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Friday, 06 December 2019

Burnley Express

• Rawtenstall bus routes partially saved by new dealA DEAL between a bus operator and Lancashire County Council has saved part of five local routes facing the axe.
• Calls for Transdev to rethink Accrington-Manchester X41 bus axeA COUNCIL is set to ask a bus operator to reconsider its decision to axe the express service from its main town to Manchester.

Other Regional Press

• Bus service in doubt after driver attackedA firm is said to have cut a bus service after one of its drivers was assaulted.

Coach and Bus Week

• TfL’s New Routemaster to be converted to front door entry onlyCBW has seen a Freedom of Information Act (FoI) request from Isaac Davis in regards to the proposal by Transport for London (TfL) to convert 1,000 Wrightbus New Routemasters (NRM) three-door double-deckers to front door entry only, to reduce fare evasion.
• Stagecoach North East to start DRT contract next monthTees Valley Combined Authority awarded Stagecoach North East with a contract to operate a demand responsive transport service for a three-year trial period, which will start in the New Year
• Stagecoach West’s Bristol expansionStagecoach West has seen its operations and operating area significantly increase over the last five years. The latest company to join the Stagecoach West fold is South Gloucestershire Bus & Coach. Richard Sharman visited the Patchway depot one week before the official takeover to see the preparations underway and what operations will be added to the division’s already diverse portfolio

Route One (Bus and Coach)

• National Express increases capacity on routes affected by train strikeNational Express is coming to the rescue of travellers left stranded by the upcoming 27 days of strike action, which is being taken by RMT members on South Western Railway services during December.
• Sussex Coaches takes a Scania Irizar I-SkoolSteyning-based Sussex Coaches has taken delivery of a K 360 IB with 80-seat Irizar I-Skool bodywork, supplied by Scania Great Britain (01909 500822). It is the operator’s first new vehicle for several years.
• Ipswich Buses launches Ticketless smart platformIpswich Buses is the latest operator to launch UrbanThings’ smart ticketing platform, Ticketless.
• Community Transport Association underlines claimsThe Community Transport Association has underlined its longstanding claim that neither the operation of contestable contracts nor money changing hands for the operation of contracts automatically constitute commercial undertakings.
• Pailton Engineering debuts memory steering columnPailton Engineering has shown its new electric memory steering column, which is designed for coaches and buses.