Bath Bus Company has ordered two new Volvo B9TL full open top double deckers with Unvi Urbis 25 bodywork, the first buses of their kind in the UK and Ireland. Almost 12m long, they will be powered by Volvo’s 260hp Euro5 D9B six cylinder engine. The bodywork with two doorways and two internal staircases will […]
Plans for a new £3.2m bus station for Worksop have taken a step closer to realisation, having been put before Nottinghamshire County Council’s Planning and Licencing Committee. The new bus station will be located at the junction of Newcastle Street and Watson Road, on part of the Queen Street car park and will replace the […]
TfL has submitted plans to the London Borough of Croydon to ‘completely transform’ West Croydon Bus Station. The proposals would see the station ‘totally redeveloped’, focusing on customer and passenger needs. It would be made more light and airy with better customer information and fully accessible bus stops. Passenger safety will remain a priority, with […]
National Express Group has appointed Jane Kingston as an Independent Non-executive Director of the company. Jane will join both the operator’s Remuneration Committee and Safety and Environment Committee. She is currently Group Human Resources Director at Compass Group Plc and was previously Group Human Resources Director at BPB Plc. Prior to this, she has worked […]
As Jorma Halonen steps down from the Optare Board of Directors, Ashok Leyland Ltd CFO, Gopal Mahadevan, has been appointed to the Board as Non-Executive Director with immediate effect. Gopal is a Chartered Accountant and a Company Secretary with 25 years’ experience in finance function across a variety of industries. He started his career with […]
Buses operating in Wiltshire and the Chilterns are set to have cleaner exhaust fumes following DfT funding. Wiltshire Council is to receive £361,000 to upgrade 19 existing buses with technology that will cut toxic pollutants, while Chiltern District Council will get £150,000 for similar work on ten buses. This builds on the £85,000 already used […]
Operators represented by CPT Cymru have warned against the Welsh Government’s plans to cut £24m of its funding for senior citizens’ concessionary bus travel. If this proposal goes ahead, it will lead to ‘major service cuts and job losses’, according to the operators. The Welsh Government has confirmed a three year funding package of £189m […]
MD of Bakers Coaches of Biddulph, Stoke on Trent, Phil Baker, has retired after nearly four decades at the forefront of the business. The company was founded by Phil’s father, James Baker, in 1936 and from humble beginnings as a garage and chauffer business it has progressed under Phil’s stewardship into what has been described […]