Mayor of the West Midlands unveils UK’s biggest free bus travel offer this Christmas
Free weekday evening travel is being offered across the West Midlands, on all bus services, in the run up to Christmas this year, in a unique move never seen before on this scale in the UK. Between Monday 9th December and Friday 13th December all of the region’s buses will be free to use from […]
Go-Ahead expands West of England operations with acquisition of Swanbrook Transport
The Go-Ahead Group has agreed a deal to acquire Swanbrook Transport, a bus and coach operator based in Cheltenham. Swanbrook operates local bus, home to school services and private hire and will become part of Pulhams Coaches, which sits in Go-Ahead’s Oxford division. This latest deal builds on Go-Ahead’s recent acquisitions across England, including four […]
TfL and Met Police begin trial of CCTV at bus shelters to improve safety, especially for women and girls
This White Ribbon Day (25 November), Transport for London (TfL) continues to take a stand against violence against women and girls by launching a 12-month trial of CCTV at 20 bus shelters across London, together with the Met. The trial is designed to improve passenger safety, especially for women and girls, and ensure they can […]
Banbury Rail Station access improvements win environmental award
A Banbury construction project designed to improve access to the railway station has won an award for reducing its environmental impact. Milestone Infrastructure Limited, working on behalf of Oxfordshire County Council, was presented with a Green Apple Environment Gold award on Monday 18 November by the Green Organisation. The award recognised industry-leading carbon and cost […]
Local leaders get a glimpse “Behind the Buses”
Leading figures from across the East of England have been given a look behind the scenes at the engineering, commercial, control and maintenance work that goes into running a modern transport fleet in our region. The event, run by Stagecoach East at its Bedford Depot was aimed at giving a better understanding of not only […]
Camden to invest £22m in ambitious plans for active travel, public transport and high streets
Camden Council’s Cabinet has agreed to implement the next phase of its transport strategy for 2025 to 2028, investing in more environmentally friendly, healthier forms of travel and creating more welcoming streets and neighbourhoods. Councillor Adam Harrison, Cabinet Member for Planning and a Sustainable Camden, said: “I am delighted that councillors agreed this significant investment. […]
Louise Haigh tells MPs she wants to ensure everyone at her department is “taking responsibility” for the experience of passengers
Transport Secretary, Louise Haigh, has told MPs she wants everyone to take responsibility for the experience of passengers using the transport network. She said she does not want the DfT to “rest on our laurels” while legislation for major public transport reforms is being developed. Giving evidence to the Commons’ Transport Select Committee, Ms Haigh said: “This […]
Young people’s insights needed for Staffordshire’s transport plan
Staffordshire County Council is calling on young residents to share their views on the future of the county’s transport network. An online map has been set up to get feedback from young people that will be used to inform the development of the new Local Transport Plan, which will outline the future transport network and […]
Bus drivers victims of historic high levels of abuse as majority say they don’t feel safe at work
Unite the union has released the findings of a mass survey of 1,100 bus drivers across Scotland which reveals historic high levels of abuse and major concerns over safety on public transport. The union has been campaigning to improve bus driver safety in the aftermath of Keith Rollinson’s death following an assault at his place […]
Paul Lynch to continue as CPT President for another year, as new vice-president is announced
The Confederation of Passenger Transport has announced that Paul Lynch, Managing Director of Stagecoach London, will continue as CPT’s President until the end of January 2026, with a one-year extension to his current term. CPT has also announced that Duncan Aspinall, Director of Holmeswood Coaches Ltd, has been appointed as CPT Vice-President for 2025. Duncan, […]