Route One (Bus and Coach) - Go-Ahead Group has won a 15-year, £110 million contract with Kent County Council (KCC) to run the Fastrack bus rapid transit network on Thameside from November 2024. Talks are underway to deploy a fleet of 28 Irizar ie Tram battery-electric buses on those routes.
Route One (Bus and Coach) - Work by Scania to reshape its global coach and bus business will have little impact on the UK for the short- to medium-term, although the OEM will need to realign our future UK strategy, which we are in the process of doing, a spokesperson has said.
Route One (Bus and Coach) - In marking Clean Air Day on 15 June, National Express West Midlands (NEWM) has highlighted it expects to have 180 zero-emission buses in operation by this summer.
Route One (Bus and Coach) - Newport Transport has further expanded its fleet of Yutong battery-electric vehicles with arrival of the first zero-emission coaches in Wales in four TCe12 models.
Route One (Bus and Coach) - More than one third of bus passholders are not using the bus any more than a year ago, suggest preliminary results from a Transport Focus survey.
Route One (Bus and Coach) - In the first of a two part feature, Jonathan Welch looks at the combined operations of Citylink and megabus in Scotland
Rail Advent - East Midlands Railway (EMR) is introducing a new journey planner which allows people to plan their entire journey, door-to-door.
Rail Advent - The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) is to investigate railway station catering, aiming to make the market work as well as possible for passengers.
New Civil Engineer - A four-platform underground through station for High Speed 2 (HS2) and Northern Powerhouse Rail (NPR) will be an operational headache, according to rail experts.
New Civil Engineer - An MP has criticised the route chosen for the Bedford to Cambridge section of East West Rail (EWR) during a parliamentary session while others condemned the lack of clarity over whether the line would be electrified.
New Civil Engineer - Six winners will have their designs for track buckle detection solutions assessed on a rail test-rig after Network Rail announced the winners of its innovation contest.
Intelligent Transport - Marking Clean Air Day 2023, First Bus unveils an innovative electric vehicle charging hub at its Summercourt depot in Cornwall, aiming to promote cleaner air and foster the widespread adoption of EVs in the local community.
Coach and Bus Week - The Knowledge Hub will help bus operators and local authorities to access best practice
Other Regional Press - Transport for London (TfL) anticipates it will need an additional £500m-£600m to meet its target of running a 100 zero-emission bus fleet by 2030, a finance chief has said.
Other Regional Press - THE WELSH Government's minister for transport admits that the train service on the Wrexham to Bidston line is "not good enough" and vows to see it improved.
Oxford Mail - Oxford Bus Company's owners havebought Pulham mp; Sons (Coaches) Limited, a long-established family-run bus and coach operator in the Cotswolds.
Northern Echo - Several bus services threatened with being scrapped or significantly reduced have been saved, as a local campaign to protect them increases.
Northern Echo - Two rival political leaders have pledged to put politics aside and Darlington first as the redevelopment of Darlington Railway Station took a step forward.
Newcastle Evening Chronicle - A Labour transport chief insisted on Wednesday that private cars "are not in the CAZ and they will not be in the CAZ", accusing opposition parties of "scaremongering"
Manchester Evening News - There's a boost for passengers following 'productive negotiations'
Daily Post (North Wales) - A "mass cancellation" of bus routes in Wales has been avoided after a funding deal was agreed. The Bus Emergency Scheme - which supported operators after the pandemic slashed passenger numbers - is due to end in late July.
Birmingham Post - The Newcastle transport group is aiming to introduce trams to the network
Birmingham Mail - The WMCA is investigating if it should take over running the buses from private companies
City AM - A new space rocket is catalysing a defence deal struck by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and president Joe Biden between the UK and the US last week. Oxford-based startup Pulsar Fusion and aerospace company Princeton Satellite Systems are joining forces to build a hyper-fast rocket
Times Online - Humza Yousaf has vowed to turn one of Scotlands most notorious roads into a dual carriageway after civil engineers suggested the glacial progress on the scheme may have been deliberate.