Transdev has launched the first of 20 Mercedes-Benz eCitaro electric single-deckers into service. The first vehicles from the incoming new fleet, resplendent in the bright red livery of Transdev subsidiary, are now in service on The Harrogate Bus Company’s route 1 linking Harrogate and Knaresborough up to every eight minutes. And more new buses to […]
BYD has unveiled an all-new single-deck electric bus and a production version of the BD11 ‘decker it revealed in prototype at the London Bus Museum at Brooklands. The 12-metre B12 single-deck uses the same chassis-integrated LFP Blade battery and twin ‘hairpin’ hub motors as the BD11 to achieve a range of as much as 310 […]
Campaign for Better Transport is calling on the government to introduce a Bus Service Guarantee as part of its promised ‘bus revolution’. The Guarantee would ensure all communities have at least a minimum, reasonable level of bus service. “If the government really wants to bring about ‘London-style’ services across the country, it should define the […]
trentbarton has signed a new five-year deal with Michelin. The Effitires contract will see Michelin’s Connected Solutions division supply and manage the tyres on more than 400 buses servicing routes across Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and Leicestershire for trentbarton, as well as the Wellglade Group’s other businesses Notts + Derby, TM Travel and Kinchbus. The new agreement […]
Alex Hornby is switching from a career in the bus industry to trains. Rail operator Northern has appointed Alex as its new commercial and customer director. From today (18 November 2024), Alex will lead the train operator’s sales, marketing, commercial development and customer experience functions. He left his role as Group Managing Director at McGill’s […]
Luxury travel specialist Eavesway Travel of Ashton in Makerfield have placed a first-time order for a DAF-based Irizar Integral i8 for delivery in 2025. The new 14-metre coach will be equipped to the highest level of comfort and amenities including 38 extra comfort padded i8 seats in the company’s signature cream leather. In the past, […]
Transport Secretary, Louise Haigh, has confirmed £712 million funding for local authorities to improve bus services, and a further £243 million for BSOG. The total £955 million is earmarked to support buses until 2026, helping deliver what the government calls a London-style bus system across the country. The government said every region in England is […]
This was the opening statement in an enthusiastic address to Euro Bus Expo 2024 by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Local Transport, Simon Lightwood MP but appears to have included the only specific reference in it to coach. There was, however, little if anything new from the minister who emphasised the Government was investing […]