Stagecoach goes (Norfolk) Green

Stagecoach today announced the acquisition of Norfolk Green. Image credit: Gobbiner on Flickr.

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, […]

Three options for UK’s flying future

Heathrow t5. Image credit: .curt. on Flickr.

The UK’s Airports Commission has set out three possible options for expanding the UK’s airport capacity. In the December 2013 Interim Report, the Commission, led by Sir Howard Davies, explores the options and narrows it down to three: additional runways at Heathrow or Gatwick, or build an entirely new facility in Kent. The question of […]

Midland Mainline hits 125mph

The Midland Mainline has been upgraded to allow running at 125mph. EMT Meridian 222005. Image credit: Martyn-Ahoy on Flickr.

Trains on Britain’s Midland Mainline are now running at 125mph. As of last week, trains have been able to run at practically full pelt from London to a range of destinations in the North of England including Sheffield, Derby, Nottingham, East Midlands Parkway and Leicester. The higher line speeds should result in faster journey times […]

Free downloads: bus industry buzz words of 2013

Transportdesigned's bus industry buzz words of 2013, word-cloud style. Version 5. It's a free download, and you're free to use as you wish, although we always appreciate some attribution!

At transportdesigned, we love a freebie. Who doesn’t? As the festive season is fast approaching, we’ve created a set of bus industry buzz-word clouds for you to download and use as you see fit. The clouds summarise some of the key issues which have affected the industry throughout 2013, and are likely to continue into […]

Transport on Trend: free wifi

Stagecoach has introduced free wifi across many of its brands and services. A large orange sticker proudly displayed on the front of Gold 15838 tells customers all about it in Oxford. Image credit: NX4737 on Flickr.

‘Free wifi’ became the buzzword (or rather, phrase) of public transport bodies across the globe during 2013. With one transport group trialling free wifi on rail services out of London Paddington and equipping its entire 800-strong bus fleet in Manchester with wifi by 2014 (at a cost of £1million), it’s clear that operators believe that the internet truly has […]

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