Claire Mann, who is currently Managing Director of South Western Railway (SWR), has been appointed TfL’s Chief Operating Officer. The appointment sees her return to the transport authority, where she was previously Director of Bus Operations. Glynn Barton, who has led TfL’s operations successfully on an interim basis since October 2022, will continue as Chief […]
Bretherton’s Gold Line Tours has equipped its latest 53-seat Volvo tri-axle 9900 coach with Spillard Safety Systems’ Human Detection System (HDS). Suitably impressed with the technology, the Ribble Valley-based operator plans to fit the Human Detection System to any new vehicle it purchases going forward. The safety solution has been developed over the last two […]
RHA has requested Scottish government supports the creation of more safe places for coaches to park as part of its submission to the Scottish Budget. Martin Reid, RHA Policy Director for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland said the road transport industry is critical to the supply chain and economic growth in the RHA’s submission to […]
Shuttle Buses has ordered one Alexander Dennis Enviro100EV next-generation electric bus following the model’s launch last month. The Ayrshire-based operator is the first independent operator to order the ‘big small bus’. The purchase is supported by existing funding from the first phase of the Scottish Government’s Scottish Zero-Emission Bus Challenge Fund (ScotZEB). “We’re confident that […]
The manufacturing group which includes Mellor, the Sigma bus sales operation and Treka has been acquired by Guido Dumarey, a Belgian industrial entrepreneur. He gets the businesses of Coleman Milne, VCS Police & Special Projects, Mellor, Treka, Promech Technologies, and JM Engineering. These businesses are consolidated under the umbrella of Woodall Nicholson. The group was […]
Arriva South has achieved the DVSA’s Earned Recognition status. The recognition demonstrates the bus operator’s commitment to compliance and safety standards in the Midlands, Shires and Southern counties regions. The accreditation to the Earned Recognition Scheme took around a year to complete. An external company had to make sure compliance and safety standards were being […]
Driver training specialist HGVC has expanded its offering to the bus and coach market with the recruitment of 16 additional PCV instructors over the past year. This is a fourfold increase in its number of full-time instructors. The business plans to recruit a further eight instructors before the end of the year. HGVC has also […]
Bus re-power specialist KleanBus is launching KleanDrive, an umbrella company under which it will offer its electrification technology across the entire transportation industry. The KleanDrive identity will evolve and expand KleanBus’ strategic focus of bus re-powering to now include all modes of vehicles where carbon-emitting combustion engines can be replaced with its clean, electric powertrain […]