The council audit which revealed the scale of deficiency in the Accessible Transport Group (ATG) in the West Midlands is a shocker. ATG ran 600 vehicles on a variety of services, including Ring and Ride and schools transport, mainly using accessible minibuses and all on Section 19 permits using paid drivers. We have significant doubts […]
KB Coaches started around 40 years ago, when Ken Boulton and Ben Niblet contributed the first letters of their forenames to its title… though Ben didn’t remain with the business for very long. The rented site at Claypits near Stonehouse had even earlier coaching connections as the base for Lock’s Coaches. Andy used to travel […]
Halton Borough Transport ceased trading as of midnight on 24 January. It has entered liquidation following a long period of financial problems. According to its full accounts published on Companies House for the period to 31 March 2019, Halton Borough Transport made a loss of £619,695, compared to the loss made in the same period […]
An audit of community transport organisation, the Accessible Transport Group (ATG), which went into receivership last March, reveals that there was no record of vehicle safety checks and DBS checks were not done. ATG, which ran 600 vehicles on Section 19 and 22 ‘not for profit’ permits, carrying more than 2,000 school children on more […]
BusyBus owner Peter Rosenfeld has initiated a ‘class action’ against Ford, alleging his Transit minibuses were unfit for sale, and is urging other operators to join the legal challenge. The Cheshire minibus specialist whose woes prompted our feature in issue 1563 is working with transport law firm Fieldfisher LLP to launch a Group Litigation, which […]
Westminster City Council is closing coach parking bays on Horseferry Road, close to the Houses of Parliament. The move follows warnings in summer last year that it would take such drastic action due to coach drivers leaving their vehicles idling while parked in the spaces. After complaints persisted and calls to work together on anti-idling […]
Transport for London has created a new, simple guide explaining the new LEZ area, which takes effect in October. This guide also contains an explanation of the Direct Vision Standard as it applies to HGVs – though a similar standard may be on its way for buses. Feel free to print this PDF document for […]
