Mellor Coachcraft has launched a new website to promote and support the issue of using local buses. It is designed for the general public to go to as a source of reference and information. The site highlights and discusses issues that bus service cuts bring and the affect they have on society. These include topics […]
Bridgestone is celebrating the largest commercial fleet contract win in its history, having secured a $110m, five year deal with FirstGroup. The contract will see the tyre manufacturer supply tyres to over 60,000 of the operator’s buses and coaches in the USA, Canada and the UK. As part of the agreement,º Bridgestone will provide tyres […]
National Express is now in its 45th year of existence. To celebrate, the company has lifted the lid on its archives with the release of rare and unseen archive material from as far back as 1966. It traces its origins to 1972, when scheduled coach services run by the National Bus Company were united under […]
VDL Bus & Coach has expanded the Futura range in Europe with a new length version, the FHD2-135. The advantage of the 13.5m Futura is the huge luggage space of over 12m3 and the maximum seating arrangement of 63+1+1. This seating arrangement is unique on two axles. Besides the FHD2-135, VDL also offers the FMD2 […]
The coach business of Ashall’s of Manchester has been transferred in a lightning-fast deal to Go Goodwins, leaving Ashalls free to concentrate on its coach conversion business. Go Goodwins Director Wesley Goodwin, a friend of James Ashall, said the offer to sell came at just the right time for him, so the three coaches, drivers […]
Work has now commenced on a new showroom and preparation centre for the Castleford based Yutong dealership, Pelican Bus and Coach. It is scheduled to be complete in mid-November. On a recent site visit, Yutong’s Sales Manager for Europe and North America, Kitty Hu, said that ‘everyone at Yutong is delighted with the progress made […]
Stagecoach has this week launched its ninth annual Green Week campaign to raise awareness of air quality concerns. This year’s theme is ‘Delivering Solutions’ and it started on 5 June, which is World Environment Day. The company said urgent action is particularly needed by central and local government to tackle what it describes as the […]
Eight Scottish operators have signed up to the RNIB’s bus charter. They include Stagecoach, Citylink, McGill’s, First, Lothian Buses, Xplore Dundee, Prentice Coaches and Whitelaws. The charter itself lists a series of pledges for bus operators, such as ensuring buses approach stops slowly enough for anyone to make out the route number, reviewing timetable and […]