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First driverless Edinburgh to Fife bus trial announced
The project between Edinburgh and Fife across the Forth Road Bridge aims to be operational in 2021.
The Yorkshire Post says: Rail fare increase should be put on hold as MPs lose patience with Chris Grayling over failures
NOT for the first time, Chris Grayling stands accused by Yorkshire MPs of having ‘a tin ear’ when it comes to the unacceptable state of the North’s railways after Wakefield’s Mary Creagh suggested that it would be quicker to cycle from her constituency to Scarborough than rely upon the trains.
Friday, 23 November 2018
BBC News
- First driverless Edinburgh to Fife bus trial announcedThe project between Edinburgh and Fife across the Forth Road Bridge aims to be operational in 2021.
The Guardian
- Buses and taxis to lead UK self-driving public transport pushLondon and Edinburgh projects, sharing £25m state funds, to be operational by 2021
Times Online
- Timetable is set for the world’s first driverless bus route across the Forth Road Bridge [Subscription]Driverless buses will be tested on public roads for the first time as part of a large expansion of the technology in the UK, it was announced yesterday.
Coach and Bus Week
- Go-Coach trials electric Solo – and receives recognition for route 8Sevenoaks-based independent operator Go-Coach has begun trialling an electric Optare Solo.
- Arriva’s Shropshire buses receive inside-and-out faceliftArriva Midlands’ is to invest £200,000 to update its fleet of buses in Shropshire. The extensive refurbishment programme, which is already underway at Arriva’s Telford, Shrewsbury and Oswestry depots, will see vehicles operating along a number of key corridors upgraded inside and out.
- Digital signatures now offered to transport managersTransport managers can now use GOV.UK Verify to sign applications digitally through the Vehicle Operator Licensing (VOL) service.
- Metrobus gains in latest TfL tender resultsTransport for London has announced the results of its latest bus tender round. 24-hour route 94 will remain with London United when the current contract expires on 7 December 2019. It will continue to use double-deckers, with precise vehicle details and PVR to be confirmed.
- UK Bus Awards winners announcedthe winners of this year’s UK Bus Awards have been announced, and are as follows.
Route One (Bus and Coach)
- First autonomous full-size buses for UK service2019 will see work start on the first project to deliver autonomous passenger-carrying full-sized buses in the UK. Five such self-driving Alexander Dennis (ADL) Enviro200s will ultimately be operated by Stagecoach East Scotland.
- Anthony’s Travel to stick with MAN for 2019Neoplan Tourliner to be joined by fifth Barbi Galileo thanks to operator’s uncertainty over retrofit
- Midlands Bus and Coach Sales delivers first TurasBirmingham-based operator is the first to take Turas small coach from new British-based dealership
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