Hong Kong’s Kowloon Motor Bus Company (KMB) has awarded Volvo Buses the contract for 46 Volvo B8L Euro VI double deck buses. The units are scheduled to be delivered in the second quarter of 2022. The newly acquired Volvo B8L will be supplied as 12.8m buses fitted with solar panels and offering a passenger capacity […]
Pelican Engineering is training 20 apprentices within its 160-strong Castleford workforce, despite the disruption of the pandemic. It has recruited six apprentices in 2021 and plans to recruit a further six young people next year. Three of the trainees are working in the company’s Pelican Bus and Coach division. The 102-year old company, which supplies […]
Diamond Bus is launching five MAN-Plaxton Centros converted to run on electric by electric vehicle specialist Magtec. In partnership with Magtec, the five buses have gone through a process whereby the engine is removed and and replaced by a fully electrically-powered motor and battery packs, which provide 200 kWhr of battery energy storage. The first […]
The Birmingham and Midland Motor Omnibus Company, better known as the Midland Red, is central to the history of bus operation in the Midlands and the Autumn Running Day of the Transport Museum Wythall focused heavily, but not exclusively, on its buses and coaches. The event, held on 3 October, marked 40 years since the […]
Specialist vehicle converter GM Coachwork has officially opened its new multi-million-pound manufacturing facility in Heathfield, Newton Abbot. The grand opening event was addressed by guest speaker Mike Hawes, CEO of the Society of Motor Manufacturer and Traders (SMMT). This latest expansion comes on the heels of strong year-on-year growth for the company. The business has […]
First Bus has taken full control of private coach company Somerset Passenger Solutions (SPS). SPS, which started in 2016 as a joint venture with 50/50 ownership between First Bus and Somerset-based JJP Holdings (JJPH), operates the contract to provide transport for workers employed at the Hinkley Point C nuclear power station near Bridgwater. The company […]
National Express coaches is no longer serving Winchester’s coach stop near the city’s iconic King Alfred statue. “We cannot confirm a new stop at this time” – National Express A statement from the operator said: “A recently revised risk assessment criteria has determined that the stop at the King Alfred Statue in Winchester is no […]
The JG Travel Group has expanded its head office in the centre of Cheltenham. The owner of coach holidays brands Just Go, Omega Breaks and National Holidays has added a second floor of office space, meaning the coach specialist is now the sole occupant of the building. This expansion forms part of the operator’s ongoing […]