Organisers of the Young Bus Professionals conference in Cambridge recently were wowed by delegates’ efforts in a video-making workshop activity. The young professionals were given the task of splitting into groups and recording a video promoting bus travel. Rounding out the event by showcasing the handful of videos produced, patrons of the professional network commented […]
First West of England has started work on two multi-million pound projects this week to electrify bus depots in Bristol and Weston-super-Mare. Construction equipment has begun arriving at the Weston-super-Mare depot ahead of a £14.9million scheme, which will see the transformation of the two-football pitch sized site, just off the A370, and the arrival of […]
First Kernow is to operate Truro Park & Ride (P&R) for another three years after competitive tendering. The operator has run the service for Cornwall Council for the last nine years, and will continue to provide services from the two Truro Park & Ride sites at Langarth Park on the west of Truro and Tregurra […]
Northampton-based Chalfont Coaches is joining the FlixBus network. The operator is set to start running services for the global coach brand later this month. It has over 30 years of experience operating long-distance express services, and says ‘the future is FlixBus’. Chalfont is to operate four green branded Scania Touring coaches on services to cities […]
Spanish coachbuilder Sunsundegui has filed for administration so it can buy time to negotiate with its creditors. The company, best known in the UK for producing coaches on Volvo chassis, has €48.8m operational debts, some with suppliers but the bulk with loans, but says its order book for 2025 could save it from bankruptcy. The […]
The H2Accelerate collaboration has welcomed TEAL Mobility as its eighth member, as it aims to hasten the roll-out of hydrogen as a road fuel. TEAL Mobility brings to the collaboration its ambitious plans to deploy more than 100 hydrogen refuelling stations for heavy-duty vehicles on major European road corridors over the next ten years. The […]
DfT has announced exemptions to the Accessible Information Regulations (AIR) for coaches when used on rail replacement services, the CPT has revealed to B&CB. AIR is set to be implemented on 1 October 2024. The DfT’s exemptions are for coaches with more than 16 passenger seats used on rail replacement (local) services. A local service […]
South Lanarkshire-based Marshalls Executive Travel is set to close at the end of this month. Owners George and Viv Marshall are to retire. George’s roots in coaches go as far back as 1949, when George’s grandfather, Jake Marshall, bought an Austin and a Bedford OB from Kilgour of Salsburgh and began operating them. George’s father […]