Road testing Sprinter-based conversions is always a slightly depressing exercise for the Bus and Coach Buyer team. There’s a reason that it’s considered the best base vehicle on the market and, arguably, in its new guise with a raft of new electronic tricks, now even better. The reason is that Mercedes-Benz has a pretty good […]
When, a few years back, Mercedes-Benz announced the end of the Vario manufacturers of midicoaches were thrown into a bit of a turmoil as to how to replace it. Most coachbuilders opted for various versions of the Mercedes-Benz Atego front-engined light truck chassis. This was the route chosen by manufacturers like Ferqui (Connaught); Indcar (Moseley […]
Vale of White Horse District Council has created a new drop-off/pick-up coach stop for tourists visiting Abingdon. The new facility is hoped to help visitors and alleviate traffic congestion in the town. The new stop is at Hales Meadow car park next to the River Thames and will allow coaches to drop off and pick […]
Ralph Bullock (Junior) died peacefully at home on 20 June 2019. He was 90, the same age as the Manchester-based company. Apart from a period of National Service, and a year in Australia shortly after the end of WWII, he spent his entire working life with the family firm. The business had been founded by […]
Following a devastating fire at Ashcroft Travel at the end of June, the Widnes-based operator’s spirits have been warmed with a card and gift from Our Lady of Perpetual Succour Catholic Primary School in Widnes. A statement on the operator’s Twitter feed said: “A huge thank you to everybody at Our Lady of Perpetual Succour […]
Moseley Distributors does more than just supply vehicles, it can also modify them to meet customer requirements, and it has done this recently with a pair of 12.2m VDL Futura FHD, which it converted to meet DDI 1 and 3 standards. The first coach has gone to Bay Travel of Cowdenbeath and it was so […]
Operators into Birmingham – now delaying its Clean Air Zone until next summer – have been urged to apply for part of the £10m upgrade funding. The Confederation of Passenger Transport’s Midlands region says the city has now confirmed that the CAZ won’t start until July 2020 at the earliest, but says that the clock […]
Pelican Bus & Coach has announced the arrival in the UK of the first electric coach to be offered to UK and Irish operators. Named the TCe12, it joins the GT12, TC12 and TC9 in the Yutong coach range. The TCe12 is an evolution of the ICe12 electric intercity coach already in service in Paris […]