Our Bus Services
Serving the passenger needs of Hinkley Point C
SPS serves the passenger transport needs of the EDF Nuclear Project at Hinkley Point C near Bridgwater. Our service is the lifeline linking staff living across the region to their place of work and delivering them safely, securely and promptly.
We are the only transport provider for the thousands of people who go to the construction site daily to work or visit. We work around the clock to ensure that construction remains on schedule and keeping transport disruption and environmental impact to a minimum for local residents.
Our Fleet
Our state-of-the-art fleet has been built with passenger comfort and safety as a top priority.
The bespoke fleet is fitted with the latest tracking technology, allowing us to monitor and evolve our services to ensure we provide a punctual and reliable service at all times.
Our services are provided with 24/7 support from our operations department and are scheduled and dispatched from our depot in Bridgwater.
Data Led Technology
We are in an exciting place where our data is at the forefront of our decision-making process across:
- Forecast modelling
- Data mining
- Service analysis
- Systems
We have implemented various systems on our fleet for a comprehensive IoT capturing a range of data. Working with suppliers such as Webfleet, uTrack and Optibus providing high quality and accurate data. Our data team use a plethora of bus, journey and driver telematics data transformed into data visualisations. Published to stakeholders for actionable insights and empowering data-driven decisions.
“SPS have consistently and tangible delivered positive change to our joint data-interrogation and business analysis capabilities at Hinkley Point C. Specific initiatives and projects have led to automated vehicle counting data interrogation, vehicle capacity management enhancements and the provision of a plethora of bespoke data and information packages – from which key planning and financial decisions have been made.”
Andrew Wagstaff, Passenger Transport Service Manager at EDF
Health, Safety & Environment
Our commitment to health and safety is reflected in our proactive approach, innovative practices, and continuous improvement strategies aimed at instilling a culture of safety and environmental stewardship. Initiatives include:
- Our colleague safety reporting portal remains an essential foundation to our safety culture. The tool enables colleagues to report near misses, log safety observations, log positive safety behaviours, work smarter, report issues quicker, identify trends and reduce accidents. So far this year we are averaging over 100 safety observations per month to ensure that everyone goes home safely every day.
- We continue to look for opportunities to reduce our environmental impact as an organisation whilst using technology to ensure our safety standards are maintained. A recent initiative resulted in approximately 1000 miles of travel saved every week. Not only does this initiative reduce our fuelling costs but it is also expected to reduce fleet CO2emissions by approximately 52.5 tonnes per year.
We are passionate about our commitment to health, safety and environmental excellence, and we continue to drive a positive culture with colleague engagement and safety consultation at our core. We take passenger safety very seriously and recognise our pivotal role in ensuring Project workers can carry out their critical jobs by transporting thousands of passengers to and from Site every day, helping to ensure that everyone goes home safely.
Inhouse Training Academy
We have made significant strides in the use of technology in driver training and recruitment to meet the requirement of recruitment of drivers and safety standards for the HPC Project. This has led to substantial improvements in KPI’s.
We recognise that colleagues new to SPS and the industry have unique needs. As a unified team, we continually review existing processes and listen to the voices of our newly trained drivers, drawing insights from their experiences. As a result of this, we have developed an inhouse driver training school which has increased the amount of driving time for trainee drivers. SPS trainers now deliver functional driving expertise and class-leading mental health support—an investment in competence and well-being. Our first-time pass rate is an impressive 94%, testament to the training and personalised support.
- Utilised driver information videos communicating route risk assessments, potential hazards and road safety information. Video content has enabled us to turn a standard route document into an interactive suite of documents that are immersive and accessible to all, through everyday technology. The drivers can learn routes at their own pace and explore them in greater detail.