Chalkwell agrees to a full commercial trial of the fuelsaving additive Envirox Chalkwell Coach Hire & Tours (Chalkwell) has decided to carry out a full commercial trial on Energenics’ fuel saving additive Envirox across the whole of its fleet of 61 coaches and buses, beginning in June this year. An additive dosing unit will be [...]
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Hastings driver runs half marathon
Hastings-based Stagecoach driver Jon Ellis ran his first half marathon at the seaside town’s 28th annual event. Jon, 30 from Ore, Hastings, completed the route in 3:16:09 and raised over £300 thanks to sponsorship from friends and family for his local Rainbow Nursery.
FirstGroup and Stagecoach share sustainability prize
Scottish PLC Awards recognised the operators at a ceremony in Glasgow last week FirstGroup and Stagecoach were jointly awarded the coveted Sustainability Award at the Scottish PLC Awards in Glasgow, April 18.
Stagecoach UK Bus MD Les Warneford to retire
Warneford to work alongside new Managing Director Robert Montgomery for a year Les Warneford, Managing Director of Stagecoach UK Bus, is to retire next year.
Operators in uproar over Nexus QC plans
Nexus’ plan to introduce Quality Contracts (QCs) to the North East has been met with more resistance during talks between bus operators, Nexus and councillors on the Tyne and Wear ITA. The controversial QCs proposed by Nexus would see it set up routes, times and fares. Nexus claims current operators are “carving up” the region [...]
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Stagecoach doubles East Kent passenger numbers
Council partnership and operator marketing helps double ridership in less than a decade Bus use in East Kent has doubled in less than a decade on Stagecoach services, according to new figures. Figures compiled by the operator show more than 28.6m passenger trips were made on its services in East Kent in 2011 – up [...]
Stagecoach’s integrated bus-rail smartcard
Stagecoach Group has launched a ticketing scheme in Hampshire to allow passengers to travel by bus and rail on one smartcard. The pilot was launched last Wednesday (March 14) in Basingstoke and is one of the UK’s first commercial multi-modal applications of the Government-preferred ITSO technology.
New transport venture for Stagecoach founder
Sir Brian Souter’s new travel concept combines bus and ferry services to reduce travel times into Istanbul TURKEY Sir Brian Souter is set to launch a new travel concept in Turkey which has been described as “revolutionary” and combines express bus and ferry services. IDObus.com, which launches March 22, aims to reduce journey times between [...]
