Bus Users UK

It's a wrap! Thank you for the incredible support for #CatchTheBusMonth #MisDalYBws 2025 - we couldn't have done it without you 👏 See you in 2026 ❤️ 🚍

Mike Reed, Head of Transport, Lincolnshire County Council and Victoria Walker, Bus Users UK Campaign Manager waving giant red CTBM hands on a Call Connect Bus

It's the #CatchTheBusMonth Grand finale with @lincolnshire.gov.uk.web.brid.gy at the magnificent Temple Gardens in Lincoln with Stagecoach East Midlands, PC Coaches, LincsBus, Citymapper and Callconnect #LoveTheBus #GetOnBoard

It's the final day of #CatchTheBusMonth 🚍and
@lincolnshirecc.bsky.social have shared some of their campaign highlights celebrating these amazing, sustainable, accessible services...

Catch the Bus Month – Bus Users Bus Users UK's Catch the Bus Month running through September 2023 is now officially underway

Just a few more days to go but still plenty to see and do for #CatchTheBusMonth #MisDalYBws! If you haven't tried the bus yet, give it a go and check out our website for events and activities in your area tinyurl.com/4uhhjwna

It was great to have our local MP Adam Dance - MP for Yeovil and South Somerset join local residents to voice their concerns to First South West bus services in Yeovil.

👉🏻 Adam has been highly supportive of our local bus services 👏🏻 and fully endorses Catch the bus Month.

#CatchTheBusMonth #CTBM25

Somerset Council’s Lead Member for Transport and Waste Service, Cllr Richard Wilkins, demonstrating his strong backing for Catch The Bus Month and our efforts here in Somerset to encourage more people to BUS IT.

#CTBM25 #CatchTheBusMonth

As if bus travel couldn't get any better. Then along comes Bus Bingo! #LoveTheBus #Get#OnBoard #CatchTheBusMonth

Visited Castle Cary Station with @sarahdykeld.bsky.social where buses can now drop off passengers safely within the station complex.

Discussed the need to improve the bus connections so more people could connect with trains without needing to drive by car to the station.

#CTBM #CTBM2025

Free travel on London's Bakerloop to celebrate the launch of this new, express electric service #LoveTheBus #GetOnBoard #CatchTheBusMonth

Bus and coach driver training materials - Sight Loss Council Thomas Pocklington Trust (TPT) and its network of volunteer-led UK Sight Loss Councils have launched approved training materials to inform bus and coach drivers of how best to support blind or partially sighted (BPS) passengers. The ‘Vision Impairment Awareness for Bus Drivers’ training materials are free to all bus operators and trainers.  Thomas Pocklington Trust (TPT) and Sight Loss Councils have launched free approved training materials for bus and coach drivers to support blind or partially sighted (BPS) passengers.

Excited to be at #QualityBus2025 today, to help #MakeBusesAccessible for #blind & #PartiallySighted people. 🚌 Operators & trainers: explore our training shaped by lived experience 👉 https://f.mtr.cool/kfpqaxndkf

Created with @pocklington.bsky.social, @CPT, @DVSA & @bususersuk.bsky.social.

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Claire Walters accepting her Lifetime Achievement Award on the stage at the Bus Centre of Excellence conference 2025

Incredibly proud to see @bususersceo.bsky.social receive a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Bus Centre of Excellence as a "highly respected advocate for passenger rights and staunch critical ally to the bus sector" 👏 Amazing tribute to her work in our 50th Anniversary year and #CatchTheBusMonth!

Four representatives from Bus Users UK and Stagecoach wave giant red Catch the Bus Month hands in front of one of the new electric buses and Edinburgh Airport

Stagecoach East Scotland is launching one of Edinburgh Airport’s first fully electric, frequent airport bus fleets to mark #WorldCarFreeDay and #CatchTheBusMonth

It's #WorldCarFreeDay! Switching from car to bus reduces congestion and pollution and improves life for everyone. So ditch the car and #GetOnBoard #CatchTheBusMonth #MisDalYBws

Team members from Midland Bluebird and Bus Users UK standing inside the Larbert bus Deport with banners, bunting and giant red CTBM hands

Huge thanks to Midland Bluebird for a fantastic open day at their Larbert Depot for #CatchTheBusMonth #LoveTheBus #GetOnBoard

We’ve Got You – Herts bus operator reveals key reliability figures for Catch the Bus Month A Hitchin and Stevenage bus operator, Stagecoach East, has revealed its latest reliability figures, showing that it operated over 99% of the miles it was scheduled to operate over the past year.

We’ve Got You – Herts bus operator @Stagecoach_East reveals key reliability figures for #CatchTheBusMonth tinyurl.com/59jfu82u

A father crouches down behind his daughter and son who is a wheelchair user in the doorway of a bus with the ramp extended with all three of them smiling and waving giant red CTBM hands

Buses make travel #Accessible and connect us to life's opportunities #LoveTheBus #GetOnBoard #CatchTheBusMonth

A father crouches down behind his daughter and son who is a wheelchair user in the doorway of a bus with the ramp extended with all three of them smiling and waving giant red CTBM hands

Mae bysiau'n caniatáu i bob un ohonom fanteisio ar gyfleoedd bywyd #CarurBws #MisDalYBws

A group of students laughing and posing in front of bus banners waving giant red CTBM hands

Two students stand in front of bus banners smiling and waving giant red CTBM hands

3 students at the Glasgow freshers event smile and wave giant red CTBM hands

Team members from Scottish bus operators stand in front of bus banners behind a table with merch waving giant red CTBM hands

Celebrating #CatchTheBusMonth and free travel for the under 22s with students in Glasgow and our friends from Citylink, McGills Buses and FlixBus #GetOnBoard #LoveTheBus

graphic with smiling people riding the bus and the words Catch the bus Month get on board September 2025 - good for the economy, good for the planet, good for you #CTBM25 #LoveTheBus

According to @bettertransport.bsky.social if we all switched just one car journey a month to bus, there would be a billion fewer car journeys and a saving of 2 million tonnes of carbon dioxide per year! #GetOnBoard #CatchTheBusMonth #LoveTheBus

As true now as it was then - cutting bus services is a false economy. Alongside health and environmental benefits,
@cpt-uk.bsky.social estimates buses can generate £4.55 for every £1 invested #LoveTheBus #CatchTheBusMonth #GetOnBoard

Disabled pass limit proposal rejected at Bus Services Bill final reading MPs voted against removing time restrictions on disabled bus pass travel at the final Commons reading of the Bus Services Bill.

Bus Users UK 'deeply disappointed' by Government vote to reject levelling up of concessionary travel for disabled people tinyurl.com/4ubjsb9x

“The 840 Coastliner bus route across the North York Moors stops outside my house, enabling me to go on my favourite journey, reaching York station in two hours.” - Jackie, Whitby

It's Catch the Bus Month! Buses are transport heroes - connecting communities, improving lives, reducing traffic and pollution.

During #CTBM25, let us know what your favourite bus journey is.

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Tracy Brabin, Nadine Peatfield, Richard Marwood and Oliver Coppard sit on the panel at the UK Bus Summit

Andy Burnham at the mic on stage at the UK Bus Summit

Jennie Martin, Chair of Bus Users UK on stage at the UK Bus Summit

Huge inspiration at the #UKBusSummit during #CatchTheBusMonth Key takeaway: properly funded and accessible, buses are central to tackling inequality and building thriving, sustainable communities #MisDalYBws #LoveTheBus #MDYB25 #CTBM25

@bususersceo.bsky.social was on BBC Humberside with Amy Thompson this morning for #CatchTheBusMonth celebrating these amazing services and what they mean to people #LoveTheBus #GetOnBoard - catch the segment now (10.13) t.co/iHqKfOs7o9

All-Party Parliamentary Group gets on board for Catch the Bus Month 2025 MPs from the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Buses and Coaches gathered in Old Palace Yard, Westminster in support this year’s Catch the Bus Month campaign led by Bus Users UK. Parliamenta...

Highways News: All-Party Parliamentary Group gets on board for #CatchTheBusMonth 2025 highways-news.com/all-party-pa...

Catch the Bus Month launched at Coventry Transport Museum Catch the Bus Month 2025 has been officially launched at a celebratory event hosted by Bus Users UK and Transport for West Midlands. Held at Coventry Transport Museum and opened by Mayor for the We...

Highways News: #CatchTheBusMonth launched at Coventry Transport Museum highways-news.com/catch-the-bu...

Stagecoach launches special Lewis Capaldi offer ahead of Aberdeen P&J Live gigs The travel operator is putting buses centre stage with 727 services and Craibstone Park & Ride shuttles to the sold-out Lewis Capaldi concerts at P&J Live on September 10 and 11.

Stagecoach launches special Lewis Capaldi offer for #CatchTheBusMonth ahead of Aberdeen P&J Live gigs #LoveTheBus #GetOnBoard www.aberdeenlive.news/news/aberdee...

4 representatives from Angus Council, Bus Users UK and Stagecoach line the pavement in front of a bus stop waving giant red CTBM hands with a bus alongside them

4 representatives from Angus Council, Bus Users UK and Stagecoach stand at the back of a Stagecoach bus waving giant red CTBM hands

Stagecoach and @anguscouncil.bsky.social have joined forces to celebrate #CatchTheBusMonth and the huge benefits of bus travel and free travel for the Under 22s in Scotland #LoveTheBus #GetOnBoard

A white bus wrapped in the logos of Catch the Bus Month, Bus Users UK, Dawsongroup and the All-Party Parliamentary Group stands in the middle of Old Palace Yard, Westminster, with the Houses of Parliament behind it, and in front of it stands Claire Walters, Chief Executive of Bus Users UK, Warinder Juss MP, Fleur Anderson MP, Ruth Cadbury MP, John Milne MP, Brian Matthew MP, Alex Mayer MP, Mike Wood MP, Jennie Martin MBE, Chair of Bus Users UK, Lydia Horbury, Director for England, Bus Users UK, Paul Sainthouse, Managing Director of Dawsongroup and International President of CILT, Sir Roger Gale

Mike Wood MP, Chair of the APPG for Bus and Coach holds a 'We're on Board' CTBM placard in front of the branded bus

Jennie Martin, Chair of bus Users UK and Paul Sainthouse of Dawsongroup wave red CTBM hands in front of the bus

Lydia Horbury and Claire Walters of Bus Users UK stand side by side with giant red CTBM hands in front of the bus in front of the Houses of Parliament

The All-Party Parliamentary Group for Bus and Coach and Dawsongroup turned out in style to support this year's #CatchTheBusMonth with a #CTBM25 branded bus in Old Palace Yard, Westminster #GetOnBoard #LoveTheBus