Arriva has invested £2.6m in 13 Mercedes-Benz Tourismos for its 757 Greenline service. The route serves Luton, Luton Airport and central London. The coaches feature free wifi and USB charging ports. Area MD South at Arriva, Maq Alibhai, said: “This £2.6m investment in coaches reflects Arriva’s commitment to providing greener journeys for our passengers by […]
Heyfordian has added eight new NEOPLAN Tourliners into its fleet. The Bicester based operator has taken four 13.26m Tourliner Select Plus variants and four 13.8m Select Plus models. They will be used for long distance tour work and other private hire contracts throughout the UK and western Europe. The 13.26m versions have 55 seats, while […]
As part of its European expansion plans, Mellor has announced a new distributorship arrangement with E-VADE Gmbh of Germany. This agreement confirms E-VADE as exclusive distributors for Mellor in Germany and Austria. It follows the recent signing of a similar distributorship encompassing the Scandinavian region. While the initial focus will be on sales of the […]
Irizar UK’s new i4H hybrid is set for trials with Travel de Courcey Trials of the Irizar i4H hybrid coach are now launching in the UK this Autumn. The vehicle has already been through what the Spanish manufacturer describes as successful operational experience with hybrid commuter coaches in Madrid. Now, it is being readied for […]
London Hire – the vehicle specialist and small-bus operator – says it will be supporting Section 19 operators through the transition many need to make in light of the DfT’s new guidance. As exclusively revealed last week in Bus & Coach Buyer, the Department for Transport has advised Section 19 and Community Bus Permit 22 […]
National Express is adding thousands of extra seats to its services in light of what it describes as rail passengers facing “a month of chaos”. Throughout much of August (5 to 28 August) Waterloo Station will be partially closed for works causing disruption on rail services in the south including: Bournemouth, Portsmouth, Poole, Winchester, Salisbury […]
New guidance from DfT says tendered contracts make S19 operators commercial . . . and some drivers need full licences and DCPC Community transport operators have been plunged into crisis by new guidance from the Department for Transport, which says Section 19 and 22 operators CANNOT run openly-tendered contracts and, in some circumstances, may need […]
Rotala has acquired Hansons Local Buses of Lye, near Stourbridge. The deal was completed on 28 July 2017 and the exact values of the deal were not disclosed. There are no redundancies as a result of the take-over. There are around 50 staff at the acquired company. In the immediate future, there are expected to […]