Reading Buses has sent some of its buses to help Bournemouth’s Yellow Buses and Cardiff Bus. Six of Reading Buses’ double-deckers are preparing to embark to Bournemouth to assist Yellow Buses, which is looking to increase capacity on its services now restrictions have lifted. Robert Williams, Chief Executive Officer of Reading Buses, said: “During the […]
Alexander Dennis Limited has announced a supply agreement to have its range of zero-emission buses assembled in Australia, for the Australian market. Nexport, an Australian-owned supplier and producer of electric buses, will assemble bodies from the Alexander Dennis Enviro family on BYD chassis for its domestic market. Nexport will also lead the customer sales and […]
Go-Ahead Group has appointed Christian Schreyer Group Chief Executive with effect from 5 November. He will join the Group on 1 November. Christian’s appointment follows David Brown’s decision, announced in May, to retire from the role of Group Chief Executive by the end of the year. Christian, 53, a German national, has been working for […]
Alexander Dennis Limited (ADL) and BYD UK have jointly announced that their electric vehicle partnership has signed a framework agreement with the National Transport Authority of Ireland (NTA) for the delivery of up to 200 BYD ADL Enviro200EV zero-emission, battery-electric buses. An initial firm order for 45 buses was agreed at the same time, with […]
ADL has announced a new Farnborough office and museum complex which will help celebrate the Dennis brand. Aftermarket, some engineering, IT and finance will be based at the complex, which is being fitted out next month and will be staffed starting in early 2022. In addition to housing ADL’s museum of vehicles and chassis and […]
Three new Wrightbus Streetdeck H2 FCEV hydrogen-powered buses have been unveiled by the National Transport Authority (NTA) in conjunction with Bus Éireann. The hydrogen fuel-cell electric double-deckers will initially be used on commuter services in the Greater Dublin Area. They were recently purchased by the NTA and will go into service next week on Bus […]
A phase out of the sale or purchase of new non-zero emission coaches is imminent, according to the Government. A date for this is due to be consulted on. It made the commitment in its Decarbonising Transport document. It is currently consulting on an appropriate date to end the sale of new non-zero emission buses. […]
Louise Cheeseman, currently Managing Director of Hull Trains, will move to Transport for London (TfL) on 2 August as its new Director of Buses. She succeeds Claire Mann, who has left TfL to become Director of First Group franchise South Western Railway (SWR). Louise has been MD of Hull Trains since 2018, where she has […]