Xplore Dundee Shares Its Vision for 2020
Xplore Dundee is confirming it will take delivery of nine more top spec Emerald double deckers next month, which should go into service in January 2020. They are the same standard of vehicles which arrived on Service 22 a year ago with Euro VI engines which are so clean they reduce emissions by 95% and […]
Xplore Dundee Offers Apprenticeship as Part of Charity Partnership
Xplore Dundee and the youth work charity Helm is celebrating a successful partnership, just months after joining forces. The bus operator’s offered an engineering apprenticeship to Mason Melville, following a period of work experience at its city centre garage. Mason’s placement was one of the first since Xplore Dundee became one of Helm’s partners earlier […]
Xplore Dundee Celebrates TWO mTicket Milestones
Two lucky bus customers have won free travel, after buying Xplore Dundee’s ‘Golden mTickets’. Jenny Gan was the first to be revealed as the person who claimed the 150 000th mTicket sold via the operator’s app which launched just over a year ago. She said: “I started using the app shortly after it was introduced – […]
Xplore More with Cut-Price Coach Concert Travel
Xplore Dundee’s aiming to become the key transport link between the city and Scotland’s top concert venues. The bus operator’s launching Xplore More – a special concert travel timetable with a budget price and a schedule of great gigs. Managing Director Christine McGlasson said: “We’re offering coach travel to some of the best concerts lined […]
Safer Travel Partnership for Dundee
Safer Travel on Dundee’s buses is the aim of a new initiative that has just been launched. Xplore Dundee is working in partnership with Police Scotland and Dundee City Council’s Antisocial Behaviour Team to make sure that passengers and drivers can travel without fear of harassment or assault. “Although it’s rare for our employees or […]
Xplore Dundee Helps People Exercise
Xplore Dundee is lending its support to a brand new bus map which helps people find their way to the city’s parks to get some exercise outdoors. Working with the newly-launched Green Health Partnership, the bus operator’s helped put together a plan of Dundee which incorporates bus routes and green spaces. The new map makes […]
Xplore Excels in Satisfaction Survey
Dundee’s bus passengers are among the most satisfied travellers in Scotland, according to the latest survey by Transport Focus. Xplore Dundee has recorded a 92% overall satisfaction rating – 1% higher than the result recorded during the last full survey in 2016. That also beats the Scottish national score of 91% (compared to 88% in […]
Xplore Dundee Backs Living Wage City Bid
Dundee’s main bus operator’s supporting an Action Plan aiming to make Dundee a Living Wage City. In partnership with Living Wage Scotland and a number of other local employers, Xplore Dundee is helping to launch the bid today (Wednesday 6th March), which will make the city the first in the UK to achieve ‘Living Wage Place’ […]
Xplore Dundee Celebrate mTicket Anniversary
Xplore Dundee is celebrating one year of its innovative mTicket app by giving one customer the chance to win a months’ worth of free bus travel. The bus operator’s already sold more than 125 000 tickets via smartphone in the first 12 months since the app went live. ”The mTicket app is proving very popular […]
Xplore Dundee Trials Scottish-Built Electric Bus
Xplore Dundee is getting a buzz from electric buses once again as Scottish manufacturer Alexander Dennis Ltd is lending the bus operator a new electric Enviro200Ev for a week to test it on the streets of Dundee. “We believe that electric buses are the future and we were delighted to bring the first one to […]
Xplore Dundee Raises Money for Transaid
Frank Sheach, Xplore Dundee’s Deputy Managing Director, has swapped buses for bikes as he set off on a major charity challenge. Cycle Zambia is a 490 kilometre mountain bike ride through rural Africa, from Lusaka to Victoria Falls, aiming to raise money for the charity Transaid, which works to provide safe, sustainable transport in developing […]
Statue Supports Maggie’s Penguin Parade
The ‘Ticket to Ride’ penguin statue was bought for £7500 from the Maggie’s Penguin Parade charity auction, making a significant contribution to the overall total of £540,000 raised by the event. Sponsored by the ABC bus ticket partnership with Xplore Dundee, Stagecoach, Moffat & Williamson and Dundee City Council, the ‘Ticket to Ride’ penguin was […]
Xplore Dundee Reveals Its Electric Bus Route
Xplore Dundee’s brand new, electric bus route will launch just after the opening of the V&A. Service 360 will begin running on Monday, the 17th of September, two days after the new museum opens its doors to the public. The brand new route will boast the city’s first electric bus, operating every 20 minutes around […]
Xplore Dundee Celebrate Accredited Living Wage Status
Xplore Dundee has been celebrating their status as one of the largest accredited private sector Living Wage employers in Dundee during the Living Wage Week 2017. Xplore is the wholly owned subsidiary of National Express Group plc, and is also a part of the UK Bus Division of the National Express Group. The bus operator […]
Xplore Dundee Support RNIB Scotland Charter
Xplore Dundee, the Scottish bus operator, has announced that they have become the latest Scottish transport company to reaffirm their commitment to making all of their services more accessible to blind and partially sighted people. The company’s commitment was announced last week, with the support of the Royal National Institute of Blind People Scotland. The […]
