Arriva put three of its new Wrightbus StreetLite Micro Hybrids on display in Gravesend recently. The operator wanted to let the public inspect the buses that would be entering service the next day on its half hourly Service 136 from the Medway Towns to Gravesend town centre. The 40-seaters are the first low carbon emission […]
Wythall Transport Museum in Worcestershire is to mark the 25 years since the demise of bus and train builder MCW on 24 and 25 August. As well as a display of photographs, buses with Metro-Cammell bodies on a wide range of chassis will be on show, with rides available on some of them. On the […]
In response to the announcement from the Mayor of London‘s Environment Adviser that taxis and buses will switch to electric mode in busy parts of central London from 2018, Guide Dogs has urged these quieter vehicles are made safe for people with sight loss. The charity is urging people make roads safer for blind and […]
Gavin Peace is to join Arriva North East as Engineering Director at the end of August 2014. Gavin has a wealth of board level engineering experience, bringing expertise from both inside and outside the UK bus sector. He has held senior positions at companies including National Express, First Bus and Alstom. He succeeds the long […]
West Midlands transport authority, Centro, has purchased ten automated external defibrillators (AEDs) from the British Heart Foundation, whilst West Midlands Ambulance has donated another one. They have been installed at bus stations in Bilston, Coventry, Dudley, Halesowen, Merry Hill, Stourbridge, Walsall, Wednesbury, West Bromwich and Wolverhampton, as well as in Centro’s head office in Birmingham […]
DB Regio Bus, part of Deutsche Bahn AG, has signed a framework agreement with MAN Truck & Bus for the delivery of up to 815 local and regional buses. Accordingly, Germany’s largest bus transport company will be ordering up to 435 city and intercity buses worth around €100m/£79.7m in 2015 and 2016. For 2017 and […]
Baroness Kramer, Minister of State for Transport, has unveiled a £1.6m fleet of 12 new Stagecoach buses during her recent visit to Exeter. The latest new fleet of vehicles brings Stagecoach’s investment in new buses in Devon in 2013-14 alone to around £10m. These latest additions carry the Ex-citi branding and went straight into service […]
Hampshire based Black Velvet Travel Ltd has been sold to a new owner, Adam Smith. The sale has been arranged by specialists from accountancy firm Chantrey Vellacott. According to a statement from the accountancy practice, Adam has many years of experience in the bus industry and has completed a deal to take over the company […]