Issue 303 of Passenger Transport is published on December 15. Contents include: LEAD STORY Christmas cheer!London’s buoyant retail and hospitality sectors has spurred public transport recovery in the capital. Outside of London, bus groups reveal ‘very encouraging’ year-on-year passenger growth of 5-10% NEWS RATP Dev writes off London bus businessFrench transport group makes move as losses mount at struggling…
The UK Bus Awards 2023 presentation ceremony took place in London in November, and you can read all about the Gold, Silver and Bronze winners in this official Souvenir Brochure. Click on the image below to view The Big Book of Big Winners 2023. If you are viewing the site on a tablet or mobile device, tap here to view.…
Open access operator plans Edinburgh-Cardiff service GUT’s Cardiff to Edinburgh services could use Class 222s Grand Union Trains is seeking access rights to run the first open access passenger services which would exclude London. It says its proposed services between Cardiff and Edinburgh via Birmingham would provide a much-needed uplift in capacity and cheaper fares. All current open access…
London’s buoyant retail and hospitality sectors has spurred public transport recovery in the capital. Outside of London, bus groups reveal ‘very encouraging’ year-on-year passenger growth of 5-10% Bus use is up by 8% in London The festive period has brought encouraging signs of continued recovery in public transport passenger volumes. Transport for London in particular is continuing to bounce…
First Bus has set the groundwork to enter 2024 with strong momentum, and continued investment Janette Bell: ‘We’re on a mission to get more people to use the bus’ By Janette Bell At First Bus, we’re on a mission to get more people to use the bus – so unsurprisingly this has been the driving force across the business throughout…
For almost 25 years Anthony Smith has represented transport users. He’s about to move on and leaves behind a strong legacy Anthony Smith received the ‘Lifetime Contribution to Transport’ award at this year’s National Transport Awards The internet was just a novelty, text messaging was starting to replace pagers, compact disc players were in their pomp, Connex ran…
Capital investment in transport across English cities is welcome, but we must not forget London. Its success must be maintained 50 year old Bakerloo line trains being maintained I am writing this column after our work Christmas party, which was held in Manchester. Unfortunately, the Urban Transport Group team didn’t get invited to the Chanel Metiers d’Art that…
The Surface Transportation Board (STB) has authorized construction and operation of a modified alignment of the high-speed passenger rail project proposed by private-sector firm Brightline West, subject to environmental mitigation measures. Brightline West says its planned 218-mile passenger rail service will run from Las Vegas to Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., with 96% of its alignment within the median of the I-15…
We have noticed a plethora of different analyses and realisations of the impacts of the recently-announced HS2 Phase 2 cancellation. Initially, there was a new article about it almost every day. Lately, it has slowed to every week or two. So, on top of our own analysis, we add a summary of these other predicted impacts. In brief, the government’s…
… Politics and Transport Some of fbbs readers may remember the positive vibes that accompanied privatisation and deregulation proposals back in the early 1980s. Bus Companies would be free to run what the people wanted, their buses going where the people wanted and at a cheap fares held low because of competition. In rural areas local operators would be free…