(IN BRIEF) Stagecoach hosted a high-level roundtable at its Nuneaton depot bringing together policymakers, transport operators, and energy experts to examine how the UK can accelerate the transition to zero-emission buses through joined-up decision-making. Convened with Campaign for Better Transport, … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Industrial, Marketing, News, Technology, Transportation & Logistics, Travel, United Kingdom
Tagged bus industry electrification, Campaign for Better Transport, Clean Air, Department for Transport, depot electrification, electric bus depots, electric vehicle infrastructure, grid capacity, joined up policy, national grid, net zero transport, Nuneaton depot, public transport, Stagecoach, Transport Decarbonisation, Zero-Emission Buses
(IN BRIEF) Chiltern Railways, part of Arriva Group, has obtained DfT approval to lease 13 new train sets from Beacon Trains under a 10-year contract. These units—scheduled to enter service from 2026—will replace older rolling stock on routes linking London, … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Industrial, Investment, News, Technology, Transportation & Logistics, United Kingdom
Tagged 10-year lease, accessibility, Amanda Furlong, Arriva Group, Beacon Trains, Chiltern Railways, Class 68 locomotives, Department for Transport, electrification, HVO, hydrotreated vegetable oil, live information screens, London Buckinghamshire Oxfordshire West Midlands, Lord Hendy, low-emission trains, renewable fuel, rolling stock modernization, sustainability
(IN BRIEF) Stagecoach East Midlands has obtained an additional £6.1 million in ZEBRA 2 funding from the Government, supplementing an earlier pledge of £50.6 million to facilitate the rollout of over 120 electric vehicles by 2027. With this boost, nearly … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Environment, Financial, Government, Industrial, Investment, Management, News, Technology, Transportation & Logistics, Travel, United Kingdom
Tagged 120 electric vehicles, 2027, 25 local authorities, 319 new buses, 522 fleet, 955 zero-emission buses, carbon footprint, Department for Transport, electric vehicles, green transport, Hull, Local Transport Minister Simon Lightwood, Mansfield, Matthew Cranwell, partnership, public transport, Stagecoach East Midlands, sustainability, ZEBRA 2 funding, Zero Emission Bus Regional Areas, Zero-emission future, £143m, £50.6m investment, £6.1m
Proposals targeting 15% capacity increase by 2019 Work starts to procure more than 135 extra carriages for suburban routes Infrastructure investment to help drive reliability improvements 19-8-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Plans are being developed to deliver a transformational capacity increase on … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Business, Transportation & Logistics, Travel, United Kingdom
Tagged Department for Transport, London Waterloo, Patrick McLoughlin, rail investment strategy, rail networks, rail travel, South West Trains-Network Rail Alliance, Tim Shoveller, trains, Waterloo International Terminal
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