An industrial dispute involving over 1,800 bus drivers employed by Abellio in London has ended after workers accepted an improved pay offer. The dispute started in November 2022, when bus drivers employed by Abellio in south and west London announced ten days of strike action. Following a workplace ballot, the workers, who are members of […]
Coatham Coaches has brought what has been described as north-east England’s first electric coach thanks to a £500,000 equipment finance package from HSBC UK. The business, which has been operating for 40 years, also used the funding to purchase a mobile EV charger to charge the vehicle on site. The new Yutong TCe12 from Pelican […]
Barnardo’s has called on Transport Minister, Richard Holden, to introduce free bus passes for all care leavers in England during a visit to Cornwall. As well as hearing about the benefits of Cornwall Council’s bus service improvement plan during a visit to the county, the Minister met care leavers at Lys Kernow to hear directly […]
A new exhibition presenting some of the latest advancements in transport cleaning takes place from 14 to 16 March at the Design Hub Clerkenwell, London. The Travel Cleaning Show 2023 is to showcase how suppliers have adapted their products and equipment specially for the highly challenging travel cleaning industry. The show organisers comment: “From HVO […]
Plans have been unveiled for a multi-million-pound green hydrogen production facility at the Ballymena headquarters of Wrightbus. Subject to planning approval, the new facility, which is being delivered by Wrightbus in partnership with Hygen Energy, will initially produce enough clean energy to power 300 hydrogen buses a day in Northern Ireland. Green hydrogen is made […]
As uncertainty abounds over whether there will be continued financial support for buses from the government after March, the Traffic Commissioners (TCs) have stepped in to issue their support for the sector. The Office of the Traffic Commissioners (OTC) understands the uncertainty over funding may result in operators choosing to cancel or vary service registrations […]
Rotala is running a tendering process this year for its £6m-per-year worth of parts it spends on maintaining its 650 vehicle fleet across its eight UK sites. The operator will be running multiple tranches for various types of engineering parts, covering categories such as braking, electrical, suspension and steering. It is asking that expressions of […]
German operator, KVG Kieler Verkehrsgesellschaft (KVG), is set to become the first operator in the country to take delivery of new Mellor Sigma electric buses. The three Sigma 7s, specified to KVG’s latest design specifications, will form part of the operator’s mission to electrify its fleet when delivered in March. KVG, the main operator in […]