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Friday, 19 November 2021

Coach and Bus Week

• Stagecoach and SSE announce pilot electric charging hub initiativePartnership looks to allow non-bus fleets to take advantage of depot charging infrastructure whilst its buses are out in service
• Government releases latest bus statisticsLocal bus statistics for Great Britain, including passenger numbers, mileage and vehicle fleet data for the year ending March 2021 have been released by the Department for Transport.
• Cardiff Bus’ road to a greener future starts as COP26 endsThe first of Cardiff Bus’ 36 electric buses has arrived in the Welsh capital, marking the start of the next phase in the operator’s project to provide a step-change in the city’s bus network. Works have been underway in recent weeks with new charging infrastructure installed at the company’s Sloper Road depot in preparation for the arrival of the 36 Yutong E12 zero-emission buses.
• Changing chargingOne of the many events taking place around Glasgow alongside the COP26 climate conference, First Bus hosted an exhibition on the conference’s Transport Day on 10 November to showcase the projects it is involved in to help reach Scotland’s net zero targets. The exhibition was held in association with Transport Scotland, Octopus Energy, Heliox and, COP26 Principal Mobility Partner, Hitachi.
• Stagecoach celebrates 100 years of buses in SwindonSwindon depot opened its doors to the public on Saturday 6 November. Richard Sharman attended the event which was aimed at both families and enthusiasts

Route One (Bus and Coach)

• Mellor shares more info on all-new electric bus range, named SigmaMellor has dropped new information on its upcoming all-electric single-deck bus range, which it has revealed will be called Sigma.
• Team Pennine recruitment drive targets regular motoristsNorth West Yorkshire Transdev subsidiary Team Pennine is launching a recruitment drive – literally – by inviting motorists to try taking the wheel of a bus.
• National Express, Stagecoach merger talks extended to DecemberNational Express has been given a new deadline of 14 December to make a firm offer for a takeover of Stagecoach, routeone understands.
• UrbanThings Bus Back Better webinar to unite industry stakeholdersUrbanThings, in partnership with Landor LINKS, is to host a free webinar on Friday 26 November discussing how stakeholders can unite to deliver the government’s Bus Back Better ambitions.
• Plans for Leicester Clean Air Zone scrapped after air quality improvesProposals for a Clean Air Zone (CAZ) in Leicester affecting buses and taxis have been scrapped, after the Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) told Leicester City Council that such a scheme was no longer necessary.
• Van Hool debuts world’s first battery-electric double-deck coachBelgian manufacturer Van Hool has debuted the world’s first fully battery-electric double-deck coach, the TDX25E, for the US market.
• ‘All bus passengers in England should benefit from BSIPs’For bus operators and councils throughout England, last month’s Spending Review was a great example of what behavioural economists call ‘anchoring’. Anchoring is the trait by which we tend to hold on to the first piece of information we hear on a subject and evaluate the eventual outcome against that initial anchor.