Image Credit: Scottish Citylink TransMach has started 2025 with the deployment of almost 200 contactless ticketing machines to Scottish Citylink, which represents the smart ticketing specialist’s biggest single customer order for its fixed and mobile ETMS. In a major upgrade to Scottish Citylink’s ticketing hardware, TransMach’s TM500… Read More
Following the successful launch of Nottingham City Transport’s (NCT) first electric buses in the Old Market Square last year, NCT is delighted to announce the introduction of its latest electric buses to the Green Line routes 5, 7, 8 and 9. Known for offering an unbeatable and frequent… Read More
Pictured: Bill Hiron Leadership change announcement Bill Hiron hands over Chair role to David Astill At the conclusion of the ALBUM Directors’ meeting on 29 January 2025, Bill Hiron formally stepped down as Chair of ALBUM after more than six years in the role. His tenure, which… Read More
Pictured (Left to right) are Regional Manager for Edinburgh and the Lothians at SQA, Theresa McGowan, newly-qualified bus drivers John Montgomery, Douglas Barnes and Andy Moffat, and Lothian’s Operations Director Willie Hamilton. Lothian – one of Edinburgh’s leading transport operators in Edinburgh and the Lothians – has become the… Read More
Cambridgeshire bus operator Whippet has marked the one-year anniversary of its Tap On, Tap Off ticketing rollout, having successfully introduced the Ticketer system to its network of buses back in January 2024. As the first operator in the county to adopt Tap On, Tap Off, Whippet has seen over… Read More
Photo: Colleagues from Lothian with VOCAL staff and service users at Lothian’s Central Depot with the VOCAL bus. Colleagues at Lothian Buses with caring responsibilities will have a new resource to support them thanks to the launch of a Carer’s Passport, marking the end of the two-year partnership between… Read More
Citybus, Hong Kong’s leading public transport operator, is embarking on the next stage of its journey with the implementation of Velociti Solutions end-to-end technology which will deliver more reliable and efficient bus services to its 1.2 million daily customers. Citybus is developing Hong Kong’s first purpose-built bus operations control… Read More
Picture: Credit – Reading Buses. Pictured Left to Right: Joanne Somner (RBC), Jo Warrior (RBC), Robert Williams (Reading Buses), Caroline Anscombe (Reading Buses), Mandy Howett (Reading Buses) Reading Buses announced a huge, and record-breaking, fundraising total to end their partnership with the Royal Berks Charity last week on… Read More
With nearly 1.5m passengers travelling on the Whippet bus network every year, things get left behind. Around 500 lost property items are found or handed in each year, including electronic devices like phones, laptops and tablets. While many are reunited with their owners, a surprising number of devices… Read More
Picture: Credit – Reading Buses. Pictured Left to Right: Cllr John Ennis (Reading Borough Council), Nicky Lloyd (RBNHSFT), Robert Williams (Reading Buses Chief Executive Officer), Matt Rodda MP (Reading Central), Simon Lightwood MP (Wakefield and Rothwell), Professor Robert Van de Noort (University of Reading), Laurence Jenkins (Reading Buses Finance… Read More