London has now passed the milestone of more than 1,000 zero-emission buses in operation. This means that more than one in nine of the city’s buses are now ‘green’. The 1,000th zero-emission bus is a Wrightbus StreetDeck Electroliner operated by Metroline. Since 2021, all new vehicles joining the fleet have been zero-emission. In addition, all […]
Equipmake is to repower eight of Newport Transport’s double-deckers with its electric drivetrain technology. The eight ICE buses to be repowered include five diesel ADL Enviro400s and three hybrid Volvo B5LHs with Wrightbus Gemini bodies. Each will be converted to incorporate Equipmake’s scalable Zero-Emission Drivetrain (ZED) technology, equipped with two 109kWh standard battery packs, offering […]
Bus and coach leather supplier Muirhead has returned to its pre-pandemic manufacturing lead time of six weeks. The Scottish leather maker credits what it describes as its ‘unique end-to-end process and unwavering commitment to sustainable innovation’ for enabling it to weather the impact of supply chain shortages during the pandemic. Muirhead sources 99% of its […]
Ben Werth has joined Alexander Dennis’s executive management team. As Group Sales & Business Development Director, Ben has overall responsibility for the UK & Ireland sales teams led by Fleet Sales Director, Matthew Lawrence and Retail Sales Director, Charlie Miller, as well as for international business development, which will be boosted further by the arrival […]
MAN Truck & Bus UK has appointed Tracey Perry as Sales Director of Truck, Bus & Coach. Tracey succeeds Matt Squires who starts a new position as the Operations Director for MAN Truck & Bus in Hong Kong. Taking over from Tracey’s previous role of Sales Director Van is Toni Ward. Stefan Thyssen, Managing Director […]
Bicester-based Heyfordian Travel is ceasing operations. The operation comes to an end after 76 years. A statement on the operator’s website said: “We are so sorry after 76 years of trading that unfortunately it has come to this. We just faced too many headwinds with inflation, rising costs, driver shortages and having massive interest charges […]
Tom Stables, CEO of National Express UK, is departing the company. Additionally, David Bradford, Managing Director at National Express Bus is also leaving the business. “We are making some limited changes to our structure to ensure we are as efficient as we can be and to enable us to grow in the future” – National […]
Newport Transport has taken delivery of the first new coaches to launch its new express coach venture in partnership with FlixBus on 7 August. The new Volvo 9700s have been branded for FlixBus. Newport Transport will operate the Flixbus services from South Wales to London Heathrow and Gatwick airports. Newport Transport says the addition of the new […]