#bus

Foreign experts will be brought in to conduct preventive inspections on all buses operating in Cyprus following repeated incidents of fires caused by maintenance issues, Transport Minister Alexis Vafeades announced ...

A total of 11 buses have been immobilised in Paphos to undergo inspections after a fire broke out in the engine of an electric bus on Thursday, the director of Paphos ...

A bus driver in Larnaca on Tuesday reported that a group of students on his bus were “throwing various objects” at him and called the police. The incident occurred at ...

A school bus caught fire on Tuesday morning in the Paphos village of Chlorakas, causing alarm among those on board. The vehicle was moving along Archbishop Makarios Avenue near Georgios ...

School bus services will begin on Friday, the transport ministry announced. It added that during the first few weeks of the buses’ operation, the routes may change as new children ...

Around 900 to 1,000 Turkish Cypriots travelled by bus through the Limnitis crossing point on Friday to attend August 8 ceremony marking 61 years since the deadly bombing of Tillyria in 1964. The passage of ...

Cyprus Public Transport expressed its fury on Thursday over workers in Larnaca’s decision to go on strike on Wednesday evening. A total of 120 Larnaca-based Cyprus Public Transport employees, including ...

Cyprus Public Transport on Monday apologised for an unannounced strike staged by its workers in Larnaca during the early morning. Workers went on strike at 6am, with Cyprus Public Transport ...

The Turkish Cypriot police on Wednesday boarded a bus which was due to take schoolchildren to a protest outside the north’s ‘prime minister’ Unal Ustel’s office and prevented ...

Children and parents in the Karpas village of Yialousa staged a protest on Tuesday against the north’s ruling coalition days after a school bus overturned in the village leading ...

Police have arrested a 60-year-old school bus driver in Larnaca on Monday under a court-issued warrant following allegations of inappropriate behaviour towards a 16-year-old student. According to sources, the driver ...

Disgruntled customers have complained to the Cyprus Mail about deteriorating services on the island’s public bus transport, not only in terms of route connections, but also in terms of ...

The Association of Public Passenger Transport Organisations (Sodem) is calling for a drop in the age limit for drivers from 21 to 18 to plug a shortage of professional bus drivers amid ...

High jinks by pupils on school bus routes are getting out of hand in Limassol, it was reported on Monday.Boys are reportedly jumping onto the backs of busses in ...

Four new buses, from an order of nine specially designed for people with disabilities, were delivered to the transport ministry on Tuesday. The buses with lifting platforms have the capability ...

A five-year plan to upgrade all bus stops in Cyprus, with the aim of improving the infrastructure and quality of public transport, is set to be launched, the public works ...

There’s just one functioning method of public transport on the island of Cyprus. But those of us with vehicles of our own rarely use it. Why would we, when ...

On the day all schools were back in operation this week – Monday – I rode on Nicosia’s Park and Ride bus service one year after it launched operations between the ...

The reduction of school bus fares is expected to persuade 2,000 more schoolchildren to travel by bus, Transport Minister Alexis Vafeades said on Thursday night. Speaking after a presentation of plans ...

Student bus fares have been slashed for the upcoming school year, the transport ministry announced on Tuesday, two days before classes begin. The decision follows a directive from President Nikos ...

A year into the pilot bus service offering free on-demand rides to and from work, school and medical institutions for people with disabilities in Nicosia has proved to be a “...

Bus tips onto its side in Famagusta A bus tipped onto its side while going around a roundabout in Famagusta on Friday morning. The bus was being used for private ...

A six-year-old child was left alone on a bus for around an hour after falling asleep on a school trip, police said on Thursday. Larnaca police spokesman Spyros Chrysostomou explained ...

Eight small buses equipped with passenger seats and wheelchair spaces were delivered to special schools and welfare services in Cyprus on Tuesday. The new buses “represent a holistic approach to ...