Date |
Announcement |
| 13/12/06 |
Metroline Bus Driver retires after 45 years service
On Wednesday 20th December, one of London's longest serving bus drivers is due to retire after an incredible 45 years. Metroline driver Garfield Harris came to the UK from Barbados in October 1961. He was employed by London Transport through their Direct Recruitment scheme in the Caribbean. This was set up due to a national labour shortage after World War Two; the scheme was highly successful and Transport for London recently celebrated its 50th Anniversary. [more] |
| 30/11/06 |
Metroline Bus Driver comes to baby's rescue
Metroline Bus Driver Lee Dwyer was at the centre of a dramatic incident on Tuesday 28th November. He was driving the 134 bus into Camden Road at lunchtime when a female passenger started screaming for help. Lee pulled into the bus stop and rushed to the passenger's aid to find that her three month old baby boy appeared to have stopped breathing. [more] |
| 26/11/06 |
Industrial Action Averted
Metroline bosses are delighted to announce that tomorrow's (Monday 27th) London bus strike has been averted.
On Friday, drivers had voted to reject the company's revised offer which meant that another 24-hour strike would have taken place on Monday hitting routes throughout north and central London and parts of Hertfordshire.
But the company held further talks with the T&GWU over the weekend and today announced that a further revised offer will be put to staff early next week.
Metroline's Chief Operating Officer Sean O'Shea said: "We're absolutely delighted that Monday's action has been averted."
"We're happy with the deal that the T&GWU will now take to our workforce, and we hope the situation will be resolved to everyone's satisfaction very soon." |
| 24/11/06 |
Industrial Action - The Facts and Figures
There are a number of significant errors and inaccuracies in T&GWU statements which have been reproduced in the media in recent weeks, and which we would like to take this opportunity to address:[more] |
| 23/11/06 |
Industrial Action Monday 27th November 2006
Industrial action is scheduled to take place on Monday 27th November 2006 from 04 00 for 24 hours and will affect all Metroline services. The company is committed to negotiating a settlement with the Transport & General Workers Union. [more] |
| 20/11/06 |
Industrial Action Monday 20th November 2006
Metroline's talks at ACAS with the T&GWU failed yesterday (Friday) despite the company putting a substantially improved offer on the table.
Metroline increased our offer from 4% to 5% and presented to the T&GWU as a way of averting the strike action scheduled for Monday 20th November. The company is extremely disappointed that this revised offer was rejected. The company also requested that strike action on the 20th November was postponed pending a vote by our staff. The T&GWU rejected this request and means that bus services operated by Metroline will be disrupted.
[more] |
| 17/11/06 |
Industrial Action Monday 20th November 2006
Industrial action is scheduled to take place on Monday 20th November 2006 from 04 00 for 24 hours and will affect all Metroline services. The company is committed to negotiating a settlement with the Transport & General Workers Union.
[more] |
| 14/11/06 |
Industrial Action 14th November 2006
Metroline today issued a statement on industrial action scheduled to take place on Tuesday 14th November. This action will affect bus services operated by the company in North, West and Central London and those operating in Hertfordshire. Services operated by Metroline's 2 smaller subsidaries (FE Thorpes and Armchair) are not affected and will continue to run normally
[more] |
| 13/11/06 |
Industrial action is scheduled to take place on Tuesday 14th November 2006
Industrial action is scheduled to take place on Tuesday 14th November 2006 and will affect all Metroline services. The company is committed to negotiating a settlement with the Transport & General Workers Union.
[more] |
| 07/11/06 |
Chris Heaps, Traffic Commissioner, opens Metroline's New Engineering Facility
Chris Heaps, Traffic Commissioner for the South Eastern & Metropolitan Traffic Area, officially opened Metroline's new engineering facility at their garage in North Wembley on Tuesday 7th November. Hosting Mr Heaps' tour, Russell Hargrave, Engineering Director at Metroline explained a number of innovations and future plans that set this facility apart from others in London.
[more] |
| 02/11/06 |
Metroline team wins 'London Customer Service Champion' at the UK Bus Awards 2006
On Wednesday 1st November, Metroline's night bus team won the Transport for London 'Customer Service Champion of the Year' at the UK Bus Awards, held at the prestigious London Hilton Hotel on Park Lane.
[more] |
| 16/10/06 |
BusBeat receives its first UK bus
driver as qualified Special Police Officer
The first successful bus driver candidate to
achieve their warrant card as a Special Police
officer in the new BusBeat and Metropolitan Police
Service Initiative sponsored by Metroline and
coordinated by the Metropolitan police. [more] |
| 22/08/06 |
Metroline
provides mobility bus service for London’s
Liberty Festival
ComfortDelGro
subsidiary Metroline is providing a special mobility
bus service for this year’s Liberty Festival
held in London on 2nd September, in order to
help promote accessibility and inclusion in the
City.[more] |
| 17/08/06 |
Metroline
helps educate children with disabilities on
boarding buses
Aptly named the ‘Whizz
Kidz’, young wheelchair users received
a special bus service courtesy of Metroline to practice
getting on and off of buses. [more] |
| 08/02/06 |
Metroline Appoints Engineering Director
Metroline welcomes Russ Hargrave
as Engineering Director to their team. [more] |
| 17/01/06 |
Metroline introduces state-of-the-art
buses to route 24
January2006 will see the launch of 28 new style,
double decker buses that will operate on Route 24
in London. The launch comes from a £4.3 million
investment by Metroline plc. [more] |
| 09/11/05 |
Metroline
driver wins London Customer Service Champion
of the Year at the
2005 UK ‘bus
Oscars’
On Wednesday,
9th November, Mark Knowles, Bus Driver at Metroline’s
Edgware Garage, won the London Customer Service
Champion of the Year at the UK Bus Awards, held
at the prestigious
London Hilton Hotel on Park Lane. [more] |
| 08/11/05 |
Metroline’s
Route 260 bus improves waiting times thanks to
Community
FlowSafe project
ComfortDelGro
subsidiary and leading London bus operator Metroline,
today announced the positive impact that a local
community project is having on their 260 bus route. [more] |
| 01/09/05 |
Metroline
aids road safety initiative in Harlesden
On Saturday 3 September 2005 from
11am to 4pm and Friday 9 September 2005 from 12pm
to 5pm, ComfortDelGro subsidiary, Metroline will
be one of many organisations helping to raise road
safety awareness in Harlesden. [more] |
| 31/08/05 |
Metroline
becomes first major London Bus Operator to
have 100% of drivers fully BTEC trained
ComfortDelGro subsidiary, Metroline
announced this week that 100% of their substantive
establishment of over 3,000 drivers is now fully
trained to the standard of a BTEC Intermediate award
in delivering a Bus service in London launched by
the Mayor of London in 2002.[more] |
| 22/04/05 |
Metroline
Plc - Change to Senior Management
ComfortDelGro subsidiary, Metroline announces that Steve McAleavy is to step
down as Managing Director and will leave this summer.[more] |
| 22/04/05 |
New
driver's uniforms for Metroline - chosen by their
drivers
ComfortDelGro subsidiary,
Metroline has unveiled a new uniform, chosen by their
drivers. Through a company
wide survey, Metroline asked their 2,500 drivers to
choose their new uniform from two designs. From the
overwhelming responses 80% chose in favour of a casual
yet professional image. The uniform was updated, not
only to correspond to job requirements, but also to
allow employees the freedom to choose what they would
prefer to wear.[more] |
| 11/03/05 |
Metroline donates a training bus
for the Brent 'Destroy Violent Crime' Campaign
ComfortDelGro subsidiary, Metroline
and Brent Police have unveiled a training bus that
has an anti- violent crime message designed by youths
from the Brent young offenders team. This initiative
was set up by the ‘Not Another Drop’ project
based in Brent with an aim to empower youths who
were subject to intensive surveillance and supervision
orders to divert them away from gun and violent crime
through innovative use of their talents. [more] |
24/01/05 |
Metroline
raises £20,500 for Tsunami Relief
Drivers and support
staff of ComfortDelGro subsidiary, Metroline have
joined in efforts to aid the millions of Tsunami
victims in South East Asia and raised £20,500.Staff
and drivers of Metroline – dug into their hearts and
pockets to raise approximately £13,000 in
donations. Metroline subsequently topped this off
by another £7,500, bringing total funds raised
to £20,500.
[more] |
