Head of Partnerships and Growth Salary up to £110,555 Based Liverpool, full-time with hybrid working The Liverpool City Region is world-famous for its history, culture and creativity. A place of firsts, it is the birthplace of modern railways, public health and international trade. Now, our economy is being transformed once again, changing the world through world-leading innovation in health…
Engineering Manager Location: Cowley House, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX4 6GA Apply by: 00:00, Fri 30th Aug The Oxford Bus Group is looking to appoint a new Engineering Manager to the business, responsible for managing all engineering activities across Oxford Bus Company and Thames Travel. Oxford Bus Company and Thames Travel has a combined workforce of almost 700 employees and operates…
How would you feel if your son or daughter was recruited as a ‘rising star’, but not supported and unceremoniously cast aside? Last week there have been some lovely pictures on LinkedIn of proud parents at their offspring’s graduation ceremonies. It’s been touching to see and also interesting to look at the physical resemblance of some of the…
Delivering ‘the biggest overhaul to transport in a generation’ won’t be easy without extra funding. Some creative thinking is required Transport secretary Louise Haigh and her team will have a financial and policy envelope within which they can operate with freedom. But will it be big enough to allow the really radical changes in transport? The new…
Technology is already shaping public transport networks – and there’s an appetite for more Passenger transport organisations are harnessing a range of technologies to track mobility patterns and tailor networks to meet demand in the most efficient way. However, not everyone is satisfied that the job is being done as well as it could be, and there is interest…
As buses minister Simon Lightwood suggests new government is looking at fare cap’s future, thoughts are turning to how the scheme could evolve England’s £2 fare cap outside London was launched in January 2023 Industry figures are speculating about the future of England’s £2 bus fare cap, which was introduced in January 2023 as a temporary measure to…
National Audit Office report warns that decision to axe northern leg of high speed line will result in trains having fewer seats than existing services Unlike existing Pendolino rolling stock, HS2 trains will be unable to tilt to take corners on the WCML at a higher speed Pressure is building on the government to revive plans to extend…
Issue 318 of Passenger Transport is published on July 26. Contents include: LEAD STORY NAO adds to pressure to find HS2 solution National Audit Office report warns that decision to axe northern leg of high speed line will result in trains having fewer seats than existing services NEWS King’s Speech opens door to nationalisation Passenger Railway Services…
If It Rains Don’t Take The Trains! The balloon went up and the rains … … came down! Pity the poor snivelling minions who had to hold the brollies over the bigwig speech makers; and look as if they were enjoying themselves! Apart from the comparative tedium of all those boats pumping pollutants into the atmosphere or, more likely, mixing…
But Not Completely Almost as soon as Arriva announced its withdrawal from High Wycombe, Carousel (A GoAhead company) was up front with its response that it would be taking over completely in High Wycombe. And it has just happened – nearly. Yesterday, the Carousel web site was showing the new timetables but there were no new maps available. This is…