A ‘significant quantity of high-quality evidence’ in support of the government’s proposed changes to vocational driver licensing has been submitted by the Confederation of Passenger Transport (CPT). The DfT is consulting on proposals for two key changes in this area: One will permit new recruits to get on with off-road training and testing while still […]
The RHA says restrictions on 18 to 20-year-olds driving coaches should be eased to get more people behind the wheel. The age group is currently restricted to driving no more than 50km, which the RHA says should be lifted to boost driver numbers amid sector shortages. The RHA proposal comes as the Department for Transport […]
Having already had five Yutong GT12s, supplied by Pelican Bus & Coach, Belle Vue Manchester has ordered 18 more for its burgeoning FlixBus operation. Stockport-based Belle Vue has taken delivery of five new 53-seat Yutong GT12 coaches and has 18 more on order to arrive in its fleet over the next year. Phil Hitchen, managing […]
Road closures are to be in place on one of London’s busiest roads, the A40 Westway, this summer. The structures that carry the Wood Lane flyover to the Marylebone flyover date back to 1969 and are reaching the end of their serviceable life, requiring maintenance. From July, TfL will be replacing four joints, which provide […]
Travel tech company Flix has launched a UK-wide marketing campaign aimed at brand awareness for its UK coach services. Using the slogan, ‘More Life in Real Life’ launched in the summer of 2023 in selected markets, the campaign is a first for FlixBus in the UK. It highlights the brand’s commitment to ‘enable travel for […]
Dundee’s Low Emission Zone (LEZ) comes into force tomorrow (30 May 2024). It will be followed by LEZs beginning in Aberdeen and Edinburgh on 1 June. Non-compliant vehicles in the LEZs could face a penalty charge notice of £60 (which will double for subsequent offences). To avoid a fine, buses and coaches travelling in the […]
The Coach Tourism Association’s (CTA) Spring Networking event in Oxford attracted nearly 120 coach tour operators, wholesalers, and industry suppliers for a weekend of business development. Held between 18 and 20 May, the event’s fam trips and Supplier Showcase generated new trips and tours, while the seminar programme advised on marketing technology, and the zero-emissions […]
To celebrate the 85th anniversary of the Bedford OB, six coaches with Duple ‘Vista’ bodies and one bus with Duple ‘Hendonian’ body attended Transport Museum Wythall earlier this month. Introduced in 1939 and co-developed with Duple, only 73 OBs were produced before the onset of WWII but post-war went on to almost 13,000 built by […]