Minibus Options has completed what is thought to be the UK’s largest wheelchair accessible minibus conversion. The M2 category minibus can accommodate up to seven wheelchairs. It is based on the Iveco Daily, which is now offered with a 4,100mm wheelbase plus an extra-long rear overhang, making the vehicle over 7.6m in length. Minibus Options […]
Clarkes of London has taken delivery of a new 20-seat Grand Tourer from EVM.. Specification includes a large rear luggage compartment which is accessed via an electric powered elevating boot door with switch on dash and remote button inside boot, panoramic double glazed saloon windows and a large coach type panoramic windscreen with two roller […]
Daimler is aiming to split its Mercedes-Benz Cars & Vans and Daimler Trucks & Buses divisions into two legally independent entities to “take greater entrepreneurial responsibility,” it says. In a press statement, Daimler says the project is set to strengthen the future viability of the business units and better utilise the potential for growth and […]
Operators with coaches in Durham City from 15 to 20 November need to plan around road closures for the annual Lumiere. The festival will take place between Thursday 16 and Sunday 19 November. For all visits, there will be no city centre coach parking available. The Sands coach park will be closed from 00:01 16 […]
A Section 19 community transport service in Derbyshire has changed into a tendered service requiring operator licences. Derbyshire Connect ‘shopping’ buses went into service earlier this month, replacing the Dial-a-Bus (DAB) previously run on the Council’s behalf by the county’s six community transport groups. The new Derbyshire Connect minibus services will initially operate in the […]
Dangerous drivers who kill are set to face life sentences, under plans put forward by the Government. Dangerous drivers causing death by speeding, street racing or while on a mobile phone are among those now facing the same sentences as those charged with manslaughter. Offenders who cause death by careless driving while under the influence […]
The first of 30 Van Hool Exqui.City buses for the Belfast BRT system have been handed over at Busworld, in Kortrijk, Belgium. The new BRT system, which will be operation in Autumn 2018, will operate under the moniker ‘Glider.’ It will link east and west Belfast across the city centre and take in the Titanic […]
Traffic Commissioner takes coach fire operator off the road Somerset based Avalon Coaches has had its licence curtailed to 12 vehicles with effect from 31 October 2017 and is revoked with effect from 11.59pm, 31 December 2017. The Public Hearing, in front of Traffic Commissioner for the west of England, Kevin Rooney, was called for […]