A national marketing campaign to promote coach travel is due for January 2022. Brought about by the efforts of CPT and its operators, it will include TV adverts promoting the industry. The campaign, called ‘Get Back On Board’, aims to promote travelling by coach around the UK and highlight the benefits of coach travel more […]
The Confederation of Passenger Transport (CPT) has announced that Ralph Roberts, CEO of McGill’s Buses, will become the new CPT President at the end of January 2022, taking over from Jane Cole. Ralph Roberts will bring to his role over 40 years of knowledge of the transport sector. Ralph has spent the past 12 years […]
Van Hool is the first manufacturer in the world to build a 100% battery electric double-deck coach: the TDX25E. The vehicle provides space for 69 passengers (18 on the lower deck and 51 on the upper deck) and has a range of up to 500 km, depending on the climatological conditions and the route’s topography. […]
Octopus Hydrogen, Octopus Renewables and MIRA Technology Park is to develop a green refuelling forecourt providing hydrogen and EV charging on site at MIRA Technology Park near Nuneaton. The self-contained facility will both create the hydrogen and fuel vehicles, to support the needs of MIRA – the fastest-growing cluster of automotive and mobility technology businesses. […]
Yorkshire-based Pelican Engineering, which has become one of the leading players in the electric PSVs in the UK, has launched a network for zero-emission bus and coach operators to support best practice as the sector transitions to greener transport. Pelican, which supplies Yutong electric bus and coach models in the UK, has launched the group, […]
TotalEnergies and Daimler Truck AG have signed today an agreement on their joint commitment to the decarbonization of the road freight in the European Union. The partners will collaborate in the development of ecosystems for heavy-duty trucks running on hydrogen, with the intent to demonstrate the attractiveness and effectiveness of trucking powered by clean hydrogen […]
The need to provide a PSVAR-equipped vehicle on any school service on which separate fares are charged as well as all rail replacement work is causing operators up and down the UK a major headache. The Mercedes-Benz answer is a coach that has all the essentials but few of the non-essentials at a price as […]
The Welsh Traffic Commissioner, Victoria Davies, has rebuked a council for failing to plan to cover the services of a failing operator. Globe Coaches had been called to a public inquiry on 29 September after a maintenance investigation in March which discovered multiple failings on inspections, a safety defect and almost half vehicles failing MoT, […]