A demand responsive transport service is now being trialled in London. Operated by Go-Ahead, passengers book their travel on the on-demand service using an app created by ViaVan. The 12-month trial is being carried out in Sutton, south London. Using mobile and predictive technology, GoSutton is aimed at finding out whether flexible demand responsive transport […]
Temsa, the Turkish bus and coach manufacturer, has been sold to venture capital group True Value Capital Partners, a Swiss-based investment fund. Owned by giant Turkish conglomerate Hacı Ömer Sabancı Holding (SA), the Temsa Transportation Vehicles group was nominally valued at 825m Turkish Lira (£111m). The sale was made based on a value of 375m […]
Peter Thompson joins as Commercial Director, with Ann Timmons coming on board in the role of Marketing Manager. Georgia Tolley makes it three new recruits for the Binswood Media team, taking on an Event Assistant role. Reporting to CEO Mark Griffin, Peter Thompson brings a breadth of experience and knowledge to the team, joining […]
Cummins is celebrating reaching a landmark number of Euro VI engine installations with Alexander Dennis Limited (ADL), supplying over 4,500 clean diesel engines to fleets across the UK. The ADL buses are equipped with Cummins B4.5 and B6.7 engines, including integrated hybrid adapted and Stop/Start technology. These engines can offer improved fuel consumption of up […]
Wrights Group Ltd has today announced the retirement of their Chairman and CEO, Mark Nodder OBE, with effect from 31 March 2019. On making the announcement, Sir William Wright CBE stated: “The board of Wrights Group will always be grateful to Mark for his long and dedicated service to Wrights Group. The regard in which […]
Optare is to supply 21 electric-powered Metrodeckers to York. York will soon be home to one of the biggest fleets of double deck electric buses outside of London, thanks to a significant investment by First York and funding secured by City of York Council from the Office for Low Emission Vehicles (OLEV). To be operated […]
ADL is to supply up to 25 hydrogen buses to Liverpool for a trial of these vehicles. The Liverpool City Region is set to be the first place in the north of England to trial hydrogen buses following a successful £6.4m bid to the government’s Office for Low Emission Vehicles. The bid was put forward […]
Transport for London (TfL) has today published its draft budget for financial year 2019/20 which continues the organisation’s progress towards breaking even on the cost of day-to-day operations by 2022/23, for the first time in its history, while investing billions in vital transport improvements in London. TfL’s balanced five-year Business Plan, published in December last […]