Arriva has confirmed the closure of its Aylesbury and High Wycombe depots. The operator announced on its website today (25 June 2024) that it will close the depots on 27 July 2024. After the closure, Arriva will no longer operate 11 routes that currently run from the sites. It will maintain operation of the X5 […]
Volvo Buses aims to have a fully decarbonised supply chain by 2040. The manufacturer and its suppliers plan to use artificial intelligence (AI) to help achieve this. As a first step in AI use, Volvo plans to take data from its own systems and gather all the details on each supplier and their respective part […]
Premier Pits is launching Thread Saver, a new tool range for repairing damaged axle threads and wheel studs, 100% manufactured in the EU by Silbertool Solutions. Thread repair tools have been in the market for many years, however tools like Thread Cutting Dies and other products remove material during the process and weaken the thread. […]
Alexander Dennis has taken a firm order from transport group Stagecoach for 244 of its next-generation battery-electric buses. Recently launched, the Enviro400EV and Enviro100EV see AD step away from its relationship with BYD, and present a BEV designed from the ground up by the NFI subsidiary. The Enviro200EV will be available from 2025. Stagecoach supported […]
The CPT’s Ride and Drive is back for its 10th outing at North Weald Airfield on 29 July 2024. CPT and vehicle partners, Volvo, Dawson Group, EVM, Pelican, and Jones Coach Sales, will be welcoming CPT members and their guests from all parts of industry and the UK to take a spin in the latest […]
Exhibitors are already signing up for the International Bus and Coach Trade Fair, FIAA 2024. The main manufacturers are already set to exhibit, including Daimler Buses, Iveco, Volvo, Irizar and Unvi among almost 100 participating companies from 14 countries. It takes place from 22 to 25 October at IFEMA Madrid. The show is to include […]
First Bus‘s depot in York has had its diesel refuelling tank removed as the fleet at the site operates entirely on electric power. The depot’s fleet is the first in Yorkshire to operate only using electric charging. First York moved to its current James Street depot over 30 years ago and installed the fuel tank. […]
Go-Ahead has won the ‘Transport Project of the Year’ title at the 2024 UK Green Business Awards for creating an all-electric bus city in Oxford. The award-winning nomination focused on the project led by Go-Ahead’s subsidiary, Oxford Bus Company, which is deploying 104 zero-emission buses across the streets of Oxford by the end of this […]