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 […]
The main sectors in which it is involved are midi coaches for touring and schools applications and airport buses, though it is also branching out in other directions with plans announced for city buses and chassis systems. In the UK only one product has entered service thus far, the Vive TH high floor midi coach […]
The coach operation was started by Fred Owen as a sideline to his main business and his son Mike became the Managing Director of the business in the 1990s. Fred maintained an active role well into his seventies, until he passed away ten years ago. After completing his National Service in the RAF, Fred became […]
In 2003 Giles Fearnley, Stuart Wilde and the team at what was then the Harrogate & District operation of Blazefield Holdings relaunched the 36 service between Leeds, Harrogate and Ripon in a revolutionary move that started an immensely positive trend in the industry. The introduction of leather seats in dedicated branded high specification buses set […]
BorderBus may well be a relatively new name in the industry, having only been set up in 2013, however its founder and MD, Andrew Pursey, is a name many might be familiar with. Andrew was the last family member to have run Anglianbus, the Beccles, Suffolk based operator that was sold to the Go-Ahead Group […]
Not only can effectively utilising your own workshop save money, it can be a profit rather than a cost centre if you open it up to take on extra third party jobs, providing you have the capacity to do so. With the closing of DVSA’s own sites, some operators are seizing the opportunity by installing […]