Bewdley-based Phillips International Travel has cause for celebration on two counts. Firstly, Director Julian Phillips’ wife Gemma has given birth to a son. Secondly, the operator has replaced its ’17-plate Plaxton Elite with a new Volvo B8R Plaxton Panther. “So we have had two new arrivals in the space of 48 hours,” Julian told B&CB. […]
A series of five European Union conferences, bringing together manufacturers, operators and policy makers were held at Busworld. The conferences were aimed at making a collective effort to bridge the gap between technological feasibility, economic viability and regulatory demands in the bus industry. EU Zero Emission Bus Conference The EU Zero Emission Bus Conference generated […]
National Express is introducing a new service connecting Peterborough and Cambridge with Luton and Heathrow Airport. The coach firm’s new 788 service launches tomorrow (20 October), providing up to six journeys a day between Peterborough’s Queensgate Bus Station, Cambridge Parkside, Cambridge Park and Ride, Hitchin, Luton Airport and Heathrow Airport. The new route follows the […]
RHA has written to the government with a number of suggestions of how it can support the coach and wider transport industry in the upcoming Autumn Statement. The trade body has written to HM Treasury with ways it can help support the coach, truck and van industries, which it says keeps Britain moving. It suggests […]
Organisers of Busworld Europe report a record breaking crowd for the 26th edition of the exhibition. Held in Brussels from 7 to 12 October, the event returned for the first time since taking a hiatus in 2019 due to the pandemic. Over the course of the event, it welcomed 40,120 visitors from 111 countries and […]
A new ticketing and travel initiative between National Express-owned Dublin Express and Iarnród Éireann Irish Rail has been launched. For the first time, passengers can travel to Dublin Airport by rail or coach across Ireland by booking a single seamless ticket. The new ticketing agreement allows people travelling from all rail destinations to Heuston to […]
Go-Ahead Group Chief Executive, Christian Schreyer, has agreed with the Board to stand down as from his position at the end of October 2023. He will be succeeded by Miguel Ángel Parras. Christian, with 30 years’ transport experience, joined Go-Ahead in 2021. He led the business through the move from public to private ownership last […]
National Express is closing its two Transport Solutions depots in Sydenham and Gillingham. Despite speculation, National Express says it is not proposing any changes to its The Kings Ferry and Clarkes brands ‘at present’. This comes despite the two brands being based at Gillingham and Sydenham respectively. A spokesperson for National Express said: “We continually […]