The first Optare Metrodecker EVs from Tower Transit‘s 37 vehicle order have entered service. The electric-powered buses are being rolled out on TfL routes C3 and 23. They entered service on 5 December on the C3 Earls Court-Clapham Junction. Big changes are on the way for Optare as it makes the transition to its new […]
Stagecoach’s Oxford Tube is now rolling out its order of Plaxton Panoramas into service. Built at the Plaxton factory in Scarborough on Volvo B11RLE chassis, they will replace and expand the Oxford Tube fleet. They were due to enter service this summer but were delayed due to the affects of the pandemic. The frequent express […]
To reinforce its long-term strategy, UNVI has undertaken a complete reform of its facilities in Porto, Portugal. The factory was built in the mid-1960s and has been owned by UNVI since 2006. The renovation began in 2018 and was completed in spring 2020. The inauguration has been postponed due to Covid-19. All workspaces have been […]
Rochdale MBC has updated its bus fleet with the addition of seven new Mellor Strata HF buses. The ‘size-appropriate’ accessible buses are already in service transporting school children with additional needs to and from schools in the local area. Each Strata HF has the capacity for 16-seated passengers and up to six wheelchair users, with […]
The first annual Delivery Plan for Scotland’s National Transport Strategy includes a new action to encourage people back on to public transport post-Covid-19 when it is safe and appropriate to do so. The Strategy outlines four priorities for Scotland’s transport system: that it reduces inequalities; takes climate action; helps deliver inclusive economic growth; and improves […]
Road Tech Computer Systems is celebrating what it describes as the phenomenal success of Tachomaster, its tachograph analysis system. Tachomaster was launched by the company in 2006, when tachographs went digital and this week Tachomasters servers recorded that it had successfully analysed 173,656,87 drivers card, chart and vehicle downloads since its launch. A spokesperson for […]
Director and full-time driver for Bewdley-based Phillips International Travel, Julian Phillips, has published a travel guide focusing on the M5 motorway. Entitled ‘The Glorious M5’, the book could provide inspiration for tour guides while journeying down the motorway or even be of interest to travel and transport enthusiasts. The Glorious M5 is divided in to […]
Commercial vehicle membership organisation, the Road Haulage Association (RHA), is to create a new membership package to support coach operators. RHA Coach is expected to launch in April 2021 and is in response to coach operators approaching the organisation following what it describes as feeling let down by the representation offered by their current trade […]