A purpose-built, all-electric rapid bus transit system connecting Whitfield with Dover town centre and Dover Priory railway station is set to launch this summer. Kent County Council (KCC) is delivering the Dover Fastrack scheme in partnership with Dover District Council (DDC) and Homes England. A Housing Infrastructure Fund grant supports housing developments at Whitfield and […]
Wrightbus Electroliners are rolling out on London’s route 306 on 13 April 2024. The route will be served completely by electric buses. The operator, Transport UK London Bus (formerly known as Abellio London), is expanding its zero-emission fleet across its six depots, all of which are now enabled for EV routes. They are the first […]
An inaugural Board of Directors for the Women in Bus and Coach (WiBC) initiative has been appointed. The milestone marks a step forward in the organisation’s mission to promote gender diversity and inclusion within the bus, coach and community transport sector. Among the appointed directors are individuals with extensive experience in operations, safety, policy, advocacy, […]
First Bus South has put the first of 62 Wrightbus electric buses into service in Portsmouth, Fareham and Gosport. They are the region’s first zero-emissions buses. The £28.6m project to bring the Wrightbus electric buses to the Solent region is due to a partnership with Portsmouth City Council and Hampshire County Council which secured £12.7m […]
Diamond Bus North West has been selected to operate three small franchises in the third tranche of Bee Network franchise awards by Transport for Greater Manchester in its Tranche 3 contracts. The Rotala subsidiary has been awarded three, five-year contracts to operate the Tameside B, Stockport and Trafford Small Franchises in the Tranche 3 area. […]
A business partnership has formed to provide an initial £100m funding platform for zero-emission buses. Rock Rail, the UK Infrastructure Bank and Aviva, through its in-house capital unit Aviva Capital Partners, have formed a partnership to provide a new funding platform for zero-emission bus financier ‘Rock Road’. The partnership, alongside a debt facility from UK […]
Caetano UK is celebrating its 35th anniversary. Located in Coalville, the company’s site was inaugurated in 1989 by Grupo Salvador Caetano’s founder, Mr. Salvador Fernandes Caetano. “Caetano UK is a strategic business partner of National Express, annually supplying hundred tourism coaches” – Nuno Lago de Carvalho, Board Director of Caetano UK Nuno Lago de Carvalho, […]
Bus and coach electric repower specialist Equipmake has appointed Glenn Saint as Business Development Director. Working across Equipmake’s national and international operations, Saint’s appointment is intended to provide further support for the company’s continuing expansion across the commercial vehicle electrification sector. Saint has extensive experience in both the bus industry and electrified commercial vehicle space […]