News

• Apprenticeship applications double in rail and jump by a third in bus as transport attracts Coronavirus career switchers
• Despite the challenges of 2020, Go-Ahead has continued to invest in its workforce for the future
• Recruits include a former airline pilot, a member of the French Foreign legion, a prison van driver and a guitar instructor

• Normal services across most routes on Christmas Eve
• Saturday or Sunday services on Boxing Day, New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day
• Special services serving hospitals and airports on Christmas Day

The Go-Ahead Group plc today announces its trading update for the period from 28 June 2020 to 2 December 2020. The next scheduled update is the Group’s half year results for the six months ending 2 January 2021 which will be announced on 11 March 2021.

• Go-Ahead cements its position as the UK’s largest operator of electric buses with new ‘clean, green’ fleet across the North East
• Government’s Ultra-Low Emission Fund helps to fund £2 million move, which takes electric buses to Newcastle and Gateshead​​​​​​
• The move helps Go-Ahead accelerate towards target of operating a ‘net zero’ bus fleet by 2035
•  Transport Secretary Grant Shapps hails move as example of industry “actively supporting” Government’s ambitions to end the UK’s contribution to climate change

• Bus and rail services play a critical role in keeping communities connected 
• Go-Ahead is supporting local small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to remain viable and to grow during the pandemic and in the longer-term
• Go-Ahead’s bus and rail companies have delivered £5 million worth of community investment through volunteering, donations and fundraising in the past five years

Results slightly above our revised guidance, with overall financial performance significantly impacted by COVID-19 in regional bus and losses in German rail

The Department for Transport (DfT) has announced that GTR’s Emergency Measures Agreement (EMA), which ended on 20 September 2020, has been replaced by an Emergency Recovery Measures Agreement (ERMA).

The Go-Ahead Group today announces that the Land Transport Authority (LTA) of Singapore has granted a two-year contract extension to Go-Ahead Singapore to continue operating around 450 buses in the Loyang region of the island.

Go-Ahead today welcomes the announcement from the Department for Transport (DfT) regarding extended funding of bus services in England, to be provided by the UK Government. 

• Go-Ahead bus company East Yorkshire is launching a demand-responsive bus service in North Lincolnshire next month
• The scheme, called ‘JustGo North Lincs’ is funded by North Lincolnshire Council, providing a sustainable financial model for demand-responsive transport
• Passengers in the region can book a bus on demand through a few taps of an app

• Go-Ahead’s Billion Journey Project is the UK’s largest transport accelerator programme for start-up and scale-up businesses
• Swiftly worked with bus company Go South Coast to improve efficiencies by 15 per cent to enable more reliable and quicker journeys
• Nine innovative companies trialed their technology across Go-Ahead’s bus and rail businesses

• Go-Ahead has developed a unique predictive technology tool to help customers plan the best time to travel on bus services
• ‘When to Travel’ offers dynamic, colour coded bus timetables that show seat availability on services, giving customers who need to travel the confidence to plan bus journeys
•  The app and website feature, launching today, helps passengers avoid busy times whilst capacity is reduced to enable social distancing