Go-Ahead owned Southern Vectis has launched a new fleet of eight vehicles for its Route 1. The four ADL Enviro200s and four Enviro400s were formally unveiled at the Isle of Wight Conflict History and Remembrance Museum in Northwood, Cowes. An improved timetable rolled out when the new buses’ entered service. Southern Vectis MD, Andrew Wickham, […]
North east transport authority, Nexus, has completed a project to refurbish Jarrow bus station. The £120,000 scheme includes improvements to passenger waiting areas, lighting and security. Nexus, which manages Jarrow bus station, has installed five new modern bus shelters to replace the previous two 20 year old ‘tunnels’. The refurbishment project has taken three months […]
Manchester city centre’s free Metroshuttle bus service now has free Wi-Fi for passengers. The new provision is being offered on all 20 buses on the route linking the city’s main rail stations, car parks, shopping areas and businesses. The fleet is owned by Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM). Manchester and Salford Councils, the Government’s Broadband […]
MetroBus, a new express bus service planned for the West of England region, has the full support of the four West of England councils and the West of England Local Enterprise Partnership. The £200m scheme was described as a key part of the area’s investment in public transport. Journey times on these new services are […]
DVSA has launched what it describes as a more flexible service for commercial vehicle tests. It now gives the option of testing seven days a week, 24 hours a day. The improved service will be available in South Yorkshire later in March 2015, and will be available across Great Britain by 2017. ATFs will also […]
Lucketts Travel Group was named ‘Large Business of the Year’ by Portsmouth daily newspaper, The News, at its prestigious Business Excellence Awards. The company was praised by the Business Excellence Awards judges for its financial results, increases in staff numbers and its investment in training. Since 2010/11 Lucketts Travel Group’s turnover has increased 56%, from […]
Aberdeen’s hydrogen production and bus refuelling station has been officially opened, as part of a £19m green transport demonstration project. Described as a UK first, the equipment will fuel ten Van Hool hydrogen fuel cell buses, six of which will be operated by Stagecoach on the X17 Aberdeen city centre to Westhill route, while First […]
MAN has released its financial figures for 2014. At group level, the company increased its operating profit in 2014. This is attributable to the significantly improved profitability of its large motors and machines business. In truck and bus business, the order intake value of buses rose to €1,497m/£1,070m (2013: €1,332m/£952.8m) representing 5,682 units (2013: 5,368 […]