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Friday, 24 June 2022

Newcastle Evening Chronicle

• Northumberland bus route named one of the country's most scenicThe AD122, which connects several sites along Hadrian's Wall from April to October, was named among operator Go Ahead's most scenic UK bus routes

Coach and Bus Week

• New South of England home for Alexander Dennis as Trident House facility opens in FarnboroughThe refreshed Alexander Dennis, Plaxton and AD24 logos will be rolled out gradually over the coming months, replacing the existing identity that had been in place since Alexander Dennis was established in 2004

Route One (Bus and Coach)

• Scheduled coach networks see demand boosted by rail strikesScheduled coach service providers reported an uptick in demand in the run up to the first in a series of rail strikes being held on 21 June, with additional departures put in place on some routes.
• Scotland extends Network Support Grant Plus to OctoberThe Scottish Government has extended its Network Support Grant Plus (NSG+) mechanism to support the recovery of bus services to 9 October. While the move has been welcomed by the industry, concern has been raised that “difficult decisions” on service provision will continue to be unavoidable when NSG+ payments cease.
• Wrightbus onsite recruitment office to help expand workforceWrightbus has established an onsite recruitment office to coincide with the expansion of its workforce.
• Stagecoach: ‘More to be done’ to bring women into engineeringMore needs to be done to attract female engineers into the bus industry, Stagecoach has said as it celebrates those already within its business on International Women in Engineering Day.