There is, according to Labour MP for Nottingham South, Lillian Greenwood, only one joke about buses, which is that you wait an age for one and three come along at once. This was one of those occasions when its use was reasonable as the 13 BYD e-bus 12m electric buses delivered to Nottingham Community Transport […]
York’s iconic Minster provided an imposing backdrop to the launch of Transdev’s £2.34m investment in the Malton based Coastliner operation. Sparkling on a grey and damp afternoon were the first two of ten Volvo B5TL Wrightbus Gemini 3 vehicles in the new Coastliner livery, part of the branding package developed by Best Impressions to promote […]
When you first arrive at the offices of GM Coachwork, situated just off the A38 between Ashburton and Kennford, you are not prepared for the sheer scale of the operation. I met with Paul Barber, Minibus Sales Specialist, who has been with the company for 23 years. A friend of CEO David Vooght, he was […]
The launch of the new Crafter is a bit like peeling an onion, we are being exposed to it a layer at a time. So far they have revealed layer one which is the new front wheel drive 3.5/4.0tonners and given us a little bit of information about the rear wheel drive 3.5/4.0tonners and of […]
In 2004, First introduced its X30 coach service across Essex linking Southend with Stansted Airport in partnership with the airport and Essex County Council. Initially operated with Plaxton Cheetah Midicoaches, full size coaches were soon required and wheelchair lift equipped Volvo B9R Plaxton Panthers took over. The same partners added the X10 route that runs […]
SJ. What is your current view on the impact of Brexit? CR. The impact on ADL is likely to be a bit of a mixed bag. We spend tens of millions of pounds sourcing components in the Eurozone so our costs will go up and at some point that will impact on pricing in the UK, […]
Suppliers of products and services are an essential part of our business and over 200 of them took space at Euro Bus Expo displaying their latest innovations or just catching up with customers. Although it wasn’t possible for the Bus and Coach Buyer team to talk to everyone, we discovered much of interest that was […]
At the last Euro Bus Expo in 2014, the talk was all about possible replacements for the discontinued Mercedes-Benz Vario in the 33 seat category. A number of solutions were presented, mostly based on members of the Mercedes-Benz Atego chassis family plus a few other contenders. It was interesting to note which have come through […]