CPT President, Bill Hiron, will be Guest of Honour of the UK Coach Awards 2015 event, to be held at the Mercure Piccadilly Hotel in Manchester on 23 April, is a celebration of ‘all that’s best in UK coach operations’. Visit http://www.ukcoachawards.co.uk/ for details and to book a place at the event.
RATP Dev, a subsidiary of French transport giant RATP Group, has entered exclusive negotiations to acquire DL Entreprises, which specialises in interurban and school transport and is based in Nord Pas de Calais, France. DL Entreprises primarily operates regular interurban and school transport, as well as sightseeing excursions.
‘Satisfactory’ was how Stagecoach described its trading for the 40 weeks ending 1 February 2015. The third quarter of its financial year saw the company’s UK Bus regional operations achieve like-for-like revenue growth of 2.7%, with passenger volumes increasing 0.4%. Although growth in January was lower than in the previous months of the year, it […]
Rotala plc has announced the acquisition of Green Triangle Buses Ltd, which trades as South Lancs Travel, from Rolling Solutions Ltd and Julian Peddle, the same Uttoxeter based ownership combination that owns D&G Bus. The deal was completed for £900,000 in cash and at completion Rotala paid £368,000 to Green Triangle’s bankers to clear the […]
Arriva UK Bus is investing £45m in new buses over the next 12 months. The operator is implementing a three stage roll out of over 230 new carbon efficient vehicles, which are expected to improve service provision across both new and existing routes nationwide. It is investing in: 165 ADL Enviro400s, 11 ADL Enviro200s, 12 […]
A new law to make it easier for police to catch and convict drug drivers has taken effect in England and Wales. Motorists caught driving having taken illegal drugs face a criminal record, loss of their licence for at least a year and a fine of up to £5,000. The legislation makes it illegal to […]
Wilson’s of Rhu in Scotland has ordered two new Wrightbus StreetLites. They are set for use on commercial routes around Helensburgh and the surrounding areas in Argyll. Sourced with the assistance of Transport for Scotland’s Green Bus Fund initiative, they are 8.8m and 9.5m in length and both feature the Cummins Euro5 engine and Wrightbus’ […]
West Yorkshire Combined Authority’s new £6m Castleford Bus Station has been opened. It has been designed to provide the 12,000 people who use it every day with a more comfortable waiting environment, better information and improved facilities. In addition to a covered waiting concourse, the new facility features 24 hour monitored CCTV, electronic departure information, […]