Wrightbus‘ planned hydrogen coach is expected to be in production by 2026. Jean-Marc Gales, Wrightbus CEO, told B&CB that a prototype model intended to demonstrate the powertrain is expected towards the end of this year. Jean-Marc said: “The concept is ready, the predevelopment work has been done, so we are confident we can launch it […]
First Bus and City of York Council have announced that York now boasts the UK’s biggest all-electric Park and Ride bus network. The achievement comes with the introduction of a double-decker zero emission bus on the Rawcliffe Bar Service 2 circular, west of the city centre, which replaces an articulated diesel vehicle. It means the […]
Tower Transit is to improve access to its bus services in the Channel Islands using Omnibus’ General Transit Feed Specification (GTFS) Exporter. The GTFS Exporter will take scheduled service information from the operator’s cloud-based Omnibus scheduling suite and create all the data structures and formatting required for a compliant data export. This export can be […]
CPT has raised over £500 for Eastbourne RNLI. The CPT raised the funds at its South East and London Annual Dinner last autumn at the Grand Hotel in Eastbourne, which had over 120 attendees. CPT’s London and South East Chairman, Matthew Arnold, was on hand to present Eastbourne RNLI’s Operations Manager, Carl Pocock, their cheque […]
Wrightbus has received orders for 103 of its zero-emission buses for London. Stagecoach has ordered another 16 zero-emission Wrightbus vehicles, with Arriva ordering 87. Stagecoach’s battery electric StreetDeck Electroliners come on the back of 48 of these delivered last year. “As well as being good for the environment, these buses will also ensure passengers enjoy […]
Shaun Millar has joined Alexander Dennis‘ fleet sales team to focus on the UK’s large independent and municipal bus operators. Alexander Dennis says it has created this new National Account Manager role to ensure that capturing its customers’ needs is its top priority. Shaun’s focus will be on understanding customers fleet requirements in terms of […]
Stagecoach East has launched a new half-hourly service that will link Stevenage and Bedford, tying these two towns together for the first time. The number 9A/9B/9C/9D service will link the two towns, as well as Shortstown, Cotton End, Haynes, Shefford, Clifton, Henlow, Arlesey, Ickleford and Hitchin. This is an extension of the existing service which […]
Go-Ahead’s bus companies have sold 60 million of the £2 bus tickets, brought in by the government. This means the number of sales have surpassed the English population, which is 56.5 million according to the Office for National Statistics. All of Go-Ahead’s regional bus companies outside London and Manchester are participating in the scheme. The biggest […]