Fleet transport insurance broker, McCarron Coates, has partnered with law firm and transport specialist, JMW, to create a road transport protection policy. The ‘Accelerate’ policy, unavailable through any other broker, has been exclusively created by McCarron Coates and underwriter Financial & Legal (FLI). It provides bus and coach operators and HGV firms with a policy […]
Lithuanian-owned Altas Auto has a new CEO. The manufacturer of small and medium-sized buses, distributed in the UK by EVM, has appointed Ignas Pranskevičius to the leadership role. He succeeds Edvardas Radzevičius, the company’s founder, who led the business for 23 years. Radzevičius, now a member of the newly formed Altas Auto board, revealed that […]
Go-Ahead Group is to use its recently acquired Fourway Coaches depot to expand into West Yorkshire, it has confirmed to B&CB. Three buses are to be run from the site on the service, which will operate under the banner of ‘Go-Ahead West Yorkshire’. From 23 February 2025, Go-Ahead is to run the 571 route between […]
As Stagecoach Manchester transitions into the Bee Network, it says goodbye to the iconic Magic Bus branding. The operator’s Magic Bus service made its final journey on 4 January. To preserve its legacy, Stagecoach will donate one of its iconic low-floor double-deckers, introduced in 2006, to the Museum of Transport. Over its 25-year tenure, Stagecoach […]
Stagecoach East has stepped in to refute claims made by Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority (CPCA) that it has withdrawn from a tendering process. The local authority said a bus operator, who it said cannot be named for legal reasons, has withdrawn all of its winning bids to run the final seven of its area’s […]
Stephensons of Essex has added five Alexander Dennis Enviro400s to its fleet. The new double-deckers each have 86 seats fitted with USB charging ports. They are the first on Alexander Dennis chassis for the operator, joining similar buses on third-party chassis as well as a large number of Enviro200 single-deckers in the operator’s 140-vehicle fleet. […]
Stagecoach East, Cambridgeshire County Council and Anglian Water have struck a deal to ensure a village is saved from isolation. The deal sees a shuttle-bus being run around a collapsed access road for the next two weeks to serve Farcet. Residents of Farcet had previously faced isolation before Christmas, until a shuttle-bus service was put […]
Metroline, part of multi-modal transport operator ComfortDelGro, has commenced operation of 232 bus services in Greater Manchester as part of the Bee Network. Metroline makes the move to Manchester after already operating 17% of London’s bus network. The operator says its expertise in operating a reliable bus service across both busy urban centres and quiet […]