A £6.4m fleet of 23 eco friendly Wrightbus bodied Volvo B7RLEs and ten ADL Enviro400s are to be rolled out in Coventry. They are being introduced as part of the wider £80m Partnership Plus deal signed in June by National Express and West Midlands ITA, Centro. The single deckers are being deployed on the 9/9A […]
Three more Alexander Dennis Ltd Enviro200s have entered Mid Wales Travel’s fleet. One is the 8.9m variant with 29 seats and two are 10.8m with 39 seats. Their power comes from Cummins ISBe four-cylinder 160PS engines coupled with Allison S2100 transmissions. Owner of Mid Wales Travel, Mel Evans, said, ‘Our customers are definitely benefitting from […]
Henley-in-Arden based Johnsons Coaches has taken delivery of a 14.1m tri-axle Scania K400 6×2*4 OmniExpress. The coach has 63 half leather trimmed seats, a climate control system, a DVD player with two monitors, a centre sunken toilet and a drinks machine. Director, Peter Johnson, said, ‘We were looking for a longer length vehicle with large […]
Amport & District Coaches Ltd of Weyhill, Thruxton, Hampshire, has added a 13.05m Van Hool TX16 Alicron to its fleet. Powered by an MAN 400bhp engine coupled to a ZF AS-Tronic gearbox, it has 53 TX seats, a dual zone climate control system, a centre sunken toilet, an entertainment package, a fridge, a water boiler […]
Hodge’s Coaches (Sandhurst) Ltd has added the first of a batch of six new 12.8m Scania OmniExpress coaches to its fleet. The vehicles are based on the Scania K360 EB4x2 Euro5 chassis and have ZF automatic transmissions. They are each fitted with 57-seats, a Bosch entertainment package, climate control system, powered parallel side lockers and […]
Penrith based Alba Travel has added another Optare Solo SR to its fleet for use on a new contract, the X33 Lakeland Explorer. The bus is powered by a Euro5 Mercedes-Benz OM 904LA 154bhp engine matched to an Allison 2100 Series five-speed automatic transmission. Specifications include Mobitec LED destination equipment, a reversing camera and 37 […]
A Neoplan Starliner 2 has been added to the fleet of Mearns Exclusive Travel of Glasgow. The coach has 53 seats, a 505bhp 12.4litre engine coupled with a 12-speed ZF MAN TipMatic transmission, a CCTV system and a toilet. It is for use to cover Trafalgar holiday tours. The vehicle was acquired with the aid […]
Marshalls Coaches from Leighton Buzzard have taken delivery of a high specification Plaxton Cheetah. Based on the 8.5m Mercedes-Benz Vario 0.816D chassis, its power comes from a 156bhp OM904LA Euro5 engine. It has 29 Politecnica seats, a roof fitted Thermo King air conditioning unit and a dash mounted entertainment and PA system. Glen Marshall from […]