Two years ago, while waiting for a bus to college, Joel Kidd had an idea. He was surprised that there was no way available to him to find out where the bus he was waiting for actually was. The computer whizz-kid soon turned his skills and knowledge towards developing a system to track his local […]
Following on from their successful product launches of the new height adjuster, SideRiser 2 (SR2) and the posture improving ProBax seat at Euro Bus Expo last November, Kirsty Flatt caught up with David Cattanach, Director of A.E. Harris (parent company of Chapman Driver Seating) at their manufacturing plant in the Jewellery Quarter of Birmingham, to […]
The APSE event is held every year at the Hilton Hotel, Coylumbridge, Near Aviemore in the Highlands of Scotland. In recent years it has become one of the most important dates in the calendar for producers of wheelchair accessible mini and midibuses and this year was no exception. The event is built around a conference […]
Few former bus companies have retained a place in former customers’ psyche’s more than Southdown Motor Services. Though the company disappeared in its own right within Stagecoach in August 1989, it is still fondly thought of by many, as the massive turnout at celebrations last weekend to mark the centenary of its foundation in June […]
In a move it sees as an important milestone for its global activities and the logical progression of its business in India, Daimler’s Daimler India Commercial Vehicles operation has opened a new bus body plant at Oragadam near Chennai in India, a year after the foundation stone was laid. There is major Wrightbus involvement in […]
Catch the Bus Week is an initiative organised by Greener Journeys to encourage people who may not ordinarily use the bus to try it. It is in its third year, having launched quite quietly in 2013 with the support of Arriva, Go Ahead, First Group and Stagecoach. Last year, over 100 bus operators, passenger bodies […]
Cutting fuel consumption is the Holy Grail of the transport industry, not only helping save pounds, but saving the environment too. Everyone in the sector is striving for it and there are many companies out there promising to help achieve the goal. One that certainly will help is Zeta Automotive, which is launching EconoSpeed Connect, […]
The last few months have seen the initial deliveries to UK customers of Scania coaches carrying Touring HD coachwork manufactured in China by Higer. It is the first time that British operators have been able to purchase a Chinese built body on a European built chassis, as previous imports from China have been of completely […]