London bus operators Tower Transit and RATP Dev UK are to form a joint venture. The deal is to see Tower Transit’s Westbourne Park operations combine with RATP Dev UK’s London United and London Sovereign operations, with the combined operations taking the name RATP Dev London Transit Ltd (RDLT). Tower Transit Ltd is to hold […]
Leeds-based UK holiday specialist Caledonian Leisure says demand for post-lockdown holidays has helped it outperform its first-year business plan projections. Caledonian Leisure Ltd, which comprises coach holiday specialist Caledonian Travel and hotel breaks operator UKBreakaways.com, was acquired in 2020 by the senior management team of Caledonian Travel and National Holidays following the collapse of parent […]
Iveco Bus, driverless technology provider EasyMile and partners have completed testing of a fully driverless standard bus prototype, which they say is capable of operating under real conditions. This comes after successful testing as part of the multi-partner STAR (Rapid Autonomous Transport System). The bus has proven feasible for autonomous operations in bus rapid transit […]
A Yutong TCe12 electric coach from Westway‘s fleet has made its latest stop on the Zero Carbon Tour, arriving at Birmingham. The Carbon Battle Bus is travelling across the country in the lead-up to the UK hosting the United Nation’s COP26 event in Glasgow in November. Delivered by internationally renowned sustainability organisation, Planet Mark, in […]
One of the industry’s best-known operators, Cyril Kenzie, has died aged 93. Cyril’s father, Bernard, founded Kenzies Coaches in 1947, but it was under Cyril’s control that it grew, though latterly, the the day-to-day running was taken over by his son, Richard. Kenzies Coaches closed down in 2019, when Richard reached retirement age without a […]
Unite has warned National Express that its bid to takeover Stagecoach comes at a time of industrial unrest amongst the target firm’s staff. Members of the trade union are currently involved in around 20 separate disputes with Stagecoach across the country over pay and other related issues. These disputes may result in industrial action across […]
A coalition representing bus operators, local authorities, manufacturers and workers has called on the Government to speed up its zero-emission bus roll-out or risk missing key targets. In a letter sent to the Secretary of State for Transport and the Chief Secretary to the Treasury the signatories call for the Government to use the forthcoming […]
DVSA has added extra PCV testing capacity. Since 16 September, DVSA has stopped online car and trailer test bookings to add an additional 2,759 bus and lorry tests between Monday 20 September and 21 November in various locations across Great Britain. DVSA will also be increasing the number of bus and coach tests once the […]