Wrightbus has announced a new distribution arrangement with Close Brothers Commercial Vehicle Solutions. The deal is intended to further facilitate the acquisition and financing of its StreetLite range. Under the agreement, Close Brothers has placed an initial stock order for 50 Wrightbus StreetLites this year, which will be immediately available for rental and leasing. MD […]
Transport Focus has published a report that looked into when, where and why buses were delayed. Entitled ‘What’s the hold up? Exploring bus service punctuality’, it saw the passenger organisation work with local authorities and operators to gain an insight into punctuality issues. The publication was created following passenger feedback, which suggested punctuality is bus […]
Arriva has been awarded a 15 year bus and rail contract in the Dutch province of Limburg worth £1.4bn. From 11 December 2016, it will operate a fleet of 226 new buses serving passengers in towns and cities including Maastricht, Heerlen and Roermond. A fleet of 36 new trains will also be operated. The Limburg […]
A number of professionals from the bus and coach industry received titles in this year’s Queen’s Birthday Honours list. Ballymena featured strongly with Wrights Group Chairman and CEO, Mark Nodder, receiving an OBE for services to the economy in Northern Ireland and Wrightbus’ William John (Jack) Kernohan receiving an MBE for services to the bus […]
Following a competitive tender process, First York has won the five year contract to operate the University of York bus services from August this year. The newly named UoY66 high frequency service will run from 2 August between York Railway Station, the city centre, the University and York Sport Village via Lakeside Way. The contract […]
Irizar and Go-Ahead have signed an agreement for two Irizar i2e electric buses to be put into operation in London from the end of July. The buses will go on routes 507 (Waterloo station to Victoria Station) and 521 (Waterloo Station to London Bridge Station). The 12m buses feature a continuous low floor and two […]
Stagecoach owned megabus.com is introducing a new network of services in Italy. The operator is to link 13 locations in the country: Rome, Milan, Florence, Venice, Naples, Turin, Bologna, Verona, Padua, Siena, Genoa, Sarzana (La Spezia) and Pisa. Fares on all journeys start from €1. The addition of these services takes the number of destinations […]
Overall trading for FirstGroup in the year ending 31 March 2015 was reported to be in line with management expectations. It achieved revenue of £6,050.7m (2014: £6,717.4m), down 9.9%. However, its EBITDA rose 7.7% to £624.4m (2014: £579.8m) and its adjusted operating profit was £303.6m (2014: £268m), a 13.3% increase. First’s UK Bus division achieved […]