It’s sometimes difficult to understand quite how poorly rural areas are served by buses. The general picture of routes, numbers of buses, bus trips per head of population hides... continue
Laura Shoaf has been chosen by the Transport Secretary... continue
Go Ahead has announced a £500m investment for 1,200 UK-made zero emission buses, to decarbonise its fleet, including creating a new dedicated manufacturing line and partnership with Northern Ireland manufacturer Wrightbus. The Government is linking the order to its International Investment... continue
South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority (SYMCA) board has decided to press ahead with bus franchising after the Mayor and South Yorkshire leaders considered the independent review of its Bus Franchising Assessment. There will now be a 12-week public consultation on the proposed franchising... continue
Stagecoach is to take over the contract for bus operations in Guernsey succeeding Tower Transit subsidiary CT Plus after the existing contract it began in 2012 ends on 31 March 2025. Stagecoach has gained an initial five-year contract to operate 20 core bus services and 24 home-to-school routes on... continue
Concerns at the accelerating move to ‘cashless’ only rail ticket transactions have been underlined by the revelation that Train operator Northern has Ticket Vending Machines (TVMs) which accept cash at only six of the stations it manages, and a survey commissioned by the DfT reveals... continue
The new East Midlands Combined County Authority (EMCCA) is seeking to recruit a Head of Transport Strategy, and several other supporting posts following selection of its transport political lead. Portfolio leads at EMCCA... continue
Clare Linton is starting a new post on secondment as Policy Manager (Transport) at West Yorkshire Combined Authority for the next 12 months. She has spent more... continue
Chiltern Railways has appointed Michael Stewart as its new Commercial and Customer Strategy Director. Stewart joins Chiltern following 15 years of railway experience at organisations including Network Rail and most recently Avanti West Coast, where he was Revenue Director. He has also worked in the... continue
Joseph Smith is starting a new position as Franchise Contracts & Commercial Lead at Transport for Greater Manchester. Smith has been at TfGM for the past four years, most recently as Franchise Contracts & Commercial Lead.... continue
Laura Shoaf has been appointed chair of Shadow Great British Railways (SGBR), the body set up to bring together senior leaders from Network Rail, the DfT’s Operator of... continue
Pat Beijr has been appointed Business Development Director at First Bus. She joins from the South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority, where... continue
South Yorkshire Combined Authority has appointed Matt Goggins as Director of Bus reform. He joins from Liverpool City Region Combined Authority where he spent nine years,... continue
Osprey Charging has become the first UK chargepoint operator to adopt... continue
Emma Pinchbeck has been named as new chief executive Climate... continue
People who book an Uber may have to wait a few minutes longer for an... continue
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