Castleford-based Pelican has today announced that it will be launching a smaller battery-electric vehicle, the Yutong E9. The E9 has an overall length of 8.94 metres, and a width of 2.42 metres, making it ideal for rural work and in historic city streets. Pelican says the vehicle will be highly manoeuvrable, and ideal for both […]
UPDATED Troubled HCT Group is in advanced talks with Stagecoach to divest itself of its TfL contracts – believed to be 11 in total. This comes after the announcement this week that it is to cease operation community buses in Bristol, and having already seen the financial failure of its Yorkshire operations, CT Plus and […]
Pelican Bus & Coach is continuing to invest in expanding its facilities with the opening of a new national parts distribution centre this month, dedicated to its fast-growing bus and coach division. Located adjacent to J31/M62, close to Pelican’s existing facilities, the new 12,000sq ft building has been purchased and fitted with two-level racking, enabling […]
Nottingham City Transport (NCT) has named one of its buses after civil rights campaigner George Powe. The bus naming was carried out on what would have been his 96th birthday. The presentation, attended by his wife Jill Westby, daughter Cynthia Horton, City Councillor Audra Wynter, City Councillor Leslie Ayoola, Deputy Leader of Nottingham City Council, […]
Switch Mobility and Chalo, Indian transport technology company, are entering into a strategic collaboration for the deployment of 5,000 electric buses across India. The MoU (memorandum of understanding) with Chalo has been signed for an initial period of three years and the buses will be deployed across districts and cities in India where Chalo operate. […]
Rotala is acquiring Midland Classic, the principal bus operator in Burton-upon-Trent. Midland operates 60 vehicles from its freehold depot in Burton-upon-Trent and employs approximately 110 staff, who will join the Rotala Group as part of the acquisition. The operator provides bus services to towns such as Uttoxeter, Ashby-de-la-Zouch and Lichfield. This latest move represents an […]
TransMach has helped reduce fare dodging on Keolis’ trams in Nottingham. The Nottingham Contactless Project enables customers to travel on NCT buses, the Linkbus network and the tram. For the city’s non-gated tram system travel is paid for by simply tapping the ticket validators with contactless devices. To reduce instances of fare dodging, Keolis Nottingham […]
Allison Transmission is to introduce its latest electric axle, part of the Allison eGen Power family, at IAA Transportation 2022 (20-25 September, Hanover). eGen Power is a drop-in solution compatible with many existing chassis, helping OEMs to accelerate their vehicle development programs. It features fully integrated electric motors, a two-speed gearbox, integrated oil cooler and […]