Paul Lewis-Horner has joined Alexander Dennis as its first Group Quality Director. The newly-created role will be a key member of the Alexander Dennis executive leadership team, reporting to President & Managing Director Paul Davies. Paul Lewis-Horner will define and drive the quality and reliability strategy for the business, as the company increases its focus […]
East Yorkshire Buses’ Anlaby Road depot saw part of its roof collapse, damaging a bus. Photos of the incident show a substantial amount of rubble along the frontage of the 100-year-old building. The collapse happened at 0230hrs, so no personnel were affected. The company said it is investigating the safety of the building.
A Swindon Bus Summit is being held for the first time on Friday 13 January to discuss the future of bus services in the area. The summit, convened by Stagecoach West and Go-Ahead-owned Swindon’s Bus Company, invites stakeholders to explore what can be done to protect bus services. The summit comes as patronage on some […]
Richard Stevens, Managing Director of Go South West, was awarded an MBE in the New Year Honours for services to transport and to the community. Richard was appointed Managing Director of Plymouth Citybus in May 2012. Citybus and Go Cornwall bus serves over 30 million passengers a year and is one of the largest public […]
Transport for Greater Manchester has ordered a further 50 zero-emission double-deck buses from Alexander Dennis Ltd (ADL), doubling the total on order for the franchised Bee Network bus system to 100. The additional 50 British-built electric buses will enter service in parts of Bury, Rochdale and Oldham when the second tranche of franchising launches there […]
Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) has awarded the first of its re-regulated bus network contracts to Diamond Buses and Go-Ahead Group. Go-Ahead’s Go North West operating company beat off competition from eight other operators bidding to run bus routes in both Wigan and Bolton from 17 September 2023. The buses will be part of Manchester’s […]
The plan to charge coaches for access to Cambridge (B&CB 1641, 9 December 2022) has drawn a barrage of criticism from coach operators and trade associations. In its consultation exercise, the Greater Cambridge Partnership’s (GCP) ‘Making Connections 2022’ sets out a huge bus investment plan of £50m a year followed by, in 2027, a congestion […]
As I write, we’re just putting the final touches to the 23 December issue. I have just one working day before I mentally wave cheerio to 2022 at Bus & Coach Buyer and join my family for a nice break from business. I know that many of our readers will be working through the festive […]