Worcestershire-based Elgar Coaches has improved its workshop facilities with the purchase of mobile column lifts from Totalkare. The family-run operator is a long-term user of Totalkare vehicle lifting equipment, with working legacy models in the workshop including the SVL and RG, which was first manufactured by Totalkare in 1980. Upgrading to the T8AC lifting system […]
Stagecoach has provided transport for a charity day out to help the Queen Consort decorate a Christmas tree. Stagecoach has helped six children with complex, lifelong illnesses and their Roald Dahl Nurses to enjoy a festive day out at Clarence House through its community and charity ‘Giving for Good’ initiative. The children, who are supported […]
Buses powered by electric or hydrogen batteries could lure millions of additional passengers onto public transport, according to new research into public attitudes towards travel. Research by ComRes for Go-Ahead’s Zero Emission Centre of Excellence has found that only 26% of the public view bus travel as a ‘green’ form of transport – on a […]
National Express West Midlands is continuing its journey to net zero by 2030 with the opening of its new depot in Perry Barr, Birmingham. Full operations have now begun at its new, environmentally-sustainable bus and maintenance garage. After making their last departure from the current 90-year-old depot on the morning of Saturday 10 December, the […]
Census data has revealed that 14.5% of Oxford residents commute to work by bus, minibus or coach. This was even the case during the pandemic. This is significantly more than across Oxfordshire where, during the pandemic, 20.8% commuted by active travel (walking, cycling, etc) and 5.6% by bus, and England, where 14.2% commuted by active […]
A decision by the Traffic Commissioner sees Atlantic Travel (GB) Ltd have its operator’s licence limited for 14 days after one of its vehicles hit a bridge. The operator and its Transport Managers were called to public inquiry after one of its double-deckers collided with a railway bridge on 27 May 2022. The vehicle was […]
A new report has found that, without bolder bus and coach policies being adopted urgently, net zero targets will not be met. The new modelling finds that current government policy will increase uptake of buses among passengers by 10% by 2050 – but to meet net zero goals, bus use must rise by 79%. And […]
Work has started in transforming First Leicester’s depot ready to receive 68 new electric single-deckers from March. An investment of £29.1m has been secured so far towards the project and this is made up from the first round of Zero Emission Bus Regional Area (ZEBRA) government funding alongside capital investment from the operator. The Leicester […]