Scottish Transport Minister, Keith Brown, has announced a second round of funding totalling £3m for the Bus Investment Fund (BIF) in a bid to improve Scotland’s bus services. Bus projects across the country will be able to apply for up to £500,000 over two years from the Transport Scotland Challenge Fund. The fund was set […]
Transport Minister, Baroness Kramer, has announced the next round of the Local Sustainable Transport Fund (LSTF). DfT is providing £64m towards improved infrastructure for cyclists and pedestrians, better bus journeys and new and upgraded transport interchanges allowing people to easily switch from one mode of transport to another. Further match funding will take the value […]
Trading for FirstGroup Plc during the first quarter of its 2014/15 financial year was in line with management’s expectations, according to an interim management statement. The company said its transformation programmes are progressing well. In its UK Bus operations, like-for-like passenger revenue increased by 2.7% during the period. As it rebases its local fares and […]
Clarecastle Coaches has taken delivery of two EVM Elegance minicoaches based on the Mercedes-Benz Sprinter chassis with Euro6 516Cdi 163bhp Common Rail Direct Injection diesel engines matched to six-speed manual gearboxes. The specification includes LED strip lights, EVM’s light weight luggage partition with full depth drop boot, in-dash air conditioning, 22 EVM Comfort seats, a […]
Five new Volvo B13R coaches with Jonckeere bodies have been supplied to Lochs & Glens of Gartocharn in Dunbartonshire. The vehicles feature 57 seats, TV screens, a hot drink servery and fridge, as well as an onboard toilet. They are powered by Volvo’s 13-litre 460hp engine coupled to the Volvo I-Shift gearbox and are being […]
Kevin Sharp has been appointed the new Operations Manager of Stagecoach West’s Cheltenham and Stroud depots. Kevin joined Stagecoach in September 2012 as part of the Stagecoach Graduate Development Programme. According to the operator, he excelled in his role as Assistant Operations Manager at the company’s Oxford depot. Kevin previously worked in the hospitality and […]
Women 1st, the branch of People 1st dedicated to encouraging women to succeed in the passenger transport, leisure and hospitality industries, has extended the deadline for entries to its Shine Awards. The Shine Awards recognise excellence in women and will be announced at a prestigious black tie awards dinner on 16 September 2014, at the […]
KM Motors of Barnsley was one of the first operators to invest in an i6 integral two years ago and it has now bought its second. Its latest fleet addition is 12.2m long and powered by DAF’s PR265 engine matched to a ZF AS-Tronic auto-shift gearbox. KM Motors MD, Keith Meynell, said, ‘The i6 we […]