Drivers have rated the M42 as the worst motorway in England in a new survey from the independent watchdog, Transport Focus. The Strategic Roads User Survey asked more than 9,000 road users about their last journey on a motorway or major ‘A’ road managed by National Highways. Overall, 71% of road users were satisfied with their journey, […]
Alfa Leisureplex Group of Chorley, Lancs, has been accredited as Real Living Wage employers by the Living Wage Foundation, voluntarily signing up to a commitment to pay more than the legal minimum wage. The commitment means that all employees of the Alfa Leisureplex Group – including Alfa Coaches – will receive a minimum hourly wage […]
Wigan-based Eavesway Travel has received its first Van Hool T15 Acron, which was collected from VDL Van Hool Barnsley yesterday (2 October 2024). The new coach is the first of three similar T series coaches due to enter the fleet. The second, an identical T15, is due late November and the third, a T17 Astron […]
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 […]