Road testing Sprinter-based conversions is always a slightly depressing exercise for the Bus and Coach Buyer team. There’s a reason that it’s considered the best base vehicle on the market and, arguably, in its new guise with a raft of new electronic tricks, now even better. The reason is that Mercedes-Benz has a pretty good […]
Mistral Group is working with Mellor to offer rental and lease options on its range of accessible vehicles. Working together with Mellor, Mistral Group is to introduce five new models to its product range including the low-emission Strata Low-Floor, the Strata High-Floor with passenger lift, the 31-seated Maxima, the Tucana II and the unique fully […]
Greater Manchester’s newest bus operator Go North West (GNW) has announced detailed plans to spend £3 million in its first 12 months, primarily on vehicle and depot improvements. With priorities focused on improved reliability, customer service and local leadership, the company unveiled a refurbished double-deck hybrid bus at an official launch event which was held […]
Ralph Bullock (Junior) died peacefully at home on 20 June 2019. He was 90, the same age as the Manchester-based company. Apart from a period of National Service, and a year in Australia shortly after the end of WWII, he spent his entire working life with the family firm. The business had been founded by […]
Operators into Birmingham – now delaying its Clean Air Zone until next summer – have been urged to apply for part of the £10m upgrade funding. The Confederation of Passenger Transport’s Midlands region says the city has now confirmed that the CAZ won’t start until July 2020 at the earliest, but says that the clock […]
When EVM launched its Sprinter-based Low Floor in 2013, it causes a ripple of interest in the bus market, but only a ripple. The thinking was clear; if you’re going to engineer a vehicle for bus work, make sure it’s durable, and with EVM’s long experience of Sprinter, that was a given. The engineering work, […]
Mystery surrounds the demise of Rednal-based Euro Liners. According to local press, the company has seemingly gone AWOL. The 97/98 commercial bus service Euro Liners operated in Bromsgrove has ceased operating. Local press has reported that a driver turned up to work at Euro Liners and found the business boarded-up. Eye witness reports claim the […]
The ‘Golden Triangle’ between the M1, M6 and M69 supports a fast-growing logistics infrastructure generating a need for quality support services for the many vehicles operating out of the area. Keltruck has had a presence in the Lutterworth area for a number of years and recently opened state of the art new premises supporting the […]