Stockport-based Belle Vue Manchester is upgrading its entire private hire fleet by installing CCTV cameras to improve the safety of its passengers and drivers. The investment encompasses over 40 vehicles, including minibuses, single- and double-decker coaches and Belle Vue’s collection of vintage buses. All of the company’s school buses are already fitted with CCTV cameras. […]
Eight irreplaceable historic vehicles owned by the Friends of King Alfred Buses (FoKAB) preservation society and its members have been destroyed in a fire in the early morning of 8 December. The vehicles were being stored in a unit in a farm in Penton Mewsey, near Andover, which caught fire. One of the nearby units […]
Coach Hire Comparison (CHC) has won at the Chamber Business Awards in the category of Business Improvement through Technology. The award recognises businesses that have successfully integrated technology in order to boost performance and efficiencies. Founded in 2010, CHC has delivered a convenient platform for users to obtain quotes from independent minibus and coach companies. […]
Salisbury coach park will be closed from Tuesday 2 January 2024 for approximately four months to enable remodelling works to be carried out. Once completed, coach drivers and their passengers should benefit from better facilities and a more pleasant experience, according to Wiltshire Council. Six coach spaces are to be provided for picking-up/dropping-off passengers and […]
Transport technology specialist UrbanThings and Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS) company SkedGo are announcing their strategic partnership. The partnership will combine SkedGo’s expertise in journey planning with UrbanThings’ experience in ticketing and real-time information to support operators and cities with access to a deeper level of configuration for their journey planning offerings. As well as promoting the availability […]
Scottish Citylink has confirmed that its coach services will operate across Scotland throughout the entire festive season. The coach provider is to deliver limited services on both Christmas Day and New Year’s Day. On 25 December, services will run on a reduced frequency between Edinburgh, Glasgow, Stirling, Perth, Dundee and Aberdeen. On 1 January, Citylink […]
Claire Mann, who is currently Managing Director of South Western Railway (SWR), has been appointed TfL’s Chief Operating Officer. The appointment sees her return to the transport authority, where she was previously Director of Bus Operations. Glynn Barton, who has led TfL’s operations successfully on an interim basis since October 2022, will continue as Chief […]
Bretherton’s Gold Line Tours has equipped its latest 53-seat Volvo tri-axle 9900 coach with Spillard Safety Systems’ Human Detection System (HDS). Suitably impressed with the technology, the Ribble Valley-based operator plans to fit the Human Detection System to any new vehicle it purchases going forward. The safety solution has been developed over the last two […]