Production of the Starliner as well as the Cityliner and Jetliner models will be transferred to the Ankara plant in Turkey that already builds the Tourliner by the end of March 2015. It was the more surprising to me because I was there with Dave Parry as recently as March and there was no hint […]
I’ve been North of the Border this week for the launch of ADL’s all new Enviro400 and a look at their Larbert facility: neither disappointed. They’ve set out to raise the benchmark in the double deck arena and there’s no question that it’s better all round than the already popular existing model. They’ve listened to […]
Last week we printed a range of testimonials in praise of our 25th Anniversary. However, there was one from Alan White at Midis to Minis that slipped through the system and did not get in. So without much further ado, here it is: 25 years, where did it go? Well, hearty congratulations to the whole […]
It seems incredible to me that this week’s edition marks 25 years since we started Bus & Coach Buyer; it doesn’t feel anything like that long. Sitting down to write an editorial feature on the anniversary was a reminder to me of how much the industry has changed in the intervening period as well as […]
Frankly, I had expected the public to think better of it and stay in bed but no, there was a crowd assembled, predominantly of children who had brought their parents along, but swelled by dignitaries and local politicians. Lots was going on, it was colourful if damp, and for a while there was a buzz. […]
Arriving from the north, having seen extensive works in progress on the new Forth crossing from the present road bridge, I took advantage of the Park and Ride (P+R) site at Ingliston, one of five strategically placed sites close to the city’s ring road. The site is well used and has the benefit of a […]
Northampton’s Greyfriars Bus Station didn’t have a lot of friends but it seems the replacement for it isn’t exactly popular either… Roger French will be looking at it in his next French Connection column but in the meantime, why not check out this link for a musical local appraisal of it. https://audioboo.fm/boos/1968249-northampton-bus-station-song I hope you […]
I was talking to Derek Brumpton of Irizar UK recently. His family used to be coach operators and he told me how, in the early 1980s, his father had said to the salesman delivering his new Plaxton bodied Bedford, that it would be his last new coach because you couldn’t make money with coaches costing […]