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Friday, 11 June 2021
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- Go-Ahead timetables final dividend after buses fill up [subscription]One of the UK’s leading bus operators has reported getting back up to 80 per cent of usual passenger levels at certain times of the day.
Other Regional Press
- Transport chiefs say trains, trams and buses are ready for passengersTRAIN, tram and bus service s are safe, ready and waiting to welcome more passengers back on board – that’s the message from Transport for West Midlands.
Coach and Bus Week
- Oxford Bus Co and Thames Travel launch updated appThe Oxford Bus Company and Thames Travel have launched a revamped mobile app. New features include real time tracking, a capacity checker, live travel updates and an improved journey planner. The operators said the new app was created following customer feedback and redesigned to provide more intuitive menus and better real-time information.
- Cardiff Bus introduces new range of services for summerCardiff Bus has announced a series of extra services for those looking for great local days out this summer. The operator said it recognised that this summer will see more and more people will be looking to stay closer to home, so in response has developed a series of extra summer services which will run alongside its main network.
Route One (Bus and Coach)
- Team Pennine brand to oust Yorkshire Tiger under TransdevTransdev Blazefield will replace the Yorkshire Tiger identity with a new Team Pennine brand and a two-tone magenta livery after it completes the purchase of the business from Arriva in the summer.
- ZEBRA bid calls for Liverpool hydrogen bus fleet to grow to 40Liverpool City Region Combined Authority (LCRCA) has agreed plans to double to 40 a forthcoming fleet of hydrogen fuel cell-electric double-deckers if a bid to the Department for Transport (DfT) Zero Emission Bus Regional Area (ZEBRA) scheme via its fast-track mechanism is successful.
- First Bus realigns operating companies into two portfoliosFirst Bus has segmented its operating companies into two portfolios, each with its own Managing Director. The move follows Dave Alexander’s recent decision to step down from the role of Divisional Director due to personal reasons.
- Translink targets five-year doubling of 2019 passenger numbersState-owned Northern Ireland coach, bus and rail operator Translink hopes to double its 2019 passenger numbers within five years, building on an ambitious investment plan that before the onset of COVID-19 had delivered the highest number of public transport journeys in the province for 20 years.
- PSVAR review ‘will see no major backtracking on coaches’Trade body RHA has cautioned that the forthcoming government review of PSVAR is highly unlikely to lead to any major backtracking in how the Regulations are applied to coaches.
- National Express carbon offset for coach passengers launchedNational Express is offering its coach passengers the option to offset the carbon emissions of their journeys on its scheduled services.
- Camira celebrates 200 years of transport textiles with 200 Aura colourwaysGlobal textile manufacturer Camira, founded as Holdsworth in 1822 in Halifax, is celebrating 200 years of transport textiles with a refresh of its bestselling fabric, Aura – by featuring 200 colourways in nine designs.
- Go-Ahead named on Financial Times European Climate Leaders list 2021Go-Ahead is among just two European bus and rail operators to qualify for the Financial Times (FT) inaugural European Climate Leaders ranking.
- Scottish bus support extended as capacity dialogue continuesFurther funding for bus services in Scotland of up to £35.4m has been approved by the Scottish Government through its COVID-19 Support Grant – Restart (CSG-R) mechanism. It comes against a backdrop of continuing engagement towards enabling the usable capacity of buses in the country to be increased in line with higher limits in England.
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