Horseman Coaches, based in Berkshire, has introduced a further ten Plaxton Panthers to its fleet. The addition represents the completion of a five-year £10m investment programme. All of the new vehicles are 12.8m 53-seat luxury executive coaches with DK8 engines and I-Shift transmissions, complete with parallel lift lockers, kitchenettes/servers, fridges, toilets, sophisticated entertainment and CCTV […]

Changes are underway at the Confederation of Passenger Transport (CPT). The revised organisational structure was consulted on at the end of last year and was agreed by CPT’s Council in December. The changes include a small number of roles being made redundant. Key to the organisation’s revised structure is the appointment of a new Chief […]

Figures from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) show the UK’s new bus and coach market fell by 5.6% in 2018. This sees annual registrations falling for a second consecutive year to 7,236 units. A 5.6% drop in the final three months of the year marked the eighth straight quarter of decline. The […]

Building a business from the ground up may be a titanic task but it comes with some advantages. Lothian Motorcoaches launched itself on to the Edinburgh market last summer, but operating from spare space in one of Lothian’s depots. Now, it’s about to begin work developing its own home in Newbridge, a stones’ throw from […]

Lions have long been associated with sport; England’s football squad being one example. Unfortunately, three lions on a shirt may not have transported the country to the success it dreamed of in last year’s World Cup, but there is another lion that has brought teams to sporting victories. Namely Country Lion, an operator well known […]

Lothian Buses, in its 100th year, has launched its vision for environmentally-conscious travel. Bus2020 takes a holistic view of transport’s responsibility for the environment, with an accelerated fleet replacement programme which will see all of the fleet at Euro V or better, including a proportion of electric and hybrid buses. But the ‘greening’ of the […]

A statement issued by Labour says some new analysis it has made reveals bus fares are set to ‘soar’ over the next few years. It states this happens at the same time private companies operating bus routes are ‘raking in billions of pounds’. The new research suggests that in 2022 average fares are set to […]

It has now been confirmed that the Bus and Coach Association (BCA) issued judicial proceeding to the UK authorities on 13 December 2018. Permission was granted for the hearings on 30 January 2019. The judicial proceedings have been launched as part of the BCA’s ongoing dispute concerning Section 19 and 22 operators. The organisation’s intention […]