Scottish government urged to introduce bus scrappage scheme

There were calls this week for the Scottish government to introduce a bus scrappage scheme in order to prevent job losses at some of the country’s biggest coach builder companies.
The launch of such a scheme, it was argued, would also have a positive effect on the environment and help Scotland reduce its carbon emissions.
Transport spokesman, [...]

Edinburgh launch new luxury Airlink buses

After investing £3million in new vehicles, Lothian buses revealed this week the latest fleet of high spec buses are due to hit the road as part of the Airlink service at the end of the month.
The new fleet of top of the range buses offer a whole host great features including free Wi-Fi, mood enhancing [...]

Glastonbury encourage festival goers to arrive by coach

Organisers of this year’s Glastonbury Festival are urging their audience to arrive by coach in a bid to help reduce the event’s carbon emissions.
Tickets for the festival are being offered complete with a return or single coach travel ticket from a range of UK destinations in an attempt to encourage more festival-goers to opt for [...]

London school’s minibus stolen by trickster

Holloway School in Islington, London, was tricked into handing over the keys to its minibus to a thief, it has been reported.
Police are now investigating the circumstances in a bid to trace the robber. The minibus plays an important part in school life at Holloway as it is used regularly to transport pupils to and [...]

Woman suffers horrific injuries after getting dragged under a London bus

A 23-year-old fashion student and part-time model has been left with horrific injuries after she was dragged under a double-decker bus for 500 yards.
Latishia Brazier was rushed to hospital after she became trapped under the bus whilst attempting to jump onboard the vehicle in the Haymarket area of central London. Her injuries consist of punctured [...]

Londons bus and tube passengers will be provided with the Metro newspaper for the next 7 years

The free morning newspaper the Metro has signed a deal which will see it provide London’s bus and tube stations with papers up until 2017.
The 11 year contract signed back in 1999 is due to come to an end this April. However the new deal will see the newspaper, which has become part of the [...]

Minibus service for elderly and disabled passengers in Brecon under threat

The Brecon dial-a-ride service is under threat after it was revealed that it’s funding could be cut by 50% The scheme is vital for those living in the South Brecon area who are unable to use public transport.
The door-to-door minibus service has over 600 members in the Brecon area. However the council is considering reducing [...]

Bus driver in Co. Durham killed after head-on collision with a coach

One bus driver has been killed and the other driver was left with major injuries after a bus and coach were involved in a head-on collision yesterday evening in Newfield County Durham.
The bus passengers died on impact and the driver of the coach had to be cut from the wreckage by fire fighters and was [...]

Bus drivers in North Wales vote to strike over pay

Arriva bus drivers in North Wales will strike if an issue over pay is not resolved. The drivers took part in a secret ballot last week, the result of which was that 77% of the drivers were in favour of staging strike action.
If the strike goes ahead hundreds of services across the North Wales region [...]

Coach catches fire whilst parked near Gloucestershire petrol station

A coach burst into flames over the weekend whilst it was parked close to a petrol station in Gloucestershire. The driver was said to have been washing the vehicle at the time that the blaze took hold.
The vehicle was part of the fleet owned by coach hire company, Henshaw’s Executive Travel. The coach was reported [...]

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