Coach trade body RHA is supporting moves to reopen a parking area for coaches in Matlock Baths. The facility in the Derbyshire village is currently in use by travellers and not available to coach operators. It has been closed for nearly two years. Derbyshire Dales District Council has consulted on plans to earmark other locations […]
Industry leaders, council officials, stakeholders and climate experts have been in Bradford to discuss how the city’s landmark hydrogen project can be central to the region’s low-carbon future. With figures showing the state-of-the-art hydrogen production facility on the old Birkshall Gas works could generate £120 million to the Bradford economy and create up to 125 […]
Former Van Hool and Volvo salesman, David Porter, has been appointed Head of Coach Sales at Wrightbus. The new addition to the manufacturer’s roster comes as it develops a long-range hydrogen coach. David, who has over three decades of experience in the coach industry, joined Wrightbus earlier this month. David said: “I’m excited to join […]
Scania aims to cut the emissions it produces in vehicle production by utilising remanufactured parts on its main assembly line in Sweden. In what the manufacturer says is a world first for heavy vehicle OEMs, the iReGear research project saw a new gearbox built on the production line using remanufactured parts. The test saw 50% […]
Bus and coach passengers are the least at risk of being killed on the roads in London compared to all other transport modes, a TfL study has revealed. In TfL’s 2023 Casualties in Greater London report, bus or coach occupants were shown as being least likely to be killed, with one passenger killed for every […]
Bookings have opened for the Coach Tourism Association’s CTA Conference & Workshop 2025, taking place in Stratford-upon-Avon, Saturday 8 to Tuesday 11 February 2025. The most popular event in the UK coach tourism calendar, the previous Conference attracted record attendance with over 200 CTA members. The CTA Conference & Workshop 2025 features DFDS as Gold […]
Electric coach operator Ember is launching a new route between Aberdeen and Edinburgh. The new route is set for launch in 22 October 2024, with 20 services per day running 24 hours a day, seven days a week. It plans to soft launch some limited stop services ahead of this. The new route takes in […]
FlixBus is adding Prospect Coaches as a partner on its UK network. Prospect Coaches, headquartered in the West Midlands, will be the second operator in as many weeks to join FlixBus. They join the recently signed-up Chalfont Coaches of Northampton, who it was announced are joining earlier this month. Initially, Prospect will add two Scania […]