Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT) has purchased a further five 7.9m Slimline Optare Solos. The buses are to be used on various subsidised local bus services across the area, including the demand responsive MyBus service. The move follows an investment in 23 of these midibuses in 2015. The Euro5 vehicles are all fitted with E-leather seats, with […]
Edwards Coaches is this month taking delivery of 19 new vehicles, totalling £5m. They include 13 tri-axle Volvo B11RTs with Caetano Levante bodies for National Express service. Three VDL Futura 2s are entering service on its coach holiday tours. Three more local buses have been acquired too, replacing MCV bodied VDLs. In addition to this investment in […]
Coventry’s high profile 360 City Circle service is to be restructured as a result of insufficient passenger numbers. Operated by Travel De Courcey, it loops around the city and links some of its showpiece locations on one route, including University Hospital, Jaguar Land Rover and the University of Warwick. Following a patronage review by Centro […]
Arriva is to increase the frequency on its Luton-Dunstable Busway Routes A and Z to five buses per hour (from four per hour) with an improved evening and Sunday frequency from 1 May. Furthermore, Arriva’s new A-Z ticket, which will be valid on the entire length of both routes, is designed to make travelling on […]
A ‘satisfactory performance overall’ was reported in Go-Ahead’s third quarter trading statement covering the period from 27 December 2015 to 20 April 2016. In its regional bus division, revenue and passenger journey growth followed similar trends to the first half of the financial year. Benefiting from higher contract income, revenue grew 2.5%, whilst passenger journeys […]
MAN Truck & Bus UK says it is looking forward to a ‘strong year ahead’ based on results for the first quarter of 2016. During the period, the manufacturer reported 74% growth and its market share rose to 10.4% compared to just over 7% this time last year. It took orders for 1,800 units over […]
After reporting 2015 was its most successful year in its history, Daimler AG has announced first quarter unit sales significantly above the prior year level at 683,900 vehicles across all markets. Revenue was up by 2% to €35bn/£27.23bn, whilst Group EBIT was down to €2,148m/£1,671.12m (Q1 2015: €2,906m/£2,260.84m). Unit sales by Daimler Buses of 4,800 […]
FirstGroup has ordered 305 new vehicles worth £70m. The order includes ten Plaxton bodied Volvo B11Rs, 71 ADL Enviro200 MMCs, 80 ADL Enviro400 MMCs, eight ADL Enviro400 MMC gyros, 45 ADL Enviro400s, 71 Wrightbus StreetDecks and 20 Wrightbus StreetLite Maxs. All the new buses will feature onboard Wi-Fi, meaning that by the end of the […]