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UK’s first driverless bus service starts taking passengers

The UK’s first autonomous bus service has begun taking paying passengers across the Forth Road Bridge. The vehicles have two members of staff – a safety driver who can take control of the vehicle and a “captain” to sell tickets and provide customer ...

15 May 2023 at 12:04

Passengers travel on full-size self-driving bus in UK first

Passengers have travelled on a full-size self-driving bus for the first time in the UK. Operator Stagecoach said 22 volunteers were taken on a journey by its autonomous single-decker over the Forth Road Bridge near Edinburgh on Thursday as part of ...

20 Jan 2023 at 12:23

World’s first self-driving bus service launches next month

Full-size, self-driving buses will begin public services next month in what is believed to be a world first. Stagecoach announced the ground-breaking scheme over Scotland’s Forth Road Bridge will launch on May 15. It will cover a 14-mile route ...

04 Apr 2023 at 10:57

Self-driving bus project to test journeys without staff on board

A project developing what the Government believes will be the world’s first full-size self-driving bus service will test if smaller vehicles can operate without a staff member on board. The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial ...

01 Feb 2023 at 10:56

Scotland

Transport Secretary marks Forth Road Bridge’s six decades of service

An “iconic” bridge has marked 60 years since it was opened to traffic with a number of celebrations involving communities on both sides of the water. The Forth Road Bridge across the Firth of Forth connects North Queensferry in Fife ...

04 Sept 2024 at 14:49

Scotland

Tours to top of Forth Road Bridge towers among events to mark 60th anniversary

Tours to the very top of the “iconic” Forth Road Bridge are up for grabs in a series of events being held to mark the crossing’s 60th anniversary this year. A series of events has been arranged to mark the milestone for the bridge, ...

12 Jul 2024 at 11:26

Forth Road Bridge closed as 10 Greenpeace activists abseil under it with flags

Forth Road Bridge closed as 10 Greenpeace activists hang from ropes

The Forth Road Bridge has been closed to traffic after 10 Greenpeace activists suspended themselves from the structure in order to block a tanker. The group said it wanted to block an Ineos tanker carrying fracked gas to the ...

25 Jul 2025 at 20:21

Greenpeace says activists arrested after ending Forth Road Bridge protest

Greenpeace has said its activists were arrested by police after ending a protest where they suspended themselves from a bridge in order to halt a tanker carrying fracked gas. The Forth Road Bridge outside of Edinburgh was ...

28 Jul 2025 at 15:37

Ten activists arrested after Greenpeace demo on Forth Road Bridge ends

Ten protestors have been arrested at the end of a demonstration which saw them suspend themselves from a bridge in a bid to halt a tanker carrying fracked gas. The Forth Road Bridge outside of Edinburgh was closed on ...

26 Jul 2025 at 10:53

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