Arriva’s demand responsive service, ArrivaClick is to begin operating in Ebbsfleet, Kent from next week. Launching in partnership and funded by residential homebuilders Redrow and Henley Camland, landowner of Whitecliffe, Arriva will provide a new flexible bus service that can be booked when required, designed to provide flexible and cost-effective public transport with the convenience […]
Go North East has launched the region’s first electric bus fleet in the North East, which are capable of all-day service with a single overnight charge. The fleet of nine Yutong E10 single-deckers were purchased as part of a £3.7m joint-funded project from Go North East and the Government’s Ultra-Low Emission Bus Fund, following a […]
VDL’s newly-established UK company has released this video of its PSVAR-equipped coach work – this time testing a PLS Access wheelchair lift. Find out more by contacting VDL at: 7 Barkston Road Carlton Industrial Estate S71 3HU Barnsley Tel: +44 333 700 8999 Email: [email protected]
From the end of service on 9 January 2021, Arriva is planning to hand over the running and operation of its Cannock bus depot and all local routes operated from the site to D&G Bus. The decision was made following a review of the performance of the depot. Arriva’s Cannock depot has 29 services covering […]
A £300m investment in transforming bus services is one of the headline announcements in the Government’s Spending Review 2020. However, noticeably absent from the Review was any mention of coaches. Announced by Rishi Sunak, Chancellor of the Exchequer, the bus investment is part of the Government’s support for the regeneration of towns and communities. The […]
Auctions of coach and bus fleets are, at the moment, an uncomfortable truth. The current succession of sales are, very sadly, at the behest of a liquidator, as operators continue to succumb to the current crisis in the industry. It’s also a fact that prices being achieved at auction are significantly below the aspirations you […]
Irizar Group is incorporating Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) and Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) into its range of technologies. The environmental benefits offered by coaches with this technology reduce CO2 emissions by between 20% and 25%, NOx by up to 60% and emissions of particulate matter by over 98%. In addition to higher thermal performance than […]
Stockport bus station is to be developed into a modern facility. From Monday 30 November, construction work will begin to develop Heaton Lane car park into a temporary bus station. This will allow services to run when work begins in early 2021 to transform the existing bus station into a revamped transport interchange. The new interchange […]