Spanish-built Irizar i6S Efficient has received the 2023 Coach of the Year award in Spain. Mikel Perez, the Irizar Commercial Director for Spain and Portugal, collected the prize at the awards ceremony for the event that took place yesterday, (18 January), at the Hotel Novotel Madrid. The event brought together business people from the sector, […]
Imperial Engineering has seen in 2023 with the opening of its new facility in Harlow, Essex. The bus and coach parts distributor has relocated to the new site from its previous facility in Cheshunt, where it had been for over half a century. Affording Imperial Engineering more than 15,000 square feet of warehousing and office […]
The need to continue open dialogue with stakeholders is one of the topics highlighted during the Swindon Bus Summit. On the agenda of the inaugural was the current status of the network, described as ‘depressed’ with 30% of pre-Covid customers having failed to return. Attendees and stakeholders also looked at how best to move forward […]
Arriva has invested around £1m in five new ADL Enviro200s for its Gillingham depot. The operator says the new fleet further supports its commitment to improving its Gillingham bus network and its overall customer experience. The new buses, which will be out in service in the coming weeks, will predominately be used on the 145 […]
FlixBus has launched the first direct coach route from Ukraine to Germany, travelling between Kyiv and Berlin. The line, N3207, goes between Kyiv, Zhytomyr, Rivne, Lviv and Berlin. Buses depart four times a week: on Monday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday from Kyiv; and on Monday, Tuesday, Friday and Saturday from Berlin. The journey time is […]
Greenock-based McGill’s Buses is offering job interviews to all Amazon staff from a local depot that are at risk of redundancy. Amazon plans to close its distribution centre in Gourock, just over two miles from the operator’s home town, putting about 300 jobs at risk. A range of job vacancies are available at the bus […]
Oxford Bus Company-owned City Sightseeing Oxford is offering a 25% discount on its open-top bus tours between Monday to Thursday until 9 February. The offer is designed to help boost Oxford’s visitor economy and encourage residents to visit and explore the city. Oxford Bus Company and City Sightseeing Oxford play an integral role in Oxford’s […]
January Fire damages buses at NatEx Walsall garage – A fire damages three buses at a National Express West Midlands’ Walsall garage, including a 2005 Alexander ALX400-bodied Dennis Trident in the colours of Walsall Corporation Transport pre-1969. NCT’s Mark Fowles in New Years Honours List – Nottingham City Transport’s (NCT’s) former- MD, Mark Fowles, has […]