Nottingham-based Skills Motor Coaches has placed an order for six Alexander Dennis Enviro400s to its fleet. This is the operator’s first new Alexander Dennis order since 2017. The six Enviro400 double-deckers will be introduced to support new premium contracts. Each of the Enviro400 buses provides 85 seats to give Skills extra capacity for high passenger […]
Tranzaura is launching its new FleetNow software, designed to reduce operational costs like fuel, vehicle maintenance, compliance and labour. FleetNow is Tranzaura’s response to the growing need for faster fleet intelligence and better decision-making, and represents a significant step forward for the company. The software is designed to deliver and pinpoint intelligence like usage, carbon […]
Fleet transport insurance broker, McCarron Coates, has partnered with law firm and transport specialist, JMW, to create a road transport protection policy. The ‘Accelerate’ policy, unavailable through any other broker, has been exclusively created by McCarron Coates and underwriter Financial & Legal (FLI). It provides bus and coach operators and HGV firms with a policy […]
Lithuanian-owned Altas Auto has a new CEO. The manufacturer of small and medium-sized buses, distributed in the UK by EVM, has appointed Ignas Pranskevičius to the leadership role. He succeeds Edvardas Radzevičius, the company’s founder, who led the business for 23 years. Radzevičius, now a member of the newly formed Altas Auto board, revealed that […]
Go-Ahead Group is to use its recently acquired Fourway Coaches depot to expand into West Yorkshire, it has confirmed to B&CB. Three buses are to be run from the site on the service, which will operate under the banner of ‘Go-Ahead West Yorkshire’. From 23 February 2025, Go-Ahead is to run the 571 route between […]
As Stagecoach Manchester transitions into the Bee Network, it says goodbye to the iconic Magic Bus branding. The operator’s Magic Bus service made its final journey on 4 January. To preserve its legacy, Stagecoach will donate one of its iconic low-floor double-deckers, introduced in 2006, to the Museum of Transport. Over its 25-year tenure, Stagecoach […]
Stagecoach East has stepped in to refute claims made by Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority (CPCA) that it has withdrawn from a tendering process. The local authority said a bus operator, who it said cannot be named for legal reasons, has withdrawn all of its winning bids to run the final seven of its area’s […]
Stephensons of Essex has added five Alexander Dennis Enviro400s to its fleet. The new double-deckers each have 86 seats fitted with USB charging ports. They are the first on Alexander Dennis chassis for the operator, joining similar buses on third-party chassis as well as a large number of Enviro200 single-deckers in the operator’s 140-vehicle fleet. […]