Transportinfo.org.uk - today's transport news in the uk, hand picked for you each morning

Friday, 10 December 2021

BBC News

• Bus operators sought for Greater Manchester franchise networkGreater Manchester's buses will be run in a London-style system, as part of the Bee Network.

Bolton News

• Bus franchising call issued by transport chiefs for BoltonA CALL has been issued for operators to run bus services in Bolton and neighbouring Wigan.

Liverpool Echo

• Clever logic behind every single Liverpool bus numberThere's a fascinating system that decides the number for every bus route

Manchester Evening News

• Greater Manchester's bus franchising takes big step forwardExpressions of interest are now wanted from operators interested in running services in Bolton and Wigan.

Coach and Bus Week

• Eclipse busway extension ready for businessHampshire County Council’s £11.6 million project to lengthen the Eclipse rapid transit busway in Gosport has been completed and opened for service on 5 December.
• CPT launches coach decarbonisation taskforceThe Confederation of Passenger Transport has created an industry-wide coach decarbonisation taskforce to start to create the roadmap which will help operators decarbonise their fleets. Under the chairmanship of Ian Luckett of Lucketts Travel Group and National Express, and reporting to CPT’s Coach Commission, the taskforce’s aim is to bring together operators, manufacturers and other industry experts. It will start by reviewing and evidencing the challenges the industry faces to decarbonising the country’s coach fleet, building on the conclusions from the recent CPT coach decarbonisation conference.

Route One (Bus and Coach)

• Wrightbus: Doubled production and 70% zero-emission in 2022Wrightbus will double its output to approximately 600 buses in 2022 and around 70% of them will be zero-emission, the Ballymena manufacturer has announced.
• NatEx UK Coach maintains five-star safety rating for eighth yearNational Express UK Coach has maintained its five-star rating from the British Safety Council for an eighth consecutive year.
• Enhanced Partnership importance for bus in England underlinedBus operators in England outside London must not underestimate the onus on them to collaborate with each other and local authorities (LAs) during Enhanced Partnership (EP) development as part of National Bus Strategy work. That was the message from the Department for Transport (DfT) at a recent Bus Strategy Forum meeting.

Other News Sources

• When It Comes to Buses, Will Hydrogen or Electric Win?Clean transport needs clean vehicles. New power developments are crucial for a mass transit revolution, and each has pros and cons.
• Minister unveils plan to make West Midlands public transport safer for women and girlsTRANSPORT minister Trudy Harrison MP visited the West Midlands to find out about work being done to make the public transport network safer for women and girls.