Reading Buses has been toasting one of its best-loved, and longest serving, employees as driver Amarjit Singh celebrated his 50th year working with the company. Amarjit started with the company in 1975 as a 22-year-old. It was his third job but he was originally considered to be too young to drive a bus, so started […]
A Van Hool TDX27 Astromega double-deck coach has been delivered to Johnsons Coaches of Henley-in-Arden. Within two days of its arrival, it was off on a ski tour, showcasing its capability and comfort on long distance journeys. The new coach is aimed at strengthening the operator’s offering for tours and private hire, increasing its capacity. […]
Having celebrated its 60th anniversary in 2024, PSV parts distributor Imperial Engineering has been officially appointed as the primary distributor for all BYD electric bus parts throughout the UK and Northern Ireland. The agreement with the bus manufacturer includes components for all single- and double-deck BYD eBuses currently in service, in addition to parts in […]
KleanDrive, a specialist in electric conversion of heavy vehicles, is revealing the latest version of its electric bus repowering solution. Adopting CATL Lithium Iron Phosphate (LFP) battery cells and Voith motors in its drivetrain, housed with all power electronics in its in-house developed framework and skid system, KleanDrive says its powertrain has a usable battery […]
Midland Bluebird, which runs bus services across the Forth Valley and into Edinburgh, is to invest £14m in 30 Yutong electric buses. The operator, which was acquired by McGill’s Group in September 2022, will introduce the new buses along with the electrification of Larbert depot. The investment is part of the transformation the owning brothers […]
The Coach Tourism Association Conference 2025 saw TV personality Anthea Turner urge coach operators to stick with the demographic they have, and push ahead with developing the best tour product they can. The conference, held in the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Stratford-upon-Avon, followed the usual format, with extensive familiarisation trips in the area, followed by its […]
Following the launch of Nottingham City Transport’s (NCT) first electric buses in the Old Market Square last year, NCT is now running its latest batch. The 24 new Yutong electric single-deckers are being used on its Green Line routes 5, 7, 8 and 9. Running on a five-minute Monday to Saturday daytime frequency between the […]
TransMach has started 2025 with the deployment of almost 200 contactless ticketing machines to Scottish Citylink. The installation represents the smart ticketing specialist’s biggest single customer order for its fixed and mobile ETMS. TransMach’s TM500 fixed ETMs and TM920 Pro mobile machines have been installed on the Scottish Citylink’s fleet of coaches, which operate a […]