On the eve of Euro Bus Expo 2018, Volvo’s new Bus & Coach Sales Centre in Coventry has opened for business. The £1.4 million investment, which has created a facility four times bigger, features a glass-fronted vehicle showroom, a dedicated handover area and upgraded meeting and presentation facilities. Just 20 minutes from Volvo Bus’ UK […]
Hunter’s Coaches’ lion-liveried vehicles have operated out of its home town of Daventry for 21 years now. Sitting down with its director, Ray Hunter, it is clear he is immensely proud of reaching this milestone year of operation. “It is quite a landmark,” he said. “What’s nice is the business hasn’t been handed down to […]
Next year Empress of Hastings will celebrate its 90th anniversary and during that time its familiar carmine and ivory vehicles have become as much a familiar sight in Hastings as the famous fishing net sheds on the beach. But, how has it survived so long? The word that sums it up is ‘adaptability’ – never […]
Sparkling in the sunlight in Westbus’s Hayes-based yard was one of two Sunsundegui SC5 bodied Volvo B8Rs the operator has recently received. Tim Miles, MD of Westbus, was suitably pleased with the new additions to his fleet. “They are the smaller 38-seat coach, a little unusual maybe for us. But they have been made to […]
Back in 2012, organiser Wieland Stumpf staged the first-ever European tram driver championship (TRAM EM) to mark the 140-year anniversary celebrations of Dresden Transport. The concept proved so popular that it was subsequently staged annually in cities across Europe – and paved the way for a similar competition for bus drivers. The first-ever BUS EM […]
One of China’s key economic powerhouses and the country’s first ‘special economic zone,’ the city of Shenzhen is vast and continues to expand. Close to the border with Hong Kong – the former British colony is part of China, but run separately – it is officially home to 16m people. In reality the population may […]
Yutong currently has two manufacturing sites in Zhengzhou, both massive and both modern. Construction of the first began in 1998 (replacing Yutong’s original plant from 1964) and the second, known as the ‘New Energy’ plant was built in 2012. Covering 1.19 million cubic metres and 1.28m cubic metres respectively, they have a combined capacity of […]
It was fifth time lucky for Stagecoach East Scotland driver Ian Field as he took the title at the 52nd annual Bus Driver of the Year event in Blackpool. Previously, he had always finished in the top 20 and entered in 2018 for the first time after a four-year break, seeing it as, “a good […]