Alexander Dennis Ltd (ADL) has received an order for 200 Enviro400s from Stagecoach. Valued at around £50m, this represents the UK bus industry’s largest single order by number of vehicles since 2019. Stagecoach’s 200 new buses will have ADL’s SmartPack efficiency technology, giving them Low Emission Bus status. All are expected to be delivered in […]
Coach and bus operators and the wider transport industry is marking the Remembrance period in a host of different ways. TfL has put in place 20 specially designed poppy roundels at 20 Underground, Overground and bus stations across its network. Poppy flags are flying at TfL piers with giant poppies wrapped around selected London buses. […]
EvoBus UK’s new CEO, Dr Jens Heinemann, is now in office. Dr Heinemann takes over from Michael Thielmann, who recently retired after eight years as CEO of EvoBus UK. Jens was recruited by Daimler AG in 2002, moving to the company’s headquarters in Stuttgart focussing on the sales development for passenger cars. From 2011, he […]
I have been attending the FIAA Show every other year for decades and always enjoyed the opportunity to touch base with the country’s small coachbuilders as well as the large global players. This year it was very different because, in a coordinated decision, all of the Spanish vehicle manufacturers did not take stands; instead it […]
City Sightseeing Glasgow is to launch ten open-top Wrightbus StreetDeck Electroliners into service. The vehicles are a £4,500,000 investment and includes funding from the Scottish Zero Emission Bus (ScotZEB) Challenge Fund. The launch of ten new electric buses will make Glasgow the first ever City Sightseeing operator to operate a full fleet of electric vehicles. […]
Bus journeys are up to 22% quicker following the introduction of Sprint priority measures on key Birmingham routes, according to Transport for West Midlands’ (TfWM’s) data. The Sprint measures were introduced earlier this year. Phase 1 was completed in May to allow shuttle buses, operational for the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games, to benefit from the […]
Workers are being balloted on a new pay deal at Stagecoach’s Hull operation. Strikes by members of trade union Unite at the operator have now been suspended from to allow workers to be balloted on a new pay deal. Following extensive negotiations, a new pay offer was agreed between Stagecoach’s management and Unite. Unite regional […]
Euro Bus Expo proved that absence makes the heart grow fonder, with great atmosphere and a flood of vehicle orders. Here’s our pick of the exhibitors and vehicles, with apologies to so many who didn’t make the final cut ADL ADL’s big news was the unveiling of it’s the hydrogen Enviro400FCEV and the announcement of […]