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Administrator and Membership Manager for UK Coach Operators Association since June 2024 View all posts by Margaret
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A316 Monday 21 October until mid-2025
A316 London Road roundabout From Monday 21 October until mid-2025, there will be a series of lane restrictions on the A316 at the London Road roundabout and on all approaches. This is so we can complete highway improvement works. If you are using the A316, plan ahead, allow more time for your journey and check … Continue reading “A316 Monday 21 October until mid-2025”
Driver Certificate of Professional Competence (CPC) reforms – came into effect Tuesday 3rd December 2024
Reforms to Driver Certificate of Professional Competence (CPC) have come into effect today (Tuesday 3 December). Changes include: • introducing a National Driver CPC that will cover driving a lorry, bus or coach in the UK • allowing training courses to be done in blocks of 3.5 hours, rather than the previous 7 hours, to … Continue reading “Driver Certificate of Professional Competence (CPC) reforms – came into effect Tuesday 3rd December 2024”
IMPORTANT – DfT Issue Update to Smart Tachograph and Driver Hours Regulations for International Journeys
The Department for Transport have yesterday issued an important update to the upcoming requirements for Smart Tachograph 2 installation and driver’s hours records for PSV’s when conducting journeys into the EU. From 31 December 2024, new requirements will come into effect for some commercial international transport journeys involving PSV’s with more than 10 seats. These … Continue reading “IMPORTANT – DfT Issue Update to Smart Tachograph and Driver Hours Regulations for International Journeys”
Cheers to all this Christmas
The UK Coach Operators Association team would like to take this opportunity to wish all our members, partners, and friends in the industry a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. We also extend our heartfelt thanks to everyone who has supported the UKCOA this year. We are truly grateful to be part of … Continue reading “Cheers to all this Christmas”
Upper Woburn Place & Euston Road NW1 18 November to 20 December 2024
For information: 18 November to 20 December 2024 Contractor’s working on behalf of TFL will be carrying out a programme of drainage works on Upper Woburn Place and Euston Road. These works will be carried out under Temporary Traffic Signals (UTC Controlled ) at the Junction of Euston Road and Upper Woburn Place and then … Continue reading “Upper Woburn Place & Euston Road NW1 18 November to 20 December 2024”
AIR Rail Replacement Exemption Regulations Published
Dear Members, We have received formal confirmation today from the Department for Transport (DfT) that the regulations regarding exemptions from the Accessible Information requirements for rail replacement services have now been published. You can access the details via the following link: Exemption for Rail Replacement Coach Services A total of 546 operators have been granted … Continue reading “AIR Rail Replacement Exemption Regulations Published”