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Transport for London Director of Buses, Lorna Murphy. and Dawsongroup Bus and Coach Managing Director Paul Sainthouse unveiled the plaque celebrating Jill Viner, London's first woman bus driver

Under-Secretary of State for Transport Simon Lightwood will be the keynote speaker at the Confederation of Passenger Transport (CPT) Conference on 23 January 2025, the trade body has announced.

Bus Users UK has reacted after the government confirmed it does not have plans to put in place a reciprocal concessionary agreement between England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland to allow free travel for pensioners across the UK.

The battle to reinstate coach parking in Matlock Bath saw partial victory on 9 December when Derbyshire Dales District Council (DDDC) agreed to limit the Station Road facility’s use as a temporary traveller site to four months of the year.

Stagecoach East Scotland’s AB1 service from Edinburgh Park to Ferrytoll, which was the UK’s first full-size autonomous bus service, will come to an end due to low passenger numbers on 14 February 2025, the operator has announced.

UK coach operators travelling to and from the EU will not be subject to the forthcoming new EU obligation to carry 56 days of tachograph data, the Department for Transport (DfT) has clarified.

Legislation aimed at giving local leaders more control over services has been laid out in the shape of the Bus Services Bill, which was introduced today.

New legislation designed to give local leaders greater control over bus services has been formally laid out in the shape of the Bus Services Bill, which was introduced in the House of Lords today.

Go-Ahead has named Isobel Hedley-Jones as Head of Fastrack Operations, beginning 1 January 2025.

Horseman Coaches of Reading has become the first acquisition by newly formed The Coach Travel Group.