Nottingham City Transport’s (NCT’s) former- MD, Mark Fowles, has been awarded an OBE for Service to Public Transport and Charity in the New Year’s Honours List. Mark held the position of Managing Director at NCT for 20 years until April 2021. He has been honoured in this year’s New Year Honours List for his services […]
RHA has confirmed plans to promote the coach sector with the first-ever National Coach Week from 1 April 2022. The campaign will take place across the UK and will be a celebration of the industry, showcasing the vital role it plays in society. Coach operators provide an essential service: getting children to school, families to […]
Yorkshire-based Pelican Engineering, which has become one of the leading players in the electric PSVs in the UK, has launched a network for zero-emission bus and coach operators to support best practice as the sector transitions to greener transport. Pelican, which supplies Yutong electric bus and coach models in the UK, has launched the group, […]
Zenobē, along with National Grid and Western Power Distribution (WPD), have been confirmed as ITT Hub 2022 and 2023’s commercial partners. The commercial partners are to support ITT Hub and its communications channels, the ITT Hub Conference and ITT Sessions webinars. Their appointment follows the inaugural event in June 2021, which saw 4,000 attendees take […]
Switch Mobility‘s buses will be at the COP26 United Nations Climate Change Conference. Vehicles from the Hinduja Group-owned manufacturer will be running Glasgow’s bus route 398 in collaboration with Abellio and ScotRail for the duration of COP. Switch Mobility will also be displaying at the Green Zone Electric Vehicle Exhibition, showcasing its zero-emission, electric double-decker […]
EvoBus (UK) is to open its doors on Thursday 11 and Friday 12 November with a the November Sales Event at its National Handover Centre in Coventry. During the two days, operators will be welcomed with refreshments and, forming the backdrop to the event, a wide selection of Tourismo stock vehicles will be present, including […]
GVVT’s annual open weekend at Bridgeton Bus Garage made a successful return for 2021 with regular free shuttle services from the garage to Glasgow city centre and the city’s Riverside transport museum. A wide variety of vehicles ran on each day with the ‘corpie’ (Glasgow Corporation) vehicles more prominent on the Saturday and Scottish Bus […]
Next week’s Young Bus Manager’s Network (YBMN) Conference is now fully-booked with 85 attendees joining. The event starts at 1pm on 13 October and lasts until the afternoon of 14 October. It was originally scheduled to take place in the spring of 2020 and it marks the return of “in-person” activity for the Young Bus […]