Operators into Birmingham – now delaying its Clean Air Zone until next summer – have been urged to apply for part of the £10m upgrade funding. The Confederation of Passenger Transport’s Midlands region says the city has now confirmed that the CAZ won’t start until July 2020 at the earliest, but says that the clock […]
Finalists for National Express’s Driving Design competition have been named. Over the past few months, artists from all over the UK have been creating artwork for a chance to see it spread across the side of a 14m National Express coach. The final eight designs have been chosen and are now open to a public […]
Fye’s Executive Travel, trading as Cleator Bus Cumbria, is to have its operator’s licence revoked with effect from 19 July 2019 at 23:59 hours. It has a standard vehicle operator’s licence for five vehicles. The decision was made by Simon Evans, Traffic Commissioner for the North West of England. The revocation has been made due to […]
When EVM launched its Sprinter-based Low Floor in 2013, it causes a ripple of interest in the bus market, but only a ripple. The thinking was clear; if you’re going to engineer a vehicle for bus work, make sure it’s durable, and with EVM’s long experience of Sprinter, that was a given. The engineering work, […]
Kent-based Buzzlines Travel is in insolvency, with staff laid off and holidaymakers left without the day trips and holidays they had booked. The Hythe-registered company with its base in Lympne has faced turmoil since the loss of major contracts. It faced a fleet reduction in 2013 for driving offences, and has had a string of […]
Pelican Bus & Coach has announced the arrival in the UK of the first electric coach to be offered to UK and Irish operators. Named the TCe12, it joins the GT12, TC12 and TC9 in the Yutong coach range. The TCe12 is an evolution of the ICe12 electric intercity coach already in service in Paris […]
Mystery surrounds the demise of Rednal-based Euro Liners. According to local press, the company has seemingly gone AWOL. The 97/98 commercial bus service Euro Liners operated in Bromsgrove has ceased operating. Local press has reported that a driver turned up to work at Euro Liners and found the business boarded-up. Eye witness reports claim the […]
Yellow Buses has been acquired by its management team for an undisclosed sum. David Squire, MD; Simon Newport, Commercial Director and Phil Pannell, Service Delivery Director, are now equal shareholders in Bournemouth Transport Limited (BTL). They bought the business out from French owners, RATP Dev. BTL trades under the names Yellow Buses and Yellow Coaches. […]