Electric steering columns that provide ergonomic adjustability are common in the automotive sector but this technology is yet to make its debut in the commercial vehicle sector. Many manufacturers are interested in the concept, but it is up to technology suppliers to translate this vision into reality. The origins of the electric memory steering column […]
Orbit Coaches has upgraded its workshop with Totalkare equipment. Having purchased three sets of T8AC cabled mobile-column lifts from the workshop equipment specialists since 2021, the Leicestershire-based business has now installed an in-ground brake tester and smoke meter to improve the testing facilities of its in-house workshop. Established in 1995, the family-run business manages a […]
Plans to introduce 20mph speed limits in Abingdon have been put on hold after Oxford Bus Company said the measure would leave it with no option but to withdraw services. “This would make parts of our network unviable, and we would be left with no choice but to withdraw them” – Luke Marion, Oxford Bus […]
National Express is to provide transport for The Festival event at Cheltenham Racecourse to ease any travel disruption caused by rail strikes. The rail strikes announced by the RMT are set to include industrial action on Thursday 16 March, St Patrick’s Thursday at The Festival, as well as Saturday 18 March, the day after The […]
Plans for the franchising of Liverpool’s bus network could move forward with a possible consultation. Mayor of the Liverpool City Region, Steve Rotheram and the Combined Authority voted unanimously last year to confirm franchising as the Liverpool City Region’s preferred future model for running the bus network and services, joining Manchester in a similar move. […]
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 […]