Despite the absorption of Van Hool into VDL, a trickle of Van Hool deliveries are still being made to operators in the UK. Scottish operator Woods Coaches of Tillycoultry has received the first Van Hool coaches – an EX15M and two EX11Hs – with an Allison fully automatic gearbox. All are DAF powered with the […]
Yutong has delivered its 200,000th zero tailpipe emission vehicle. This milestone of 200,000 zero tailpipe emission vehicles has been reached less than 25 years after the very first vehicle was placed into service in 1999. The volume includes both buses and coaches, as either electric and hydrogen variants. Ian Downie, Head of Yutong UK, said: […]
Caledonian Travel and sister brand UKBreakaways have welcomed their one millionth holiday customer, three years since the business launched. The milestone was marked with a surprise £500 gift voucher for lucky traveller Mrs Pam Renwick as she booked her next break at Caledonian’s Travel Centre in Middlesbrough. In addition, the company has given away limited […]
Northampton-based Chalfont Coaches is joining the FlixBus network. The operator is set to start running services for the global coach brand later this month. It has over 30 years of experience operating long-distance express services, and says ‘the future is FlixBus’. Chalfont is to operate four green branded Scania Touring coaches on services to cities […]
Spanish coachbuilder Sunsundegui has filed for administration so it can buy time to negotiate with its creditors. The company, best known in the UK for producing coaches on Volvo chassis, has €48.8m operational debts, some with suppliers but the bulk with loans, but says its order book for 2025 could save it from bankruptcy. The […]
The H2Accelerate collaboration has welcomed TEAL Mobility as its eighth member, as it aims to hasten the roll-out of hydrogen as a road fuel. TEAL Mobility brings to the collaboration its ambitious plans to deploy more than 100 hydrogen refuelling stations for heavy-duty vehicles on major European road corridors over the next ten years. The […]
DfT has announced exemptions to the Accessible Information Regulations (AIR) for coaches when used on rail replacement services, the CPT has revealed to B&CB. AIR is set to be implemented on 1 October 2024. The DfT’s exemptions are for coaches with more than 16 passenger seats used on rail replacement (local) services. A local service […]
South Lanarkshire-based Marshalls Executive Travel is set to close at the end of this month. Owners George and Viv Marshall are to retire. George’s roots in coaches go as far back as 1949, when George’s grandfather, Jake Marshall, bought an Austin and a Bedford OB from Kilgour of Salsburgh and began operating them. George’s father […]