Lancashire based independent dealer, BASE, has agreed to develop the 74-seat MOBIpeople Explorer on the Scania nine-litre K320 chassis. The first example will be exhibited at the Euro Bus Expo 2018 at the NEC, 30 October to 1 November. The Explorer range is currently available from BASE with MAN chassis. General Manager at BASE, Nick […]
Stagecoach has delivered a strong set of full-year results, but with an underlying downward trend, which has seen a slide in operating profit, profit before tax, margins and earnings per share. In a year which has seen a withdrawal from Megabus Europe, an exit from Sightseeing in New York, tender losses in London and the […]
Baumot UK in partnership with Mistral Asset Finance is offering a funding structure to enable bus and coach operators to carry out a Euro VI upgrade to their fleets. The funding structure enables operators who want to upgrade their fleet but who are reluctant to spend the capital cost to fit the new systems for upcoming […]
Carlyle Bus & Coach has strengthened its existing glazing business with a partnership with Reglaze Specialist Bus & Coach Glazing. The alliance will aim to expand on the glazing business and will continue to cover all areas of the UK and Europe with a 24-hour operation. With an extensive amount of stock held in various […]
Coventry-based Harry Shaw has won a contract worth around £9.5m over five years. Comprising of 24 coach services, it will see the operator transport students to and from Reaseheath College in the outskirts of Nantwich, Cheshire. The network of free home to college transport will start in September. The routes will link students to the […]
Reading Buses has placed the first-ever order for the Optare Metrodecker Euro VI. The operator has requested five of the double-deckers to operate on the Green Line 702 route between London and Windsor. They are due for delivery in June 2019 ahead of the capital’s Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) coming into operation. Optare and […]
Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has announced 68 new zero-emission electric double-deckers will join London’s fleet next summer. The new buses are to be manufactured by the BYD/ADL partnership and Optare. It is thought this will be the largest double-decker electric bus fleet in Europe. They are to be used on two routes run by […]
The first 18 Enviro200 single-decks, in service this week for Blackpool Transport, hail its £22m plan to replace the entire 140-vehicle fleet and create one of the UK’s most advanced line-ups of Euro VI buses. Like the 55 ADL Enviro400 City double decks that preceded them, the new single-decks are bristling with extras for passengers, […]