In revising Tourismo, Mercedes-Benz had a hard act to follow, because the existing Tourismo range is already the best-selling touring coach in Europe, with a market share of around 20%. Some 2,097 were built in 2016 and a total of over 26,000 have left the factory since the first coach to carry the Tourismo name […]
Full range for the UK! Stuart Jones was in Brussels for the launch and brings readers a preview of the new incarnation of one of the UK’s best-selling coaches I can’t ever remember it happening before, indeed I don’t think it has, but this week’s unveiling of the new Mercedes-Benz Tourismo coach included a right-hand […]
In the heritage Grand Central Hotel above Glasgow’s Central Station, transport professionals across all modes gathered for the first Transport Times summit to be held in Scotland for ten years. Some 150 delegates represented operators, local and national authorities, customer organisations, construction and the support services sector at the event sponsored by First, Optare, Cubic […]
After you leave the A30 and follow the B3277 to Mount Hawke you come over the brow of a hill and a vista of the north Cornwall coast opens up before you. With wild flowers lining the sides of the roads, a bright blue sky with white fluffy clouds, the vivid yellow of the gorse […]
Recent years have brought mixed fortunes for Ayats in the UK but a revival of the brand is now underway with the establishment of Ayats UK Coach Sales Ltd. The driving force behind the new organisation is Dave Nickson, owner of the Elite Group and former manager of the Ayats brand at Anglo-American, the successful […]
Spain’s major bus and coach show highlights the latest developments from the country’s manufacturers as well as those from the rest of Europe and beyond and this year’s event reflected the increasing optimism within a Spanish market that was hard hit by the recession, especially in terms of the public transport market. There are less […]
With £4.4m funding from the Government’s Office for Low Emission Vehicles (OLEV) awarded in July 2016, NCT in partnership with Nottingham City Council, initiated investments expected to total £17m that will deliver the largest fleet of gas powered double deck buses in the country so far, together with associated fueling facilities at its depot in […]
No sooner had the last coaches departed Blackpool following the UK Coach Rally than the delegates, exhibitors and speakers started arriving in the town for this year’s ALBUM Conference, held at the Hilton Hotel overlooking the sea. The theme chosen was ‘Driving the customer experience’ and this was reflected throughout the speaker’s presentations. There have […]