Andy Burnham, Mayor of Greater Manchester, is launching a public consultation on how the city can build a fully integrated transport system. The initiative follows the news the city region has taken the decision to introduce bus franchising in the area. The aim is to develop what is being called the Bee Network, described as […]
Transport for London (TfL) has released designs for a new permanent memorial to London’s transport workers who have lost their lives to coronavirus. The new memorial will be created on a pedestrian plaza on Braham Street in Aldgate. The space will contain a plaque paying tribute to London’s transport workers as well as benches to […]
Next week’s Young Bus Manager’s Network (YBMN) Conference is now fully-booked with 85 attendees joining. The event starts at 1pm on 13 October and lasts until the afternoon of 14 October. It was originally scheduled to take place in the spring of 2020 and it marks the return of “in-person” activity for the Young Bus […]
Wrightbus was selected as one of 12 green innovators from across the nation to take part in the Government-hosted Global Investment Summit on 19 October. The event is to showcase examples of UK innovation and green technology. Hosted by the Prime Minister and supported by members of the Royal Family, the Summit will demonstrate Britain’s […]
Hong Kong’s Kowloon Motor Bus Company (KMB) has awarded Volvo Buses the contract for 46 Volvo B8L Euro VI double deck buses. The units are scheduled to be delivered in the second quarter of 2022. The newly acquired Volvo B8L will be supplied as 12.8m buses fitted with solar panels and offering a passenger capacity […]
Pelican Engineering is training 20 apprentices within its 160-strong Castleford workforce, despite the disruption of the pandemic. It has recruited six apprentices in 2021 and plans to recruit a further six young people next year. Three of the trainees are working in the company’s Pelican Bus and Coach division. The 102-year old company, which supplies […]
Diamond Bus is launching five MAN-Plaxton Centros converted to run on electric by electric vehicle specialist Magtec. In partnership with Magtec, the five buses have gone through a process whereby the engine is removed and and replaced by a fully electrically-powered motor and battery packs, which provide 200 kWhr of battery energy storage. The first […]
The Birmingham and Midland Motor Omnibus Company, better known as the Midland Red, is central to the history of bus operation in the Midlands and the Autumn Running Day of the Transport Museum Wythall focused heavily, but not exclusively, on its buses and coaches. The event, held on 3 October, marked 40 years since the […]