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Across the transport sector there are certain individuals whose activities stand out either as beyond the significance of their own specific role... continue
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A group of fifty leading senior executives and managers form this year’s New Transit UK passenger transport providers Power List. There are... continue
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Feature

Ray Stenning
Vehicle interiors are a regular part of my work - and perhaps the most challenging. Trying to make them attractive, exciting, stylish, cool, classy,... continue
Vehicle interiors are a regular part of my work - and perhaps the most challenging. Trying to make them attractive, exciting, stylish, cool, classy,... continue
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Bus News
Ten Nottingham city-centre bus routes are being upgraded in an £18 million investment to bring them close to the standards of the cities... continue
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Bus News

A trio of 11m-long Optare Versa EVs now entering service with Travel De Courcey in Coventry are the largest battery-powered electric buses currently... continue
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Cover Story Detail
Sharing data amongst all those involved in the UK deregulated bus system has proved a bigger challenge than for the more integrated rail sector. But... continue
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Bus News

Arriva’s purchase of British patient transport provider Ambuline not only moves it further towards a model of mobility provider and away from... continue
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Bus News
Paris transport operator RATP has continued its expansion in the UK with the acquisition of HR Richmond, parent company of Epsom Coaches, an... continue
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Bus News
Vantage Power, an EV powertrain specialist based in London have come up with a scheme for retro fitting hybrid power systems to buses to accelerate... continue
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Bus News
Bournemouth Yellow Buses has claimed to be the first UK bus company to be able to offer precise fares information for all trips on its services ... continue
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Bus News

The Competition Commission (CC) has acted to prevent bus operators from making short term increases in frequencies and restricting access to bus... continue
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Feature

The Travel 2020 event at the beginning of November featured two days of cutting edge information exchange and debate about the future of passenger... continue
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Bus News
Independent bus operator McGill’s is to buy Arriva Scotland West in a deal reported to be worth over £10m. The sale, which is due to be... continue
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Light Rail News Lead Story

The start of a prospective new era for the 125 year old Blackpool Tramway was unveiled on the 8th of September at the new Starr Gate depot. The first... continue
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People

Jonathan Crick has been appointed London Stansted Airport’s new commercial director. He joins from easyBus, where he is currently chief... continue
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Light Rail News
The first of Blackpool’s long awaited new trams arrived in September. The Bombardier Flexity2 16-strong fleet will run from a brand new... continue
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BRT Report

John Austin
A few years ago I was awarded a Winston Churchill Travelling Fellowship to visit Australia and the Far East to study aspects of public... continue
A few years ago I was awarded a Winston Churchill Travelling Fellowship to visit Australia and the Far East to study aspects of public... continue
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Bus News
West Yorkshire Integrated Transport Authority has delayed a final decision on whether to pursue bus Quality Contracts, as operators made a last-ditch... continue
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Products & Services
CCTV SUPPLIER Centrad has launched a camera system that cuts the risk of buses being involved in collisions when reversing. The system comprises a... continue
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Business

When Reading Buses chief executive James Freeman began his career on the bottom rung of the industry in the late 1970s, in the then National... continue






