In a New Year letter, the Chair of the Coach Tourism Association has written to members announcing a 10% membership price lift, after a six-year price freeze. Robert Shaw, Managing Director of Harry Shaw of Coventry, also urges members to join the annual CTA Conference, staged 5 – 7 February in Belfast. “I would like […]
Coach operators are being called on to respond to a survey on decarbonising coaches. The Zero Emission Coach Taskforce (ZECT) will shortly begin drafting a report which identifies potential solutions, collaborations and recommendations that will enable operators to decarbonise. CPT, in collaboration with the DfT, developed a survey which aims to: Provide a specification for […]
Richard Stevens, Managing Director of Go South West, was awarded an MBE in the New Year Honours for services to transport and to the community. Richard was appointed Managing Director of Plymouth Citybus in May 2012. Citybus and Go Cornwall bus serves over 30 million passengers a year and is one of the largest public […]
Daimler Buses intends to offer electric coaches with its Mercedes-Benz and Setra brands by the end of the decade. The manufacturer has teamed up with research institutes and experts from the industry to form the Electrified Coach project (ELCH in short). The project is funded by Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action. […]
The plan to charge coaches for access to Cambridge (B&CB 1641, 9 December 2022) has drawn a barrage of criticism from coach operators and trade associations. In its consultation exercise, the Greater Cambridge Partnership’s (GCP) ‘Making Connections 2022’ sets out a huge bus investment plan of £50m a year followed by, in 2027, a congestion […]
As I write, we’re just putting the final touches to the 23 December issue. I have just one working day before I mentally wave cheerio to 2022 at Bus & Coach Buyer and join my family for a nice break from business. I know that many of our readers will be working through the festive […]
Worcestershire-based Elgar Coaches has improved its workshop facilities with the purchase of mobile column lifts from Totalkare. The family-run operator is a long-term user of Totalkare vehicle lifting equipment, with working legacy models in the workshop including the SVL and RG, which was first manufactured by Totalkare in 1980. Upgrading to the T8AC lifting system […]
A new report has found that, without bolder bus and coach policies being adopted urgently, net zero targets will not be met. The new modelling finds that current government policy will increase uptake of buses among passengers by 10% by 2050 – but to meet net zero goals, bus use must rise by 79%. And […]