Arriva UK bus sells West Yorkshire operator to Transdev Blazefield This Summer, there will be a change of ownership for Yorkshire Tiger. It was announced today [Thursday 15 April 2021] that Arriva UK Bus have decided to sell their Yorkshire Tiger operation to Transdev Blazefield. The sale includes its two depots in Elland and Waterloo […]
Read More Transdev Takes Over Yorkshire TigerIs the future orange and white or pink with yellow spots? Unless we know different by the end of May, we shall be bracing ourselves for a new era of franchised bus operations by 2025. There will be endless chat on social media and blogs as to what bus routes will change, the fares, the […]
Read More What Colour for Greater Manchester’s BusesMayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham goes for Bus Franchising Scheme Nearly four years after he was elected as Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham stuck to his pledge to reform Greater Manchester’s buses. Following a second consultation, he made his announcement at 1440 beside Stand E of Ashton-under-Lyne Interchange. The Free Trade Experiment with […]
Read More Franchised Buses Get The Green LightDetails of Christmas and New Year’s Day bus services in Tameside and surrounding area for 2020 – 2021 Due to that COVID-19 thingy, we have left this year’s digest a bit later than usual on East of the M60. This was to allow for any recent changes to the Tier system and to discourage non-essential […]
Read More Tameside’s Christmas and New Year Bus Service Updates (2020)East of the M60‘s exclusive infographic on how bus franchising could take shape in Greater Manchester At this time of writing, we only have four days left of 2019. For the people of Greater Manchester, there is less than a fortnight to go till we hit the deadline for GMCA’s Bus Franchising Consultation. Outside London, […]
Read More Greater Manchester Bus Franchising: The InfographicDetails of Christmas and New Year’s Day bus services in Tameside and surrounding area for 2019 – 2020 With only days to go till Christmas Day, it is that time again on East of the M60. It is our look at what we are about to receive bus-wise over the yuletide period.
Read More Tameside’s Christmas and New Year Bus Service Updates (2019)David Reeves sells Staffordshire and Cheshire based operator to Julian Peddle’s company In the space of 21 years, D&G has grown from being a small independent company to a significant player in the Cheshire and Staffordshire bus scene. Yesterday, its Managing Director and major shareholder agreed to sell his shares to Julian Peddle’s Centrebus Group, […]
Read More D&G Bus Sold to CentrebusFirst/Diamond/Go North West ticketing agreement ends in New Year For Greater Mancunian bus, train, and tram passengers, there is nothing peculiar about the 02 January 2020. As it is the first working day of 2020, it is at that point of the year when our bus, train and tram fares go up.
Read More North Manchester Bus Fare Changes: Why Three is a Tragic NumberEast of the M60 looks at how Greater Manchester’s buses will be franchised On the 14 October (this coming Monday), the people of Greater Manchester will be able to take back control of their local bus network. From this day forward, Transport for Greater Manchester and the Office of the Mayor of Greater Manchester (using […]
Read More Publicly Controlled Buses: A 2020 Vision of Greater Manchester’s Franchised Bus NetworkBus franchising consultation to begin in October Next month, the people of Greater Manchester will be involved in a far-reaching consultation to transform the city region’s bus routes.
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