Eagerly anticipated and subject to considerable conjecture regarding the form it would take, Plaxton’s new small coach option was unveiled at Scarborough last week to an enthusiastic welcome from operators. Wider, longer, heavier, more expensive and with a higher seating capacity than its predecessor, the new Cheetah XL is an attractive, high quality midicoach with […]
In past years MAN’s bus division has usually held its Bus Days, a chance to meet up with operators and members of the press and display its wares, at the Bus Forum at its headquarters in Munich. This year, despite the logistical challenge it represented, it chose to stage the event in the Turkish capital […]
Oxford Bus Company has invested £2.5m in a fleet of eight Euro6 Volvo B11R 6×2 based Plaxton Elitei coaches to add capacity and further reduce the environmental footprint of the X90 service to central London. The new vehicles were formally launched at Oxfordshire County Council’s Thornhill Park and Ride, one of the service’s en route […]
It is 20 years since Kevin Booth and Jack Miles capitalised on their considerable experience in the coach and coach parts markets to establish Heavy Duty Parts, initially specialising in support for the Neoplan brand, but rapidly expanding beyond that to offer parts for virtually any European coach product. The business, which following Jack’s decision […]
Maintaining growth over three generations of family management takes a lot of hard work and commitment but above that it requires the ability to adapt and change as markets and circumstances evolve, taking the opportunities that arise and learning the new skills needed to stay efficient, legal and profitable. The Fareham based Lucketts group is […]
Euro6 engine emission regulations are extremely stringent and complying with them has cost the engine manufacturers billions. One of the reasons for this is because politicians have been disappointed that the results obtained by bench testing earlier generation engines to satisfy previous regulations have not been equalled in everyday operation. Chris Peat talks to manufacturers […]
In the second of three visits to Sweden to monitor Volvo’s progress in the development of electric buses, and specifically the ElectriCity project in Gothenburg, Stuart Jones was at the company’s Hallered test track last week hearing more about the plans and experiencing the vehicles on the test track for the first time. In previous […]
The Central Library in Manchester was the venue for the official launch of Passenger Focus’ Bus Passenger survey for 2014. Politicians, press, industry heads and representatives from the organisation were tightly packed in a room to hear the results of the survey along with guest speakers and a panel discussion. The two hour session was […]