Cumbria-based Jansen Travel has ceased trading. Local press reports suggest the operator’s plans to cease trading at the end of this month were changed at short notice, with the company announcing it would stop immediately. The operator’s website says it is closed for business and its Facebook page is not responsive. News outlets have noted […]
George Marcar, Bus Driver Policy Implementation Manager at Transport for London (TfL), has been awarded an MBE. The accolade was awarded for his work over many years to improve accessibility in London. George has worked tirelessly for more than 40 years to promote bus travel for elderly and disabled people as an accessible and simple […]
Stagecoach Manchester bus driver, Cornel Grant, has been awarded a British Empire Medal (BEM) in the Queen’s New Year Honours list. Cornel, known to his friends and colleagues as Junior, has been with Stagecoach for almost 40 years and works as a driver at Sharston Depot in Manchester. His accolade is in recognition of his […]
Electric bus manufacturer Karsan has delivered five of its e-ATAK buses to the German city of Weilheim. The company now has 20 electric buses in Germany. The e-ATAK’s engine offers power of 230 kW and 2,500 Nm of torque. According to Karsan, it can be charged in five hours with alternating current charging units and […]
Barclay Davies, Bus Users Director for Wales, has been awarded an OBE in The Queen’s New Year Honours list. The accolade was awarded for services to public transport and Government. “I am fortunate to work with many talented colleagues and this award is just as much a recognition of them and the work of Bus […]
Alexander Dennis Ltd (ADL) has delivered the first series-production Enviro500 buses for Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe (BVG) of Berlin at the start of volume deliveries which will take the German capital’s fleet of ADL double-deckers to 200. BVG signed a multi-year framework contract with ADL subsidiary Alexander Dennis Germany GmbH as the supplier of its next generation […]
Nottingham City Transport’s (NCT’s) former- MD, Mark Fowles, has been awarded an OBE for Service to Public Transport and Charity in the New Year’s Honours List. Mark held the position of Managing Director at NCT for 20 years until April 2021. He has been honoured in this year’s New Year Honours List for his services […]
Investigations into a fire that damaged a small number of buses at National Express West Midlands garage are continuing. Three vehicles were damaged in the fire, one of them beyond economic repair. This was unfortunately Walsall depot’s heritage liveried 2005 Alexander ALX400-bodied Dennis Trident in the colours of Walsall Corporation Transport pre-1969. West Midlands Fire […]