A record-breaking attendance for the annual National Coach Conference enjoyed a celebration of the industry then got down to work the following day, as the Confederation of Passenger Transport began the creation of the national coach strategy with delegates’ help. Staged at the Pera Business Centre in Melton Mowbray – also the home of one […]
Crossing the Humber Bridge to get to Hull-based East Yorkshire was somewhat emblematic of what is happening at the operator. The business is making a journey from its past form as EYMS, crossing a gulf of uncertainty to get to the fresh banks of a new tomorrow. The company has been acquired by Go-Ahead Group […]
Virtually every operator in the country has one in their fleet and many of today’s major operators started out by using the ubiquitous Ford Transit. It just seems to have always been there. It still is, but today’s Ford Transits are a very different vehicle than the erstwhile ‘Builder’s van with windows’ of days gone […]
The quest for high capacity in two-axle coaches is nothing new, with a target of 57 seats and a toilet the usual aim, most coachbuilders managing this within around 13 metres. Generally, above this number seat pitch becomes a compromise between capacity and comfort, creating a vehicle you’d avoid sending out for rugby supporters and […]
During a day when a month’s worth of rain fell within 24 hours in some places, it would be easy to be as miserable as the grey, frowning clouds delivering the downpour. But that is not the case for Richard Bamber, Managing Partner of family-operator Anthony’s Travel. Meeting him in the thankfully dry confines of […]
Having experienced success with its Belfast to Glasgow express service, Hannon Coach was looking forward to rolling out a similar route between Derry-Londonderry and Belfast. However, service permit difficulties have soured the experience for the Craigavon-based operator. Owen McLaughlin, Hannon Coach Marketing Manager, believes the state operator, Translink, has a monopoly over Northern Ireland’s bus […]
With headquarters in the trendy, graffiti-art bedecked Floodgates Street in the centre of Birmingham, Big Green Coach is perhaps a far cry from the traditional, often family-run businesses which provide its transport services. However, the company links such operators to work they may not usually get. Many reading this may have even partnered with them. Danny […]
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