News

• Carbon Disclosure Project gives Go-Ahead new, high score in global league table for progress on sustainability and environmental measures 
• Carbon emissions across the bus and train operator are down by 22 per cent per vehicle mile over the past two years.
• Go-Ahead also becomes the latest company awarded the London Stock Exchange’s new ‘Green Economy’ Accreditation.

• Go-Ahead’s provision of onboard WiFi has been certified for safety and family-friendly content
• The Wifi Friendly scheme was launched by David Cameron, in partnership with The UK Council for Child Internet Safety
• Free WiFi is available onboard Go-Ahead buses and trains across the country

• Go-Ahead will keep families and friends connected over Christmas with a comprehensive festive bus timetable.
• Vital services will continue throughout festive break, with buses travelling to key sites including Heathrow, Gatwick and local hospitals across the UK
• The Isle of Wight’s Southern Vectis will run buses on five routes on Christmas Day

• UK-first pilot scheme sees defibrillators fitted to Plymouth commuter services
• Ground-breaking partnership with Hearts Together will train drivers and provide instructions for passengers
•  Defibrillators raise cardiac arrest survival rates from 6% to 74%

• London’s largest bus operator comes out on top against projects from Chile and Sweden
• Landmark site in Lambeth was the UK’s first all-electric bus garage
• The introduction of Go-Ahead London’s electric buses has prevented the emission of 2,500 tonnes of CO2

• Go-Ahead’s bus companies are promoting initiatives to stop the stigma around mental health for Mental Health Awareness Week
• Go-Ahead is seeking to highlight the role of buses in tackling loneliness and poor mental health
• The company is encouraging its bus colleagues to focus on wellbeing across the UK​​​​
• The chatty bus campaign, first launched in January, was welcomed by the then minister for loneliness, Mims Davies

• Next generation electric buses will operate in a zero-emission mode when in Brighton’s Ultra Low Emissions Zone, using geofencing technology[1]
• Buses run on battery power and have a fully electric drive train, recharged by Euro 6 diesel generator when outside the Zone
• These extended range buses will run on one of Go-Ahead’s most popular routes in Brighton, served by up to 24 buses every hour
• Brighton & Hove Buses has the highest number of bus journeys per head [2]outside of London at 67.5 million journeys last year

LONDON – The Go-Ahead Group today launches a campaign to encourage more women to apply for jobs in the bus industry – including driving buses, maintaining vehicles and managing depots.

OXFORD, 25 JUNE – The UK’s largest demand-responsive bus service^[i], today celebrates its first anniversary in Oxford.