News

• New leadership at Go-Ahead Singapore, effective this month
• Andy Thompson to return to the UK to take up a new role at The Go-Ahead Group
• Go-Ahead Singapore operates 440 buses and employs more than 1,000 people

• More than 600 Go-Ahead colleagues involved in overnight launch of Manchester's first franchised buses
• Go North West takes over depots in Bolton and Wigan
• Manchester's mayor, Andy Burnham, on hand to see the first buses off shortly after 5am

• Go-Ahead bus drivers travel from across the UK to support launch
• 102 new buses form part of Bee Network fleet in Bolton and Wigan
• Bee Network buses will begin carrying passengers at 5am on Sunday

• Yellow Bee Network buses will roll out of depots in Bolton and Wigan on Sunday morning
• Customers to benefit from safe, secure, comfortable zero-emission buses
• Go North West welcomes colleagues from 6 incumbent bus brands, plus drivers new to the industry
• Over 1,000 colleagues are ready to operate 320 buses on 50 routes

• Leadership transition at Britain’s biggest rail company with effect from the end of November
• Angie Doll steps up from Chief Operating Officer to become Chief Executive Officer
• After five years at GTR, Patrick Verwer moves to The Go-Ahead Group as Rail CEO

Two scenic bus routes operated by The Go-Ahead Group are competing this weekend for the coveted title of Britain’s favourite open top bus tour.

• Former HGV driver is first to complete training under scheme to recruit Ukrainian refugees as bus drivers
• Initiative to hire Ukrainians has been developed in partnership with the Department for Work and Pensions

• Buses on demand launched this week for locals and visitors in the North Wessex Downs
• All trips priced at £2-a-ride under UK Government bus fares price cap
• Wiltshire Connect is Go-Ahead’s fourth demand-responsive rural bus service in England

• Work begins on installing 104 electric charging points at Go-Ahead's Oxford Bus Company depot in Cowley
• The facility will be among the largest zero-emission bus charging hubs in Britain
• Electric buses in Oxford will take to the streets later this year co-funded by operators, the local authority and the Department for Transport

• Richard Harrington appointed Go-Ahead Group’s Engineering Director
• Chris McKeown promoted to Engineering Director at Go-Ahead London

• New MD will oversee 225 buses and 760 colleagues operating services in and around Dublin
• Dervla McKay replaces Andrew Edwards, who is moving to Go-Ahead London
• Go-Ahead Ireland depot is being expanded to increase capacity

• Transport operator ranked 5th on the list of the UK’s Top 100 Apprenticeship Employers 
• The group beats its previous ranking at 13, and secures its position as top apprenticeships employer in the UK transport industry 
• Go-Ahead is currently training 1,020 apprentices across bus operations, rail operations, and its head office functions