Tom Weber is justifiably proud of the 2004 Dennis Trident standing outside the Grant Palmer depot in Flitwick, Bedfordshire. The paintwork is immaculate, the blue and black colour scheme striking and classy… and the name on the side is Tom’s. In a few weeks, the ‘decker will make its first run with Tom at the […]
Coach operators are finally waking up to the problems Clean Air Zones will cause them, says Ian Luckett. “I think it’s dawning on them that this isn’t just a problem in London. So far, five towns and cities are named but it’s clear it could be as many as 45,” he tells Bus & Coach […]
Sadly, the doors are closing for the final time at the depot of Reynolds Coaches. With the company logo emblazoned across the building and the petrol pumps outside, it is a well-known site in Caister-on-Sea, near Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. Earlier this year, its owner, Charles Reynolds, announced he had taken the heart-breaking decision to close […]
Bus Euro Test 2018 The only one of the three candidates not currently offered in the UK, the Heuliez GX337 Linium Elec is manufactured at Rorthais in France by Heuliez Bus… a wholly owned subsidiary of CNH Holdings which is also the parent of Iveco Bus, though the two concerns trade entirely separately within France, […]
Bus Euro Test 2018 Irizar’s decision to embrace eMobility and enter the city bus market has been a wholehearted one, and a new company was formed in 2016 to foster its ambitions. It has invested heavily to produce the range it now offers, with electric options at 10.8m, 12.0m, 18m and 18.73m. Top of the […]
Bus Euro Test 2018 Although an example has been unveiled and commercial production will begin next year, for a manufacturer with such long experience of alternative propulsion systems Mercedes-Benz has been surprisingly slow to embrace full electric technology in commercial bus offerings. With no production electric to offer, Daimler chose to send the latest version […]
With a field of four vehicles eventually reduced to three with the withdrawal of MAN’s Lions City at short notice, this year’s Bus Euro Test offered a mixed bag; two of the buses were electrics and one a diesel with light hybridisation. Maybe it’s a sign of the times that there were no diesels, but […]
Daimler unveiled its electric Citaro prototype earlier this year (B&CB Issue 1471, 16 March) but, in advance of the IAA exhibition, revealed how it will look inside and out, and set out what the next driveline development stages are. Back in March the bus shown had the front of a standard Citaro and the roof […]