If you visited Coach and Bus Live, you will know the exhibition halls were packed with not only the latest vehicles in the industry, but swathes of new products and technologies. Chris Peat toured the stands to bring news of what was displayed. Drivers and booking agencies Promoting its network of professional coach, minibus and […]
Exhibitors from across the globe are to descend upon Kortrijk, Belgium (or Courtrai if you are following the signs through France) on 16 to 21 October for Busworld Kortrijk 2015. The bi-annual event will see hundreds of displays, many of which are applicable to the UK market. Here we have a run down of a […]
A year on and all the key players in that market have refined their ideas and brought their new models to the market place. There were also some completely new vehicles in the sector to liven things up. It was arguably the most vibrant sector at the Show. As anticipated the main player in the […]
Coach & Bus Live may be the smaller of the two Birmingham based shows and not attract a full compliment of bus and coach manufacturers but it is nevertheless a big draw to the UK’s bus and coach operators giving them the opportunity to see a wide selection of bus, coach and midicoach models in […]
Airport shuttle buses are perhaps an overlooked niche in the industry. Airport transportation managers have a critical role to play in ensuring passengers arrive at their destination on time, with minimum hassle and in comfortable surroundings. However, this network of buses is often just a brief blip in a holiday maker’s journey compared to the […]
The Ricoh Arena, Coventry was the setting for this year’s annual Compliance Conference hosted by the Road Haulage Association. The prevalent theme was the health and safety of your drivers and making sure that they remain compliant. The proceedings were proficiently chaired by Brian Weatherley, transport journalist and freelance events organiser. The range of speakers […]
In 1885, Blackpool became the first UK borough to feature electrically powered street transport. A privately operated Promenade tramway replaced a horse bus service that had been introduced on the then newly created thoroughfare some 15 years previously. Blackpool Corporation later acquired the tramway and expanded it to many of the major thoroughfares in the […]
Adrian Wickens, Bus Planning Manager at Volvo Buses, retired at the end of September after a career spanning more than four decades with two of the biggest names in the UK bus business. He’d already seen a lot when I first met him working for Leyland Bus in 1982 and the rest of his career […]