Greater Manchester is set to benefit from over £30m of investment to make public transport and active travel safer, cleaner, and more accessible. Projects include improvements... continue
The Department for Transport has published its Annual Report & Accounts for 2024–2025 amongst a burst of similar reports across its agencies and other public bodies needing to be presented to the House of Commons ahead of it rising for its summer recess. These include Network Rail,... continue
The Government’s overview of major infrastructure projects and programmes pipeline across the UK has been published by the National Infrastructure and Service Transformation Authority (NISTA) as promised in the recent 10-Year Infrastructure Strategy. It outlines £530 billion of... continue
The Welsh Senedd Climate Change, Environment and Infrastructure Committee has expressed concerns that the Bus Services (Wales) Bill , designed to introduce franchising from 2027, lacks detail in key areas and that “significant aspects” of its proposals will only become apparent after... continue
Commercial negotiations are said to be going ‘positively’ for West Yorkshire Combined Authority to buy out local bus depots to underpin its franchising plans , but a Compulsory Purchase Order is being raised as a contingency to run in parallel with existing negotiations. WYCA thus looks... continue
West Yorkshire Combined Authority has begun a process of dropping school bus services where it believes there are suitable alternatives available. Six secondary school bus routes in West Yorkshire are set to be withdrawn next year, with the region’s combined authority saying there are either... continue
DfT’s new Permanent Secretary has told the Public Accounts Committee that bus funding in England was getting close to that in international peer economies, but the committee’s chair suggested this was a complacent view of the outcomes from English bus funding. In her first appearance... continue
Customer service concerns from the introduction of fully autonomous bus services with no staff have bee raised in a report by the Transport Research Laboratory (TRL) for DfT It raises questions about the prospects for the planned projects to test such service delivery using autonomous vehicles with... continue
The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) has approved some limited additional open access services on the East Coast Main Line from this December for three operators, extending or adding to their existing services. But the hoped for growth of First’s open access portfolio has again been knocked back... continue
The organisation behind the Very Light Rail National Innovation Centre in Dudley that went into administration has been bought by the local council Administrators RSM UK said Dudley Council had bought the Black Country Innovative Manufacturing Organisation (BCIMO), a not-for-profit research... continue
GBRf has also announced that it will haul the Britannic Explorer, a new luxury sleeper tourism service from operator Belmond to run through England and Wales. Under a new long-term partnership, GBRf will haul the three-day itineraries from London to Wales, Cornwall, and the Lake District, with... continue
GB Railfreight (GBRf), has unveiled its first two new Class 99 bi-mode locomotives at its Peterborough headquarters. The new hybrid locomotives, which were manufactured by Stadler in Valencia, can run on both electricity and renewable fuels, halving carbon emissions GBRf says, the result of a... continue
As pressure mounts on employers to reduce car use and deliver against decarbonisation targets, workplace carpooling... continue
Martijn Gilbert is returning to the bus industry as Managing Director of Arriva UK Bus, taking up the role on 18... continue
CrossCountry has appointed a new Customer and Commercial Director and a new Service Delivery Director. Mark Anderson joins CrossCountry as Customer and Commercial Director in a permanent move, having held the role on an interim basis since July 2024. has worked across commercial, marketing and... continue
Jeremy Westlake has been appointed new Chief Executive of Network Rail, replacing Sir Andrew Haines, who will be retiring. Westlake, who is currently Chief Financial Officer, will formally take up the role in... continue
Lydia Horbury has been appointed new Chief Executive of Bus Users UK. In her new role she plans to champion accessible and inclusive... continue
When was the Bus Centre of Excellence set up and why? The Bus Centre of Excellence was set up in 2023; its creation was recommended in the National Bus Strategy (2021) to enable the delivery of a long-term programme of activities and support to the bus sector. Funded by the DfT and delivered by the Chartered Institution of Highways and Transportation (CIHT), BCoE... continue
Quality Bus, a major event produced by the Bus Centre of Excellence and Landor LINKS, will bring together local authorities, operators, service providers and consultants to share best practice across the bus sector.. The conference, which will be held in Portsmouth on 23 and 24 September, will look... continue
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