Are you a ‘bus person’?
Behold! Something very, very strange is happening in cyberspace. Finally, roughly ten years after the rest of the world discovered the joys to be had from emoji and selfies, it appears that a number of bus companies have finally started to plough some financial resource into digital content creation. Sadly though, throwing money at social for the […]
A train of many colours – the 10 best UK rail liveries (since privatisation)
Back in the days of British Rail, our rail network was shaped by one identity – albeit a well crafted, well thought out and well developed one – but still, just largely one identity. Throughout the 60s and 70s, rationalising design and standardising looks was the name of the game – and even though BR […]
10 UK bus liveries we really, really love
If you saw our recent blog post ‘10 UK bus liveries we really, really miss’, you’re probably also aware of the tidal wave of ‘Hey, what about London and Country?!’ comments it generated. Part 2, however, is for another day – today, we’re focussing on the present. This was an incredibly difficult ‘top 10’ to […]
10 UK bus liveries we really, really miss
The UK bus scene in 2016 is the most colourful you’ll find anywhere in the world. There are some truly stunning liveries to be found adorning vehicles in and around the country’s towns and cities at the moment, but what about those which are no longer with us? Whether the operator simply went through a […]
Manchester gets MMCs
Stagecoach Manchester has taken delivery of 29 new ADL Enviro400 MMCs. Numbered 10401-29, the vehicles are the first Enviro400 MMCs for the group, and are all allocated to Manchester’s Sharston depot. The Enviro400 MMC (short for Major Model Change) is the second generation of the popular Alexander Dennis double decker. Available in integral form as […]
Stagecoach goes (Norfolk) Green
Stagecoach Group today announced the acquisition of the operations of bus operator Norfolk Green. The company, which operates a fleet of around 70 buses across Norfolk, Cambridgeshire and Lincolnshire and was last month named Independent Bus Operator of the Year, employs around 160 people. In a press release, Robert Montgomery, Managing Director of Stagecoach UK Bus, […]
Stagecoach invests £13.5m in green buses
Stagecoach has announced today a £13.5m investment in green vehicles for it’s fleets in Manchester and London. In a press release, the group announced the order of 38 further ADL Enviro 400 hybrid electric double deckers for Manchester, and 17 biomethane gas buses for Sunderland. The order takes the total number of hybrid electrics in […]
Stagecoach’s ‘onesie’ way ticket to London
Stagecoach has announced that it is to launch ‘Megabus Gold’, its latest concept in sleeper services from London to Scotland. Following successful trials with Megabus Sleepers which we featured on the blog a while back, Stagecoach has invested in a fleet of brand new 42-berth Van Hool double deckers to go full-time with the service. Initial […]
In pictures: Margaret Thatcher’s transport legacy
The Right Honourable Baroness Thatcher passed away today, aged 87. We take a second to remember her transport legacy. Many in the transport (and related) industries will recount that there are two words almost synonymous with Thatcher’s time in office: privatisation and deregulation. It’s fair to say that Thatcher irreversibly changed the face of the transport industry […]
Turning over a new leaf: UK electric hybrids
We all love a good marketing campaign. Ever since ‘low floor’ became old hat, UK operators had been left wondering what the next big thing in bus branding would be. And now, it appears that they’ve found it. Electric hybrids tick all the boxes – they’re the latest in modern technology, good for the […]