Kinglong Europe has taken its UK franchise back under direct control. The new company formed for this, King Long Europe UK, will be wholly owned by Kinglong Europe. Chris Cassar will be moving over from the King Long European base to lead the restructure for the next 12 months. The disenfranchisement was due to recent […]
West Midland’s transport authority, Centro, has won the Diverse Company in the Public Sector category at the Excellence in Diversity Awards in Manchester. Hosted by BBC Breakfast business presenter, Steph McGovern, the ceremony saw the organisation praised for putting diversity and inclusion at the heart of public transport services and employment practice. This included development […]
National Express West Midlands has launched a £4m new fleet of 18 Euro6 ADL Enviro400s. The vehicles feature extra leg room, free Wi-Fi, high backed leather seats and next stop announcements. The 18 new vehicles, which are running on the 900 and 957 services passing Birmingham airport, should also benefit from road improvements. Birmingham and […]
Nottingham City Transport (NCT) has won the Excellence in Science and Technology Award in the Nottingham Post Business Awards. The accolade recognised the operator’s investment in its real-time technology and Control Room. Manned 24/7, the facility has enabled the operator to make significant enhancements to the running of its bus network. It allows customers to […]
Chris Conway has been appointed as Translink’s new Group Chief Executive. Chris is currently MD of Tata Steel’s sales and distribution business in Ireland; previously he was vice president of operations in Europe for Nortel and MD of Nortel (NI) Ltd. He is Chairman of Northern Ireland Co-operation Overseas and a member of the Board […]
Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) and Oldham Council are to work together to deliver a project exploring new ways of providing rural communities with more effective, specialist transport links. To be undertaken in Saddleworth, Oldham, the project has secured an £81,000 grant from the government’s Total Transport Pilot Fund. The ‘Oldham Shared Transport’ project will […]
Blackpool Transport has showcased six of its ten new Mercedes-Benz Citaros at a stakeholder launch event on the town’s Promenade. Representing an investment of over £1.7m, the Euro6 Citaros feature E-leather trimmed seats, wood effect flooring, free Wi-Fi and mobile charging points for customers. They feature extra room for wheelchairs and customers with buggies than […]
Stagecoach East Scotland has launched 18 new Volvo B5LH hybrids with ADL’s latest double deck MMC bodywork in Dundee. They are the first ADL group bodied Volvo service buses for Stagecoach since Alexander RL bodied Olympians were introduced into the fleet in 1999. The new vehicles are for the high frequency Tayway 73 route connecting […]