As it prepares to take over the Yorkshire Tiger operations from Arriva, Transdev has announced it is to rebrand these services as Team Pennine. Transdev announced in April that it was to take over Arriva’s Yorkshire Tiger services this summer. The new name symbolises what Transdev describes as its local, people-centric approach. The pink and […]
As it approaches its 200th year producing fabrics, Camira is updating its Aura range of transport textiles. The final fabric released under the Holdsworth brand in 2004, Aura is one of Camira’s most popular transport fabrics, selling hundreds of thousands of metres in the past 17 years. Previously available in 15 standard colourways of blues, […]
Wrightbus is auctioning a huge quantity of bus spares, buses and even a hydrogen fuel cell and lithium batteries. The Ballymena, Northern Ireland, bus builder now owned by Jo Bamford has put a huge number of new spares including Voith gearboxes, entire axles, vehicle glass, handrails, sets of new bus seats, consumables and bus spares […]
South Wales-based Adventure Travel is responding to the rise in Welsh staycations by extending its services to include a beach bus for summer. The 404 service, which normally runs from Pontypridd to Bridgend six days a week, Monday to Saturday, will be extended to Porthcawl, providing a direct route to the popular seaside town for […]
Mellor’s drive to expand its electric bus range now includes two, new zero-emissions buses…the low-floor Orion E23 and Maxima E23 both in scope of the £120 million Zero-Emission Buses Regional Area (ZEBRA) funding. With more than 50 of Mellor’s Orion E 16-seaters already in service and 20 more on the order book, the company’s Bus […]
Yutong E12 electric buses have entered service on Leicester P&R services. Operated by Roberts Travel Group, the 11 low-emission buses are to be used on three P&R services in Leicester. Pelican Bus and Coach supplied the vehicles, as well as the civils and infrastructure work. The buses are equipped with onboard digital screens, USB charging […]
Cardiff Bus has announced a series of extra services for those looking for local days-out this summer. The operator has recognised this summer will see more looking to stay closer to home, so in response has developed a series of extra summer services which will run alongside its main network. These extra services will commence […]
Work has begun on transforming First Bus’ Glasgow Caledonia bus depot into what is being called the UK’s largest electric vehicle (EV) charging hub. With phased completion scheduled across the next 18 months, the redeveloped Caledonia depot, already the UK’s largest bus depot, will have space to charge up to 300 EV buses on site. […]