A Campaign for Better Transport report claims the competitive nature of Government funding for local transport is disadvantaging rural local authorities and failing rural communities. The transport charity found that the Government’s system of asking local transport authorities to compete against each other for funding is consistently producing the same winners and losers. The Government’s […]
Over 50 years since its rusting hulk was dragged from a Herefordshire field by a group of young Midlands enthusiasts, the Transport Museum Wythall has revealed its 1931 Birmingham City Transport AEC Regent fully restored and probably in better condition than it has ever been. A £500,000 restoration programme, managed for the museum by experienced […]
Mellor has announced the appointment of Jebsen & Jessen Industrial Solutions as the approved distributor of Mellor battery-electric models in Germany and Austria. The partnership will see Jebsen & Jessen oversee the sale and service of Mellor’s Sigma and Orion-E size- and cost-appropriate buses in the region. Headquartered in Hamburg, Jebsen & Jessen operates a […]
Hotel chain and coach company, Daish’s Holidays, has reported a surge in late bookings for summer 2022. It has had a 5% increase for July and 12% rise for August, compared to the same period in 2021. The company cites airport strikes and looming overseas travel disruption as reasons behind holidaymakers’ decisions to sped the […]
Lack of technology certainty is the most significant barrier preventing coach operators achieving net zero, according to a zero-emission taskforce. The group dedicated to ensuring the coach sector’s transition to zero emission alternatives is both workable and realistic has provided insight into the challenges currently facing the sector on their road to destination zero. The […]
Adventure Travel is set to take over two key Vale of Glamorgan bus routes from Easyway of Pencoed following the independent company’s closure at the end of July. South Wales transport operator Adventure Travel has secured agreement with the Vale of Glamorgan council to run the 88 and B3 routes from 1 September and as […]
Light Rail Transit Association (LRTA) Vice-President, Andrew Braddock, has put together a calendar to raise money for the Disasters Emergency Committee Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal. It features 24 images from NTA Chairman, Mike Russell, of trolleybuses and trams in Ukraine. The calendar covers July 2022 to January 2024 and is A4 size, laminated card, 44 pages […]
It is five years since the first bio-gas double-deckers started running on the streets of Nottingham. The 120 Scania-based ADL Enviro400 CBG Citys are the world’s largest fleet of bio-gas double decks in the world and are run by Nottingham City Transport (NCT). Nottingham’s bio-gas buses were delivered in partnership with Nottingham City Council, Scania, […]