News

• Promotional ticket sales reach £20 million since scheme began in January
• Passenger numbers up by 130% on one Carousel Buses route
• Go-Ahead launches a prize competition to encourage more passengers onto buses
• National low fares scheme has been extended until the end of June

• Female-focused recruitment campaigns yield hundreds of applicants
• Award-winning apprenticeship scheme enhances diversity
• Higher pay rates and attractive sign-on packages enhance appeal of driving jobs
• One in eight bus drivers across Go-Ahead’s network are women

When Martine Patey, Go-Ahead Group's Brighton and Hove bus driver set off to Eastbourne for her first ever Rail Replacement bus duty on Sunday morning, she wasn’t sure what the day would hold. One thing’s for sure, she didn’t think she’d be wrangling a sheep on the A27.

• Buses to be part of a 159-strong zero emission fleet on Oxford’s streets from late 2023
• Go-Ahead’s largest electric bus order to date accelerates the group’s green transition
• Environmental impact will be equivalent to taking 6,000 cars off the road
• Co-funded by Go-Ahead, Oxfordshire County Council and the Department for Transport

• National low fares scheme proves popular across Go-Ahead’s bus networks
• Promotional ticket sales reach £4 million in first three weeks of January
• Scheme allows Go-Ahead’s local operators to add new routes and services

• Target includes 700 trainee London bus drivers and 220 rail apprentices
• Go-Ahead’s apprentices increase ethnic diversity of workforce
• Recruits of all ages wanted: Go-Ahead’s apprentices range from 16 to 65

• Go-Ahead’s Go North West selected in first two major contracts awarded under Greater Manchester’s new franchising system
• Contracts in Bolton and Wigan comprise 55 routes served by a fleet of 308 buses, worth up to £400 million in revenue over seven years
• Buses will be branded yellow as part of Greater Manchester’s new Bee Network

• Buses in Sydney’s South and South-West will be operated by a newly created joint venture, U-Go Mobility
• Contract commences in July 2023 for a term of approximately seven years, delivering over 500,000 passenger journeys daily
• Go-Ahead is a UK and international bus operator, while UGL brings extensive, proven expertise of public transport infrastructure, operations and maintenance within the Australasian public transport market

• From 1st January to 31^st March, Go-Ahead’s UK bus operating companies will offer adult bus fares capped at £2 per single journey.
• The Government is providing up to £60 million for bus operators outside London to help people with cost of living.
• How far can our £2 fare take you? On our longer routes, a single ticket on a Go-Ahead bus can take you 40 miles or even further

• Munich-based network expands Go-Ahead’s footprint in Germany
• New destinations for Go-Ahead trains include Einstein’s birthplace and Legoland Germany
• Go-Ahead Germany employs 1,000 people, runs a fleet of 144 trains and operates 20 million rail kilometres annually
• International growth is at the core of Go-Ahead’s Next Billion Journeys strategy

• A majority (55%) of people are likely to travel by bus more often if buses are powered by zero-emission electric or hydrogen batteries
• Only a quarter of the public think bus travel in general is ‘green’. But eight out of ten view zero emission buses as ‘green’.
• Younger people are particularly likely to be swayed in their travel habits by a switch towards low emission technology
• Independent research carried out for Go-Ahead Group’s new Zero Emission Centre of Excellence