An NCT Optare Solo SR works route 87 to Arnold
New survey shows improvements across the board from 2009, as high as 14% in some places
Results from the Nottingham City Transport (NCT) 2011 customer satisfaction survey show a number of improvements for the municipal operator.
Trevor Owens with his award last year, along with Derek Philips, MD of CBW and Gillian Merron, Chairwoman of Bus Users UK
Awards are returning for their 17th year, with Trevor Owens winner of Britain’s Best Driver last year
The UK Bus Awards 2012 is once again gathering nominations for Britain’s best driver. The UK Bus Awards has reopened its website for nominations and is asking operators for their help in gathering passenger feedback.
Reading Buses has seen growth of up to 28% on some routes
Reading Buses claim the escalating cost of fuel is persuading more people to leave their car at home and travel by bus.
Figures released today by the operator reveal passenger numbers are up on a number of routes compared to the same period last year.
Ensign Bus have repainted an Alexander-bodied Dart in the livery of the old City Coach Company
Ensign Bus has decided to commemorate the brown and ivory City Coach Company buses from Brentwood’s roads, 60 years after they were last seen in the town, by repainting one of its vehicles.
An elderly gentleman boards a GHA Coaches Mini Pointer Dart in Wrexham on December 28, 2011
Fare paying passengers move to trains and taxis, with concessions set to outnumber them
Fare-paying passengers may soon be outnumbered by those benefiting from Wales’ pioneering free travel scheme, launched 10 years ago.
Chinese-built sightseeing double deckers line up on London Bridge
Big Bus Tours’ open top double-deckers from Chinese manufacturer Ankai enter service in London
Big Bus Tours recently took a delivery of 20 double-decker sightseeing buses, manufactured by the Anhui Ankai Automobile Limited Company.
Brian Callin, easyBus’ Chief Operating Officer and Rupert Lawrie, Commercial Director London Luton Airport at the cake cutting ceremony
easyBus launched an express transfer service between London Luton Airport and Earls Court on Sunday April 22, with fares as low as £1 for a single journey.
The occasion was marked on Wednesday (April 25) with a cake cutting ceremony attended by Brian Callin, easyBus’ Chief Operating Officer and Rupert Lawrie, London Luton Airport Commercial Director.
Pictured with the new-look Park & Ride North buses are, left to right, Managing Director Mike de Courcey, Project Manager Ben Hobday, Bus Services Manager Mick Rossiter and General Manager Bob Wildman
Travel de Courcey returns the Park & Ride to its familiar burgundy and cream
Some of Coventry’s most famous automotive names are returning to the streets of the city after the re-launch of its Park & Ride North bus service.
Ian Austin MP and Simon Mathieson with the Duncan Edwards bus
Ian Austin MP unveiled a special dedication to ‘Busby babe’ Duncan Edwards on a National Express West Midland’s bus on Monday, April 23.
The West Midland’s operator dedicated the bus on the 120 service to the Dudley born Manchester United player who tragically died in the Munich air disaster.
