Issues with suspension components on ADL Enviro300s have been raised during a Public Inquiry. First Glasgow was issued with a formal warning from the Traffic Commissioner after an accident on the Clydeside Expressway, in which the vehicle was found to have two broken rear spring anchor bolts. They were found not to have contributed to […]
NCB Motors of Wem, Shropshire, has been taken over by Lakeside Coaches of Ellesmere. The operator officially took over the company on 1 March 2019. Of NCB’s 15-strong fleet, Lakeside has taken the operator’s eight newest vehicles: a Volvo B9R-based Plaxton Panther, three Volvo B9Rs with Jonckheere bodywork and four Volvo B12-based Jonckheeres. The remaining […]
A Clean Air Zone (CAZ) proposed for Greater Manchester could see non-compliant buses slapped with a £100 daily charge. First Manchester has issued a statement saying it is disappointed in the additional taxation. The CAZ plan is part of the Greater Manchester Combined Authority’s (GMCA’s) ‘Greater Manchester Clean Air Plan’. The proposed Zone covers all […]
Richardsons Travel of Midhurst, Sussex, has gone into administration, having ceased operations. The operator went into administration with immediate effect. Bohunt School in Liphook, which the operator served continuously for 30 years, described the news as ‘sudden and unexpected’. At the time of going to press, alternative services for the significant majority of students to […]
ITT Hub has a new strategic event partner in the form of transport organisation Freight Transport Association (FTA). Innovation and Technology in Transport (ITT) Hub is a new two-day exhibition and conference to be held for the first time on 13 – 14 May 2020 (see issue 1518, 22 February 2019). It is designed to […]
In response to a government report on high streets, the Confederation of Passenger Transport (CPT) has highlighted the importance of buses to town centres. The House of Commons Housing, Community & Local Government Select Committee published a report entitled “High Streets & Town Centres in 2030”. It concluded that high streets and town centres can […]
Go-Ahead is set to take over First’s Queens Road depot and operations in Manchester for a consideration of £11.2m. The sale is due to complete in the next few months and would include the depot and the bus fleet of 163 vehicles. Once the sale has been fully completed, the employees who work for the […]
Almost £1m of funding has been committed by the government to support three vehicle retrofit technology suppliers. The three technology suppliers are Eminox, Proventia and Baumot. The money is to be used to accredit technologies for cutting polluting emissions from a wider range of vehicle types. The projects to be brought about by the funding […]