Seldom have so many new bus designs for London appeared in short succession, no doubt prompted by the capital’s heightened need for replacement vehicles over the next two years. The latest to appear is the SRM, a new body from Wrightbus mounted on a Volvo B5L hybrid chassis and another in a long line of […]
In a narrow green valley, a tributary of the River Calder once drove one of West Yorkshire’s many woollen mills producing fabrics renowned across the world. Today, part of the refurbished watermill building at Wheatley Park is the modern headquarters of Camira Fabrics, the Yorkshire based specialist in textiles for transportation and furnishing applications worldwide. […]
At first glance you would think that a freezing cold day with snow on the ground would hardly be the best day on which to take a closer look at EVM’s Cabrio open top Sprinter. As journalists, we can rarely dictate when we can get our hands on new vehicles, we just have to take […]
TruTac recently welcomed a cross section of operators to their PSV Focus Event held at the Forest of Arden Hotel in Meriden. Opening the day, Commercial Director, Jemma James explained the objective was to encourage discussion, debate and engagement. Gaining feedback on operators’ requirements would help the further development of systems supporting the management of […]
Following the 2013 launch of Volvo’s Dynamic Steering system on trucks, it has now been developed and launched for bus and coach applications with both rigid and independent front suspension. It is immediately available for all chassis and complete coach applications as European production switched in week 49 last year and will be offered on […]
Over the past decade or so the Van Hool range has been moving steadily towards the upper end of the market with the result that most of the coach products it has built for the UK have been to executive, super executive or long distance express specifications, with little or nothing in the standard coach […]
The Seven Kings High School, in Ilford was the setting for this annual compliance event, now in its sixth year. Chris Ruane, Public Authority Development Officer of CILT welcomed delegates and introduced the first presentation, a ten minute video on ‘Improving road safety for vulnerable road users.’ The morning’s proceedings were then chaired by Austin […]
Last year’s inaugural UK Bus Summit, organised by Transport Times, was the best of a number of conferences addressing the key issues facing the bus industry, attracting a stellar array of speakers from all sides of the debate. This year’s Summit, held at the QEII Centre opposite Westminster Abbey, was only slightly less impressive in […]