 Labour has pledged 100 more bus routes in Wales...
A new report by CMAC has shed light on an often overlooked but frequent aspect of the railway’s customer service proposition 2026 has already brought two major shocks. FA Cup holders, my beloved, Crystal Palace, being knocked out of this year’s tournament by non-league Macclesfield, 117 places below...
Those taking decisions should always put themselves in the shoes of the passenger and ask whether what they will think reasonable Average bus speeds in central London are now down to 7.4mph (picture: Shutterstock) It was interesting to see the latest figures for bus passenger numbers (PT351)....
It has been reported that Boris Johnson’s team have spent months working on a plan to subsidise fares on local bus services in England for six months Behind-the-scenes talks are reported to have taken place between the government and the bus industry over a scheme to cap bus fares in England at £2...
Transitioning to a fully empowered transport authority can be difficult, but the case for transitioning is stronger than ever before The Montreal Metro reflects and enhances the identity of the place it serves “Underneath all the commercial activities of the board, underneath all its engineering and operations, there is the revelation and...
Recruitment woes, collaboration in the rail sector, reorganisations within bus groups. These are just some of the big issues of 2022 We’re just over halfway through this fun-packed year and I’m due my customary half-term report on the state of the transport industry so far in 2022. Let’s crack on folks… CrossCountry customer...
Kent’s Fastrack bus-based rapid transit network is 15-years old, but its promoters are looking to the future with a switch to zero-emission Fastrack has helped unlock new housing developments in Kent Thameside By Andrew Garnett Kent’s Fastrack bus rapid transit scheme has been a poster child for what the bus can achieve over...
Robert Montgomery says bus franchising is expensive and Enhanced Partnerships are ‘shotgun marriages’. Instead he proposes a third way Greater Manchester plans to introduce bus franchising By Robert Jack Published in March 2021, the National Bus Strategy for England effectively heralded the end of the “swashbuckling days of the the deregulated 1980s”. Bus...
Transport for London innovation director Thomas Ableman says a willingness to try and fail is the secret to success when it comes to innovation Thomas Ableman By Robert Jack Thomas Ableman has devoted his career to innovation within the realm of public transport, with National Express, Chiltern Railways, his own start-up and now...
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,...
Many passengers used buses instead after rail services across the country were halted on three days last week because of industrial action by the RMT Transdev Blazefield reported a 52% increase in passengers on its Cityzap route on June 23 The impact of strike action by 40,000 RMT members at Network Rail and...
There are so many unknowns in the world of public transport, like future ownership, passenger numbers and government policy Will Boris Johnson’s successor share his enthusiasm for public transport? I remember at school scratching my head while trying to work out quadratic equations. There seemed to be just so many unknowns: x,...
Let’s be honest, commuting by train was gruelling and expensive – and a belligerent ‘take it or leave it’ railway made things worse Commuting was like a daily endurance test Grant Shapps called it right when he indicated that the railway’s relevance had diminished such that strike action didn’t have the impact...
Stavanger, a city roughly the size of Oxford, is building a 50km Bus Rapid Transit network. This massive £1.44bn project will be completed by 2030 A visualisation of a Bussveien corridor By Robert Jack Do you wish you could get support for bus priority on a core corridor in your town or city?...
Our latest poll of passenger transport professionals serves as a large focus group, gauging the mood within the sector. Do you share their concerns? Much has changed over the past year. It’s now possible, for example, to travel on UK public transport without any restrictions, and passenger numbers have been moving upwards, but...
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