Birmingham-based Aziz Coach Service has invested in a further two Plaxton Leopards, built by NFI subsidiary Alexander Dennis at Scarborough.. The latest deliveries take the total number of Plaxton Leopard coaches in the Birmingham-based fleet to eight. The type makes up more than half of the fleet of the well-established family business, which was founded […]
Alexander Dennis worked with Dawsongroup to provide a pair of Alexander Dennis Enviro200 buses to Ashford and St Peter’s Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust on a rental solution. The two 8.9-metre Enviro200 have upgraded the Hospital Hopper service which provides a connection between the trust’s two hospitals in Surrey for staff, patients and visitors. With 30 […]
Localism is key at Robinson Kimbolton. Based in the rural Cambridgeshire town of Kimbolton, the coach operator is at the heart of its local community, not just providing coaches but also running the local repair and service garage and a Budgens grocery store. Proprietor Charles Robinson tells B&CB that the facility the company runs from […]
Prospective students attending the Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) applicant days at the Cambridge campus in March will be able to take advantage of free bus travel on Stagecoach East services. The bus operator has previously partnered with ARU Peterborough to provide prospective students with free bus travel during their open days and applicant days in […]
Ben Colson MBE is standing down as Chair of Bus Users UK after five and a half years in the role. Ben joined Bus Users in 2018 following an illustrious career in the UK bus industry. In 1996 he founded the Kings Lynn based Norfolk Green Bus Company, the only SME to receive the UK […]
Transport Ticketing Global 2023, the world’s largest public transport event for smart ticketing and mobility professionals, returns to Olympia, London, on 7 and 8 March 2023. With a host of new speakers, interactive formats and new exhibitors, the event will showcase the very latest in smart ticketing, mobility solutions and passenger experience. Talking about new […]
Go-Ahead-owned East Yorkshire is building a new depot in Scarborough. The new site is to replace and combine its existing Barry’s Lane and Westwood depots in the seaside town to a single new location on Taylor Way in the middle of 2024. The new site will include facilities to allow a transition to electric buses […]
Go-Ahead-owned Bluestar has stepped in to provide bus services to Southampton as First pulls out of the city. Representatives from Bluestar were joined today by The Right Worshipful Lord Mayor of Southampton, Cllr Jacqui Rayment, as well as the leader of Southampton City Council, Cllr Satvir Kaur and local residents at a special launch event […]