Sittingbourne-based Chalkwell Coach Hire’s MD, Roland Eglinton, has joined the not-for-profit organisation Women in Transport. Women in Transport aims to empower women to maximise their potential. The organisation addresses the disparity of women’s representation in the transport industry’s workforce. Its website cites the figures of women making up 47% of the workforce, while only 20% […]
Arriva is to cease operating Green Line services between Hemel Hempstead and London Victoria. The last day of service is set to be 4 December 2021. Before Covid-19, service 758 was already experiencing a decline in passengers numbers, leading to operations being ran out of our Luton depot. While this operational move did help with […]
Mellor is to launch an all-new range of single-deck battery electric buses for 2022, as the company aims to move into previously untapped bus markets. The new multi-variant range is expected to include an extensive choice of lengths, widths, operating ranges and gross vehicle weights, with further details due to be announced in December 2021. […]
Statistics from the DfT charting bus use for the year ending March 2021 show the number of local bus passenger journeys in England fell by 2.5 billion or 61% to 1.57 billion. The DfT’s report on this says the fall can largely be attributed to nationwide movement restrictions introduced throughout 2020/21 in response to the […]
Northern Ireland’s Infrastructure Minister, Nichola Mallon, has unveiled the first of 80 electric double-deckers due to be in passenger service in spring 2022. The vehicles are part of her £74million investment for 100 zero-emission buses, which also includes 20 hydrogen-fuelled buses and a programme of associated infrastructure works. The announcement follows Mallon’s announcement of funding […]
Peter Hogg of Jedburgh has won best small coach operator at the Scottish Business Awards. Director, Annie Hogg, told Bus and Coach Buyer: “We are very excited to win; we are really chuffed. We have worked really hard and our drivers have been very good, very customer friendly.” The operator was nominated in 2019 for […]
The need to provide a PSVAR-equipped vehicle on any school service on which separate fares are charged as well as all rail replacement work is causing operators up and down the UK a major headache. The Mercedes-Benz answer is a coach that has all the essentials but few of the non-essentials at a price as […]
Wheely-Safe has signed a new agreement with Ardee Coach Trim for the transport solutions business to become its official distribution partner in Ireland. Ardee Coach Trim will supply Wheely-Safe’s latest generation of intelligent tyre pressure monitoring systems (TPMS), wheel loss and wheel rim temperature sensors to OEMs and operator fleets across both the Republic of […]