Funding for Lincoln’s Walk & Ride service operated by PC Coaches is due to be ploughed into the city’s Park and Ride operation. The £20,000 funding is set to be removed from Walk & Ride in January 2018. Launched in 2001, the service carries 60,000 passenger each year, offering what PC Coaches describes as a […]
The first of Mellor’s electric Orion E 16-seat minibuses in left-hand drive are now on their way to Europe as the Rochdale-based company hails 2017 as an important year. The year saw Mellor announce expansion plans for its Rochdale plant, launched new products including Orion E and begin a foray into European sales, while parent […]
Oxford Bus Company has purchased Tom Tappin, the company which operates the Guide Friday and City Sightseeing Oxford city bus tours. Tom Tappin will join the Go-Ahead Group owned Oxford Bus Company family of businesses, which also includes Thames Travel and Carousel Buses. The City Sightseeing Oxford operation will continue to be run as a […]
Some buses in London are now being powered by fuel derived from waste coffee grounds. Shell and clean technology company, bio-bean, are working together to power the capital’s buses using biofuel made from waste coffee grounds. The B20 biofuel used contains a 20% bio-component which contains part coffee oil. The substance is being added to the […]
Symphony Chauffeurs Ltd, Eastern Business Park, Ely Road, Hounslow, was fined £18,000 by Ealing Magistrates’ Court on 4 December 2017. The Court ordered the firm to pay £12,113.62 in costs and a victim surcharge of £170. The company was charged with two counts of allowing poisonous, noxious or polluting matter into the River Crane, between […]
Lucketts MD, Tony Lawman, said the acquisition of the Ringwood-based operation gives Lucketts an extra 12 coaches to add to its fleet of around 130 vehicles and provides a strategic base for the company on the edge of the New Forest. As part of the acquisition all 19 staff of Solent Coaches will be taken […]
Managing Director of Surface Transport for London, Leon Daniels, has told the Transport Select Committee that loss of community transport services such as Dial-A-Ride would cause significant problems. In the second oral evidence session looking into the impact of the DfT’s new guidance for Section 19/22 operators, the committee – chaired by Lilian Greenwood MP […]
The deal secures investment for the website to roll out its suite of apps for drivers, parents and school staff to safeguard pupils on their way to and from school. Founded in 2011, CoachHire.com provides technology-led passenger transport services, vehicle tracking and passenger safeguarding solutions to the education, corporate and leisure sectors nationwide through its […]