Wrightbus has received an order for 145 zero and low emission buses for Translink. Representing an investment of around £66 million by the Department for Infrastructure in Northern Ireland, the deal includes 80 battery electric buses and 20 hydrogen fuel-cell electric models. These are to be deployed between Metro in Belfast and Foyle Metro services […]
Transdev-owned The Harrogate Bus Company is to bring back its ‘Sunday Freeway’ free bus journeys from 6 December. Harrogate Business Improvement District (BID), a group of local firms aiming to provide extra incentives to attract more people to shop local, is sponsoring the electric bus service. Harrogate BID has agreed to keep on supporting the […]
The business was started by Chris’s father, Ernie Dudley, a motor mechanic, in July 1938. He had completed an apprenticeship with the Austin dealers, Morralls of Evesham, and subsequently worked for Ford dealers, Coulters, which explained his preference for the Ford brand in the early years. It wasn’t initially a coach business but a retail […]
The UK’s largest independent insurance broker to the UK coach and bus industry, Wrightsure, has reassured operators with a tour offering that its specialist surety insurers continue to provide consumer protection packages. Some ‘bonding’ schemes are now closing their books, having been exposed heavily during the pandemic, but Wrightsure says its insurance products are still […]
Yutong has received an order for 1,002 buses from Mowasalat, the Qatar public transport company, that will provide commuting services for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022. Of the vehicles ordered, 741 of them will be electric, making it the largest order of electric buses ever. During the event, Yutong Bus also signed a framework […]
Hotelier and coach operator, Daish’s Holidays, has acquired Robinsons Holidays. The acquisition expands its current portfolio to 12 hotels, which are located in ten tourist destinations across the UK. As part of the takeover, the UK break specialist has welcomed the Imperial Hotel in Eastbourne and the Abbey Lawn Hotel in Torquay to the Daish’s […]
Optare’s Indian parent company, Ashok Leyland, is changing the bus manufacturer’s name to Switch Mobility Ltd. The change of moniker is to reflect the company’s drive towards electrification and new mobility services. Dheeraj Hinduja, Chairman of Ashok Leyland, said: “Optare is adopting a new identity and logo as Switch, which signals our strategic ambitions in […]
Digital transport services provider, Passenger, has renewed its contract with its first customer, Yellow Buses. The new deal will see the two companies working together for another four years. Yellow Buses launched its first website with Passenger (then We are Base) in 2008. Since then, tens of thousands of bus users have used the YB […]