TISPOL (The European Traffic Police Network) held a multi-agency cross border European road policing operation last month on cross border long distance coaches. The operation was coordinated with officers from Belgium, France, Hungary, the Netherlands, Romania and the UK. Almost 4,000 vehicles were controlled during the crack down, resulting in 40 counts of irregular immigration […]
Two 9.7m Optare SlimLine Solo SRs have been added to the fleet of Abbotts of Leeming. They each feature 34 Rescroft CT Lite seats, tip-ups in the wheelchair space, a manual fold-out wheelchair ramp and a six-cylinder Cummins ISBe 201bhp Euro5 engine matched to an Allison 2100 Series fully automatic five-speed gearbox. Optare supplied the vehicles.
Bus and coach registrations in May fell 24.6% to 666 units, leading to a rolling year total of 7,339, which is down 1.8% from the same month in 2012. SMMT Bus and Coach Manager, Wendy Williamson, said, ‘The purpose-built bus and coach market had a strong month with a rise of 57.8% and purpose-built buses […]
A tribute to Angus Adams, the former West Midlands ITA (Centro) Chairman, has been unveiled at Stourbridge bus station. The memorial takes the form of a granite plaque engraved with an image of the Dudley councillor. It reads: ‘This award-winning bus station is dedicated to Angus who worked tirelessly for its development on behalf of […]
Stagecoach Group’s Coaches and Special Activities business has appointed Senga Crosby as its new Marketing Manager. Senga was previously Stagecoach UK Bus Marketing Coordinator. She will now take on marketing responsibility for the company’s megabus.com (UK and Europe) operations, as well as the Scottish Citylink business, a joint venture between Stagecoach and international transport group […]
VDL Bus & Coach has presented its new Citea with the electrical wheel-hub drive from the German company Ziehl-Abegg (Kunzelsau). The single decker will come with the ZAwheel electric drive as standard in the future. The system requires neither a transmission nor a differential. Previously, it was only used for retrofitting to diesel buses. The […]
Nottingham City Transport (NCT) has unveiled its Armed Forces Day bus. The double decker features a patriotic design to celebrate the national event, which is being held in Nottingham for the first time on 29 June. It will include a parade through the city centre and celebrations on Victoria Embankment. During the day, the operator […]
Fuel cards are no longer accepted on tolls in Spain. Payments can be made by cash, credit card or with a toll box, which can be ordered through DKV’s website (www.dkv-euroservice.com). Benefits of using the latter include discounts of 50% under the Post-Pay scheme in Spain and a maximum of 13% under the Post-Pay scheme […]