Go-Ahead owned Southern Vectis has shown the public its new ADL Enviro400s at a ‘talk2us’ event in St James Square, Newport. The buses for the Isle of Wight feature full destination displays front and rear with white LEDs giving greater clarity, particularly after dark, new lighter coloured flooring to assist partially sighted customers and those […]
Pembrokeshire coach company, Silcox Coaches, has filed an intention to appoint administrators after interest from the principal interested buyer fell through on Friday, May 20. The Pembroke Dock company employs around 100 people who have been notified of the situation by letter from recovery specialists Wilson Field. The letter states that ‘The Company has suffered […]
A 2% rise in registrations was recorded in the UK bus and coach market in the first quarter of 2016, with 1,959 new vehicles registered, according to the Society of Motor Manufacturers’ latest figures. A rise in demand for new minibuses drove the growth, with the segment registering a strong uplift of 10.4% in the […]
Professionals from the bus and coach industry have been recognised in the 2016 FTA everywoman in Transport and Logistics Awards. The Rising Star of the Year Award, for a woman aged under 30 who is excelling in her career, went to Coaching Team Leader, Brighton & Hove Bus and Coach Company, Rachel Beckett. Fleet Support […]
Go-Ahead owned Go North East has contributed towards a £17m project to build a 1950’s ‘Northern General’ bus depot at the Beamish museum where it is a Business Friend. The new bus depot will bear the firm’s original company name, Northern, which is still used today as a brand on some of its buses in the […]
Optare’s 11.1m Metrodecker demonstrator has been delivered to New Adventure Travel (NAT Group) for the start of a trial in Cardiff. The operator recently acquired a further ten Optare Metrocity buses following what was described as ‘excellent’ in service fuel economy results. This takes the number of Metrocitys ordered by NAT Group to 30 in the last […]
Travel de Courcey has launched 21 buses retrofitted with micro-hybrid systems onto its urban route network in Coventry. The technology was installed in the MCV Evolution bodied MAN vehicles following a £404,000 grant from the DfT Clean Vehicle Technology Fund after an application submitted by Centro, the delivery arm of the West Midlands Integrated Transport […]
The long expected Bus Services Bill has been published following its announcement in the recent Queen’s Speech. It aims to grow bus patronage, tackle air quality hotspots, improve bus services for passengers, enable a thriving commercial bus sector and help cities and regions unlock economic growth. It supports the devolution of a variety of powers […]