In conjunction with the Confederation of Passenger Transport (CPT) recruitment week, the Reading Buses Group is currently recruiting coach drivers for its Newbury & District operation. It is hoping that the CPT week-long initiative which started yesterday (Monday February 21) will help to encourage more people to consider a career in the bus and coach […]
Reading Buses has added more journeys to its Green Line 703 route serving Heathrow airport. Green Line 703 connects Bracknell with Heathrow T5 via Windsor, Slough and Colnbrook running hourly, seven days a week. Two new morning journeys, from Slough to Heathrow, have been introduced at 3.26am and 4.26am. An additional late journey from Heathrow […]
Greater Manchester’s clean air leaders will meet next week (February 28) to consider the steps towards a new plan for a CAZ, after being granted a delay to the original 30 May date. Greater Manchester had been legally bound to implement a charging category C Clean Air Zone but appealed the deadline. Its plan exempted […]
Alexander Dennis Limited (ADL) and BYD UK is to supply over 130 Enviro400EV electric double-deckers to EV fleet and battery storage specialist Zenobē and National Express. The BYD ADL partnership will also support these vehicles with spare parts over a period of 16 years. The buses will help to make Coventry the UK’s first all-electric […]
Registration figures for new buses and coaches in 2021 represented the ‘worst year since records began’, according to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and traders (SMMT). The UK new bus and coach market declined by 16.8% in 2021, with registrations falling to 3,467 vehicles, according to SMMT’s figures. Quarter four saw figures down 31.6% to […]
Mellor has recruited renowned industry sales executive, Richard Matthews, as Head of Sigma Sales. Matthews joins Mellor after a highly successful sales role with Alexander Dennis Ltd (ADL), which saw him deliver year-on-year growth over the last decade. His CV also includes a previous General Sales Manager role with ADL and a senior Parts Directorship […]
Quantron has launched its new 12m electric bus, the CIZARIS, in an online presentation this morning (16 February 2022). The new bus model in the Augsburg-based company’s bus portfolio will be launched as an all-electric version (CIZARIS 12 EV), followed in 2023 by a fuel cell drive (CIZARIS 12 H) that uses a largely identical […]
An Irizar Century from Go-Ahead’s fleet has completed its journey from the Isle of Wight to Lusaka in Zambia. The coach is to be used in training drivers to ensure public transport journeys are safe across Sub-Saharan Africa. The Southern Vectis coach, part of Go-Ahead subsidiary Go South Coast, was donated to transport charity Transaid, […]