Moderated by President, Stephen Telling, and attended by operators, manufacturers and suppliers from across the UK, UKCOA’s event covered a wide range of technical and regulatory challenges that the industry is facing now and in the immediate future. Welcoming UKCOA members and guests, MD Volvo Bus UK & Ireland, Domenico Bondi, expressed his admiration for […]
The new Retail Sales Director of Volvo Bus in the UK and Ireland, Josef Gisslow, says that it’s ‘business as usual’ at the Coventry Bus and Coach Sales Centre, despite the impending closure of the company’s coach production plant in Wroclaw, Poland in 2024. Josef, who has transferred from Gothenburg, said the factory closure with […]
Miles Dorrington has been named as the new Traffic Commissioner for the West Midlands Traffic Area. Miles has been acting Traffic Commissioner in the region since the retirement of his predecessor, Nick Denton, in June 2022. He now takes on the role permanently. The Senior Traffic Commissioner, Richard Turfitt, said of Miles’ appointment: “I am […]
Go-Ahead has carried ten million passengers at the nationwide promotional fare of £2 since the government began funding a scheme capping the price of bus travel on New Year’s Day. The biggest seller of discount tickets in the Go-Ahead network is Brighton & Hove Buses and Metrobus, where more than 2.5 million passengers have travelled […]
Transport technology specialist, UrbanThings, is holding a webinar on smart card technology. Entitled ‘Smart Cards meet Smartphones: The Future of Transportation‘, the event is being held online on 10 May at 11am. The free webinar is to explore how ITSO card loading can act as a ‘bridge’ technology to bring operators and passengers over to […]
Transport Minister, Richard Holden MP’s announcement of further funding for electric buses and a Bus Centre of Excellence took place during a visit to First Leicester’s Abbey Lane depot where he was able to see progress with the depot’s electrification and sample the recently completed first example of the Wrightbus GB Kite Electroliner single-deck electric […]
Alexander Dennis (ADL) has completed the delivery of 74 Enviro400 and Enviro200 buses to Arriva UK Bus. There were 47 Enviro400 double-deckers and 27 Enviro200 single-deckers delivered in batches between summer 2022 and early 2023. All are fitted with Alexander Dennis’s SmartPack efficiency technology to reduce carbon and noxious emissions, benefiting local air quality. Each […]
Greater Manchester will get new responsibilities over transport as part of what is described as the city-region’s most significant devolution deal with government. The new Trailblazer Deal includes more influence on regional rail services to deliver a London-style integrated public transport system – the Bee Network – by 2030. The Bee Network aims to integrate bus, […]