Pelican Bus + Coach has received a further order from Nottingham City Transport, for 14 more Yutong single-deck electric vehicles. Thanks to a successful ZEBRA bid with Nottingham City Council, NCT currently has 24 battery-electric Yutong single-deckers on the road. The operator recently celebrated 250,000 zero-emission kilometres. Now, a further batch of 24 vehicles will […]
Reading Buses were in Henley-on-Thames recently to promote its new aqua 28 service which starts on Monday (29 July 2024). The company is using its compressed natural gas (CNG) buses for the service. One of the brightly coloured aqua buses was parked outside the town hall with a stand on the pedestrian area that had […]
First Group Chairman, David Martin, has announced he is to retire from the Board of First Group. David Martin was appointed Chairman of FirstGroup in August 2019, serving as Executive Chairman following the departure of Chief Executive Officer, Matthew Gregory, in September 2021, until the appointment of the current Chief Executive Officer, Graham Sutherland, in […]
A rolling programme of Bee Network reviews are to explore how public transport can best be improved across every part of Greater Manchester. Starting in Bolton and Wigan, the first boroughs to get the franchised Bee Network bus services, Network Reviews will see Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) working with local authority partners to gather […]
Pelican Bus + Coach has received a further order from Nottingham City Transport, for 14 more Yutong single-deck electric vehicles. Thanks to a successful ZEBRA bid with Nottingham City Council, NCT currently has 24 battery-electric Yutong single-deckers on the road. The operator recently celebrated 250,000 zero-emission kilometres. Now, a further batch of 24 vehicles will […]
Ashcrofts Mini Travel has been ‘amazed’ by the service received from Asset Alliance Group, after the vehicle finance specialist facilitated the addition of two new Yutong GT12 coaches. The Wigan-based business has taken the 53-seat + 1, PSVAR compliant executive coaches on multi-year operating leases, ahead of the start of two new passenger routes in […]
Transdev celebrates after being awarded three globally-recognised benchmarks for quality, sustainability and safety. The Harrogate-based company’s engineering and operations teams across its nine depots in Yorkshire and Lancashire have won recognition from the ISO, the International Organisation for Standardisation, an independent body which works across 171 countries to ensure consistent delivery in technology, management and […]
Cambridge is set to host the next Young Bus Professionals conference on 12 and 13 September 2024. Headlining the event will be Stagecoach’s CEO, Claire Miles. The programme includes an optional afternoon visit along the Cambridge Guided Busway and to Stagecoach East’s depot. In the evening, the after-dinner speaker will be Bill Hiron, Managing Director […]
A Transport UK London Bus is today (25 July 2024) departing for Ukraine. The AD Enviro200 is departing from the Ukrainian embassy in London alongside over 50 vehicles supporting four charities to take aid to Ukraine. The bus from Transport UK London Bus is to make the four-day drive from central London to the city […]
