Breaking News
Council campaign to make Ruabon train station accessible to all
WREXHAM Council says it is continuing to campaign to help make a train station accessible to all.
Old Oak Common station team eyes tunnel prep work following completion of ‘nightmare’ box
Construction work on High Speed 2’s (HS2’s) Old Oak Common station in West London is now shifting focus towards excavation and preparing the site for tunnelling following completion of the station’s box structure.
Recovery funding for bus services in Wales extended into 2023
Bus services in Wales will receive further recovery funding to the end of the current financial year in April 2023, the Welsh Government has announced. The overall package is worth £48m and it has been welcomed by representatives of the sector.
Friday, 01 July 2022
Bradford Telegraph & Argus
- Arriva bus strike suspended as workers consider new offerTHE long-running bus strike affecting Arriva in Yorkshire has been suspended today to allow members of union Unite to be balloted on a new pay offer.
Coach and Bus Week
- Ipswich Buses goes cloud-native with OptibusFollowing the launch of Optibus’ Operations module, the transport management software provider has announced that municipal bus operator Ipswich Buses will use Optibus’ cloud-native software for all planning, scheduling, and rostering needs. The operator will also be one of the first in the UK to implement Optibus’ new real-time Operations module.
Route One
- Ipswich Buses adopts Optibus – including new moduleIpswich Buses has selected Optibus cloud native software for its planning, scheduling and rostering needs. The agreement includes use of Optibus’s recently launched Operations module, placing the municipal operator among the first adopters of it in the UK.
Route One (Bus and Coach)
- Recovery funding for bus services in Wales extended into 2023Bus services in Wales will receive further recovery funding to the end of the current financial year in April 2023, the Welsh Government has announced. The overall package is worth £48m and it has been welcomed by representatives of the sector.
- Go-Ahead is named top transport apprenticeship employer for 2022The Go Ahead Group has been named 13th best apprenticeship provider and the top provider of transport apprenticeships in a new ranking by the Department for Education.
- Unicard launches multimodal ticketing solution with AmdocsSmart transport solutions provider Unicard has announced the launch of a multimodal tap-in, tap-out account-based ticketing (ABT) system through a collaboration with software provider Amdocs.
- Community transport use back to pre-pandemic levels in WalesRidership on community transport services in Wales has returned to pre-pandemic levels while on buses in the country the rate of return is still well behind that baseline, a Senedd Climate Change, Environment and Infrastructure Committee meeting in late May was told.
Recent Archives
- Thursday, 30 June 2022
- Wednesday, 29 June 2022
- Tuesday, 28 June 2022
- Monday, 27 June 2022
- Sunday, 26 June 2022
- Saturday, 25 June 2022
Latest News
Useful Links
Conferences & Expo's
- Adapting Railways for a Sustainable Future: Rebalancing, Resilience, and Realisation - 30 April 2024 - London
- Annual Rail Station Development and Regeneration - 25 June 2024 - London
- Coach and Bus UK - 12-14 November 2024 - Birmingham
- Encouraging Sustainable Transport - 4 June 2024 - Oxford
- Innovation and Technology in Transport Hub 15-16 May 2024 - Farnborough
- Interchange - 4-5 March 2025 - Manchester
- International Transport Forum - 22-24 May - Glasgow
- MaaS Scotland - 6 June 2024 - Glasgow
- Multimodal 2024 - 11-13 June 2024 - Birmingham
- National Cargo Bike Summit 2024 - 10 May 2024 - London
- Rail Industry Forum - 1 May 2024 - London
- Rail Infrastructure Networking - 12 September 2024 - Derby
- Rail Live - 19-20 June 2024 - Long Marston
- Rolling Stock Maintenance & Depot Optimisation Europe - 25-27 June 2024 - London Hybrid
- Smart Transportation - 30 September 2024 - Virtual
- UK Ports - 22-23 May 2024 - London
All Transport
- Department for Transport
- European Commission (Transport)
- Greater London Authority - Transport
- Merseytravel (Merseyside Passenger Transport Executive)
- Metro (West Yorkshire Passenger Transport Exectutive)
- Nexus (Tyne & Wear Passenger Transport Executive)
- Plymouth Transport
- South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive
- The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (UK)
- The Chartered Institution of Highways & Transportation (CIHT)
- Transport East
- Transport for All
- Transport for Cornwall
- Transport for Greater Manchester
- Transport for London
- Transport for the North
- Transport for the West Midlands
- Transport for Wales (Trafnidiaeth Cymru)
- Transport Scotland
- Urban Transport Group
Bus and Coach
Campaign Groups
- Airportwatch
- Aviation Environment Federation
- Campaign for Better Transport
- Friends of The Earth
- Gatwick Area Conservation Campaign
- HACAN ClearSkies
- London City Airport Fight the Flights
- Railfuture
- Save Our Buses
- Stop Stansted Expansion
Friends of TransportInfo
Logistics
Passenger Representatives
Trades Unions
- ASLEF (Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen)
- BALPA (British Airline Pilots Association)
- RMT (Rail, Maritime and Transport Union)
- TSSA (Transport Salaried Staffs' Association)
- Unite
Aviation
Motoring
Rail
- Freight on Rail
- Heathrow Southern Rail
- Network Rail
- Rail Freight Group
- Rail Partners
- Railway Study Association
Shipping & Waterways
- British Ports Association
- Canal & River Trust
- Chamber of Shipping
- Marine Traffic (tracker)
- UKMPG (United Kingdom Major Ports Group)
News Media