First Bus plan to create what it describes as a ‘super depot’ in Portsmouth after it secured the purchase of the Daily Mail Group news centre. The purchase of the new site, which is opposite the operator’s current Hilsea Depot, will see the development of a purpose-built electric bus depot within two years. The site […]
Bedfordshire-based Grant Palmer is celebrating a year of operation of its Houghton Regis busway service. The Hi route runs daily, up to every hour, serving customers at Houghton Regis North. Buses use the Luton and Dunstable guided busway to provide quick links to Luton as well as nearby employment at the White Lion Retail Park. […]
Moderated by President, Stephen Telling, and attended by operators, manufacturers and suppliers from across the UK, UKCOA’s event covered a wide range of technical and regulatory challenges that the industry is facing now and in the immediate future. Welcoming UKCOA members and guests, MD Volvo Bus UK & Ireland, Domenico Bondi, expressed his admiration for […]
The new Retail Sales Director of Volvo Bus in the UK and Ireland, Josef Gisslow, says that it’s ‘business as usual’ at the Coventry Bus and Coach Sales Centre, despite the impending closure of the company’s coach production plant in Wroclaw, Poland in 2024. Josef, who has transferred from Gothenburg, said the factory closure with […]
After cancelling tours and leaving customers out of money, the police are now investigating Harmony Coach Holidays. Police Scotland is enquiring after receiving a report of suspected fraud in relation to the company. The Hamilton-based tour operator had taken deposits and full payments before sending the news that holidays had been cancelled. Refunds have not […]
Miles Dorrington has been named as the new Traffic Commissioner for the West Midlands Traffic Area. Miles has been acting Traffic Commissioner in the region since the retirement of his predecessor, Nick Denton, in June 2022. He now takes on the role permanently. The Senior Traffic Commissioner, Richard Turfitt, said of Miles’ appointment: “I am […]
Jacob Marshall, a driver at Marshalls Coaches of Sutton-on-Trent, has had a fine overturned for parking a minibus in a bay he says he has used many times before. Jacob received a fine for using the bay in Mount Street, Nottingham, on 16 March. The Visit Nottinghamshire website describes the Mount Street bay as a […]
Go-Ahead has carried ten million passengers at the nationwide promotional fare of £2 since the government began funding a scheme capping the price of bus travel on New Year’s Day. The biggest seller of discount tickets in the Go-Ahead network is Brighton & Hove Buses and Metrobus, where more than 2.5 million passengers have travelled […]