The RHA has launched guidance to help operators run apprenticeships. It sets out the benefits of taking on apprentices and examines the various options and good practice to help operators make the right choices to support their businesses. ‘A Guide to Running an Apprenticeship in England’ advises operators about an employer’s responsibilities, choosing courses and training […]
Guy Opperman MP has been appointed to the DfT in the government’s latest shuffle, replacing Richard Holden MP as minister with responsibility for buses. Guy was previously Minister of State at the Department for Work and Pensions between 13 November 2023 and 27 October 2022, and Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the same department between […]
Go North East has denied claims by trade union Unite that talks to end strikes at the operation have reached a stalemate. Unite claimed the most recent round of talks to resolve the dispute ended with a ‘stalemate’, with strikes across the Go-Ahead Group-owned operation set to continue indefinitely. Unite general secretary, Sharon Graham, said: […]
ZF has launched a new, purely electro-mechanical brake system which does away with hydraulic fluid. The brake – aimed at the electric vehicle market – sees braking force generated at each wheel by an electric motor, without a hydraulic system and brake fluid. The brake system was co-developed at ZF’s centres in China, the USA, […]
Tootbus has engaged Magtec, a designer, manufacturer and integrator of drive systems for commercial electric vehicles, to repower a fleet of 15 open top double-decker buses for its sightseeing services in central London. Under the multi-million-pound agreement, Magtec will equip the 23-tonne triaxle buses with high-tech electric drive trains including its long-range 280 kWh battery […]
Stagecoach East held a round-table discussion with representatives from the region’s blind and partially sighted community. The group included representatives from Bedfordshire Sight Loss Council, Sight Concern Bedfordshire, Camsight, Healthwatch Cambridgeshire & Peterborough, LOOK, and RNIB (Royal National Institute of Blind People). They met with Stagecoach East to consider issues such as access, safety, the […]
Alexander Dennis has been chosen in a competitive tender by Hong Kong’s MTR Corporation to supply 35 battery-electric Enviro500EV double-deckers. MTR Corporation provides Hong Kong’s Mass Transit Railway urban rail system including a network of feeder bus services, for which it operates a fleet of 172 buses. Most of them have been supplied by Alexander […]
Pelican Bus and Coach has appointed Julie Smith as Customer Project Manager. Julie will work with Ian Downie to support the tender to delivery process of customer orders. Julie has extensive knowledge of supply chain and bus manufacturing with over 16 years’ experience in manufacturing and sales at seating company Isringhausen/Esteban, as well as two-years […]