Latest United Kingdom News
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Prime Minister Launches £3 Billion Bus Strategy for England
Bus Back Better: bus strategy to see passengers across England benefiting from more frequent, reliable and cheaper bus services.
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Passenger Announces Five-Year Partnership with the Go-Ahead Group
Passenger will be delivering 15 apps and six websites for Go-Ahead Group’s UK bus operations as part of a new five-year contract.
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Stagecoach Partners with AI Platform Optibus
Stagecoach has announced a major technological partnership with Optibus that will help plan the bus networks of the future.
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Synectics Security Launches MirrorEye into UK Market
Synectics Security has been approved to fit Alexander Dennis' Enviro buses with Stoneridge-Orlaco’s MirrorEye® Camera Monitor System.
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Ricardo to Explore the Use of Flexible Clean Air Zones
Ricardo will to enhance transport location data for hybrid electric vehicles to intelligently modify how they operate within clean air zones…
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BYD Gears-up for Bus2Grid ‘Switch-on’
BYD has revealed that plans are well advanced ahead of the switching-on of the world’s first high power discharge Bus2Grid project.
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Further Funding for Scottish Ultra Low Emission Bus Scheme
The Scottish Government has announced that an additional £25 million is being made available through the Ultra Low Emission Bus Scheme.
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Stagecoach Rolls Out New Bridge Alert Technology
Stagecoach has announced that it will be the first bus operator in the UK to invest in a national roll-out of new bridge alert technology.
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London’s Buses Now Meet ULEZ Standards across the Entire City
The main bus network now exclusively uses Euro VI or cleaner buses, the same emissions standard as London's Ultra Low Emission Zone.
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Go-Ahead Tops UK Transport Industry in Cutting Carbon Emissions
The Go-Ahead Group received an a “A-” grading from international expert group the CDP – the highest score of any UK transport operator.
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Coventry and Oxford Set to Be UK’s First All-Electric Bus Cities
Coventry and Oxford are developing proposals to become the first parts of the UK to run all-electric bus services.
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Moovit Joins Forces with UK Department for Transport
The Department for Transport is working with Moovit, accessing and using the Bus Open Data Service, to help riders better plan their journey…
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The RHA Launches A New Membership For Coach Operators
The Road Haulage Association will use over 76 years of expertise and knowledge to introduce a membership designed to support coach operators…
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Sargeants Brothers Upgrades Fleet to Ticketer Contactless Technology
Sargeants Brothers has introduced contactless payment technology, using Ticketer Electronic Ticket Machines (ETMs) across the whole fleet.
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Transport for the North Launches New Open Data Tool
Transport for the North has announced the launch of ‘Create Fares Data Service’ to help bus operators to publish fares online and in apps.
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Siemens Powers Zero-Emission Double Decker Buses in London
Siemens Smart Infrastructure provided the charging infrastructure for 37 new fully-electric double decker buses in London.
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Greater Manchester Reaches Next Step in Bus Reform Journey
GMCA will be asked to give the go-ahead to a consultation on the impacts of COVID-19 on the bus market and its proposed franchising scheme. …
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£500 Million for Scotland's Bus Priority Infrastructure
The Bus Partnership Fund will tackle the impact of congestion on bus services so that bus journeys are quicker and more reliable in Scotland…
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Hydrogen Buses Coming to Birmingham Next Spring
The buses - which are made by Wrightbus - are the world's first zero-emission hydrogen fuel-cell double deckers.
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Wifi SPARK Team Aces the Latest Audit of Their ISO 27001 Certification
ISO 27001 is an internationally recognised accreditation that lays down rigorous standards for information security.
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No More Shared Magazines and Newspapers? No Problem!
SPARK® Media: Print is a service that allows people to access magazines and newspapers in digital format on their own smartphone or tablet.
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Nomad Digital Names New Managing Director
Xavier Champaud will be appointed as Managing Director of Nomad Digital. Intelligent Transport. Digital Solutions for Bus.
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Pailton Engineering Supports Electrification of London Transport
Pailton has designed and manufactured components for British manufacturer Optare, enabling 37 new electric double-decker buses for London.
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Brigade Electronics Wins Queen's Award for Enterprise
Here at Brigade, it’s our mission to save lives by developing and marketing vehicle and mobile machinery safety solutions.