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 […]
The Association of Local Bus Managers (ALBUM) has expressed concerns regarding Transport for Greater Manchester’s (TfGM) decision to award all but one of its local and school bus contracts to larger operators. This shift in the balance of work could have potential implications for the local bus operating sector, particularly for smaller and medium-sized enterprise […]
Government funding for the retrofit of selective catalytic reduction (SCR) technology is being brought to an end. Government funding for bus retrofits was paused in April 2023 after research suggested that real-world emission reductions from retrofitted buses were lower than expected. Between 2017 and 2019, £64 million was allocated to the clean bus technology fund […]