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Friday, 07 May 2021

Bus and Coach Buyer

• Bus Festival date confirmedA new date for the South East Bus Festival has been announced.
• CPT calls for coach-friendly policies at destinationsResponding to a Government review of Destination Management Organisations, the Confederation of Passenger Transport (CPT) has highlighted that coach-friendly policies at tourist destinations and attractions are essential for kickstarting tourism in local areas across the UK.
• megabus teams up with Yellow BusesIntercity coach operator megabus has joined forces with Bournemouth-based Yellow Buses to offer a new service from Bournemouth to London, via Heathrow Airport.
• National Express gives ‘Tastes of Normal’They have been given a baffling range of flavours inspired by favourite dishes associated with British locations, including fish and chips, pork pie, Cornish pasty, Wensleydale cheese, Eccles cake and curry.

Route One (Bus and Coach)

• Phil Smith appointed as CPT Coaching ManagerExperienced industry hand Phil Smith has been appointed Coaching Manager by the Confederation of Passenger Transport (CPT).
• Zenobe to work with McGill’s on electrification projectZenobe Energy will work with McGill’s Buses to project manage the installation of electrification infrastructure at three of the operator’s depots and to provide the power required by the 68 battery-electric buses that McGill’s has on order.
• Megabus and Yellow Buses in scheduled service tie-upBournemouth operator Yellow Buses is collaborating with Megabus to provide a new service between Poole, Bournemouth and London via Heathrow Airport. It will begin on 21 May and will see Megabus-owned coaches being driven by Yellow Buses staff.
• Coach friendly policies ‘essential’ to tourism restart, says CPTCoach friendly policies are essential for restarting domestic tourism, the Confederation of Passenger Transport (CPT) has told a government-commissioned independent review of Destination Management Organisations (DMOs).
• Stagecoach Manchester celebrates 25 years with special liveryStagecoach Manchester is celebrating 25 years of service to the wider conurbation with a bus that has received a commemorative livery featuring 30 of the operator’s longest serving members of staff.