Catch the Bus Month (September 2023) is not only being used to get more passengers onboard buses and coaches, but women drivers too. FlixBus coach drivers from Cambridge are calling for more women to apply for driving jobs during this year’s event. Whippet Coaches, based in Swavesey, Cambridgeshire, has been in partnership with FlixBus for […]
Bus and coach operators must keep their fleets up to date, replacing older, less-appealing vehicles which are costlier to run with newer, greener ones, as well as expanding their line-up where opportunity allows. But buses and coaches are a depreciating asset and a costly one. Purchasing a new PSV comes with a hefty financial outlay, […]
Electric PCVs were the order of the day at the UITP Global Public Transport Summit in Barcelona, which returns following a break due to the pandemic. Here we bring you some of the highlights of the exhibition. ABB ABB E-mobility is helping enable fleets to electrify with its new HVC360 power cabinet, which has been […]
Making the move to a new depot is potentially a massive upheaval for an operator. This is especially the case with a well-established site and National Express’ old Perry Barr facility certainly was that, having been continually operated from for just over 90 years. The fresh depot is the first National Express bus depot to […]
There’s a sweet spot for two-axle coaches which attains the highest seating capacity without sacrificing the toilet and Temsa’s new HD13 is right in it. The HD12 is, of course, already a well-known, moderately priced tourer which has a great many supporters in the industry. It runs with a well-liked DAF engine and ZF gearbox […]
Last week’s ITT Hub at Farnborough International offered some interesting exhibits applicable to the bus and coach world. Equipmake Equipmake’s conversion of Westway Coach’s Van Hool T917 displayed at the ITT Hub is thought to be a world first. The vehicle was displayed at the ITT Hub event at Farnborough International. It has had its […]
Nine manufacturers took part in the fifth electric bus comparison event staged recently by German magazine Omnibus Spiegel at Stadtwerke Bonn’s Friesdorf depot. Representatives from operators across Germany and beyond joined journalists in the three-day event which took the vehicles on a circuit from the urban streets of Bonn, across the Rhein and in to […]
Moderated by President, Stephen Telling, and attended by operators, manufacturers and suppliers from across the UK, UKCOA’s event covered a wide range of technical and regulatory challenges that the industry is facing now and in the immediate future. Welcoming UKCOA members and guests, MD Volvo Bus UK & Ireland, Domenico Bondi, expressed his admiration for […]